Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: East Devon · Region: South West
Explore Fortescue, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fortescue 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 Fortescue, 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 | Fortescue |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | East Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.694877 |
| Longitude | -3.225039 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Fortescue occupies a modest ridge of land where the hum of the coast begins to fade into the quietude of the inland lanes. It lies 1.0 miles north-east of Sidmouth (from Sidmouth: bearing 34°T, OS grid SY 135 890). The light here has a peculiar, washed-out clarity, catching the slate roofs and the damp brickwork with a precision that makes every shadow seem deliberate. To the east, the slopes of Soldier's Hill rise with a steady, stubborn permanence, anchoring the horizon against the restless movement of the sky. Below these heights, the land spills downward toward the damp, reed-lined banks of the Wool Brook, where the water runs with a cold, metallic glint. Fortescue maintains a discreet distance from the busier thoroughfares, favouring the silence of overgrown hedgerows and the slow shift of seasons over the clamour of the nearby coast. One might walk the perimeter for an hour and see nothing but the shifting geometry of the fields and the sudden, sharp flight of a startled bird. It is a place of unremarkable corners, where the architecture of the twentieth century sits comfortably alongside the older, more reticent stone of the Devon landscape.
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Explore Fortescue, 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: 50.694877, -3.225039. 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. |