Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: Torridge · Region: South West
Explore Fairy Cross, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fairy Cross map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fairy Cross, Devon, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Fairy Cross |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | Torridge |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.995557 |
| Longitude | -4.275518 |
| Place Type | Village |
Fairy Cross claims a modest, wind-swept prominence where the North Devon landscape begins its slow, rhythmic descent toward the Atlantic. It lies 3.4 miles west-south-west of Bideford (from Bideford: bearing 245°T, OS grid SS 404 242), and is situated south-west of Ford village. The air here holds a sharp, salt-crusted clarity, catching the light as it shifts across the fields toward the rugged indentation of Portledge Mouth. From these elevations, one can sense the pull of the coast, where the earth gives way to the restless, grey-blue expanse of the Bristol Channel. Residents of Fairy Cross move through a geography defined by ancient lanes and the hidden, moss-softened history of the nearby Churchyard Cross Socket Stone. The light in the late afternoon possesses a peculiar, metallic quality, gilding the hedgerows and illuminating the quiet persistence of the local agricultural rhythm. Everything about the terrain suggests a land caught between the sturdy, enduring weight of the soil and the encroaching, wilder influence of the sea.
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Explore Fairy Cross, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.995557, -4.275518. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |