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Foxhole Devon Map

Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: Torridge · Region: South West

Explore Foxhole, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Foxhole 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.

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PlaceFoxhole
Traditional CountyDevon
District / BoroughTorridge
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.751235
Longitude-4.244605
Place TypeHamlet

About Foxhole

Foxhole commands a quiet prominence over the rolling topography of the Torridge district, where the earth hums with the slow, deliberate work of seasonal change. It lies 6.3 miles south-east of Holsworthy (from Holsworthy: bearing 131°T, OS grid SX 417 970), and is situated south-south-west of Halwill village. The damp, peaty air here carries the scent of ancient earth, an atmosphere thickened by the proximity of the Dury Water as it carves its thin, silver path through the surrounding fields. To the south-east, the silent, grass-covered dome of the Thorn Barrow sits as a heavy weight upon the horizon, marking the land with a gravity that predates all modern boundaries. Foxhole remains a place of low horizons and wide, shifting skies, where the light often fractures against the damp hedgerows in sharp, sudden glints of grey and gold. The land itself seems to hold onto the past, with the presence of the Foxhole Barrow nearby serving as a subtle reminder of the generations who once walked these same damp, uneven tracks. Every lane leading away from the centre feels like a slow retreat into the deep, verdant quietude of the Devon countryside. This place exists not as a spectacle, but as a deliberate, persistent geography of wood and water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Foxhole Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 105° ESE
  • Thorn Barrow 520M South East Of Coop, In Highermoor Plantations (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 173° S
  • Dury Water (River) — 1.1 mi, 255° WSW
  • Witherdon Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.2 mi, 133° SE
  • Bowl Barrow 220M East Of Rectory Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 040° NE
  • Binnis Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 1.8 mi, 302° WNW
  • River Carey (River) — 2.4 mi, 227° SW
  • Blagdon Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 258° WSW
  • Cookworthy Moor (Park) — 2.9 mi, 359° N
  • Roadford Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.4 mi, 166° SSE
  • Whiteleigh Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.7 mi, 359° N · 82 ha
  • Whiddon Moor, Luckroft And Odham Marshes Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.2 mi, 058° ENE · 27 ha
  • Tower Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 4.8 mi, 213° SSW
  • Walled Garden (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 352° N
  • Walled Kitchen Garden (Historic Ruins) — 5.1 mi, 352° N
  • Highhampton Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.2 mi, 055° NE
  • Horslett Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 5.5 mi, 273° W
  • HATS Theatre (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 309° NW
  • Holsworthy Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 311° NW
  • Hayne Manor (Historic Park or Garden) — 6.5 mi, 176° S · 24 ha
  • The Green (Park) — 8.0 mi, 315° NW
  • Sheep Farmers sculpture (Public Artwork) — 8.9 mi, 057° ENE
  • Smerdon Marsh (Wetland) — 9.3 mi, 083° E
  • Lawrence House Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 213° SSW
  • Madewell (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 053° NE
  • Launceston Castle (Castle) — 9.4 mi, 213° SSW
  • Lydford Gorge (Valley) — 9.7 mi, 144° SE
  • Dunsdon (National Nature Reserve) — 9.9 mi, 312° NW · 57 ha
  • White Lady Waterfall (Waterfall) — 9.9 mi, 147° SSE
  • Lydford Gorge White Lady Entrance (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 147° SSE

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About This Foxhole Map Page

Explore Foxhole, 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: 50.751235, -4.244605. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.