Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cotswold · Region: South West
Explore Foss Cross, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Foss 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 Foss Cross, Gloucestershire, 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 | Foss Cross |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Cotswold |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.782890 |
| Longitude | -1.902931 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Foss Cross emerges from the high, open tablelands of the Cotswolds as a quiet junction where the wind carries the scent of limestone and distant rain. It lies 4.3 miles south-west of Northleach (from Northleach: bearing 221°T, OS grid SP 067 093), and is situated west-north-west of Winson village. The terrain here holds a stark, pale clarity, defined by the dry-stone walls that divide the fields into a geometric pattern of enduring patience. A short distance to the south, the ancient, grass-grown mounds of the Colnpen Long Barrow remain as silent sentinels watching over the chalky soil. The Foss Cross Quarry Sssi reveals the raw, fractured heart of the earth, exposing the Jurassic strata that have long provided the honey-coloured stone for local architecture. Beyond these geological markers, the landscape opens toward the Stony Furlong Railway Cutting Sssi, where the redundant lines of a vanished industry now offer a sanctuary for wildflowers and quiet reflection. Foss Cross serves as a crossroads of memory, where the heavy silence of the past meets the persistent, rhythmic pulse of the modern rural day.
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Explore Foss Cross, Gloucestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.782890, -1.902931. 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. |