Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Foston, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Foston 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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| Place | Foston |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.077362 |
| Longitude | -0.936380 |
| Place Type | Village |
Foston wears the quiet composure of the North Yorkshire plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the air holds a cool, damp clarity. It lies 6.9 miles south-west of Malton (from Malton: bearing 235°T, OS grid SE 696 651), and is situated east of Thornton-le-Clay village. The land here rises in slow, deliberate swells, most notably at Partridge Hill, where the earth seems to hold the light of late afternoon in a lingering, golden suspension. Beneath the surface of these fields, the Foston Medieval Settlement and Moated Monastic Grange remains a silent witness to the centuries, its hidden foundations shaping the way the grass grows in the summer heat. Foston draws its character from the proximity of the Standing Beck, a slender artery of water that traces a path through the low-lying pastures with a persistent, liquid murmur. Farmers still work the heavy, clay-rich soil that defines this part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region, their tractors leaving deep, dark furrows that catch the rain. The architecture of Foston reflects a functional dignity, built from stone that has weathered into a soft, dove-grey hue under the northern sky. Life here moves according to the turning of the seasons, unencumbered by the clamour of larger thoroughfares, allowing the landscape to speak with a singular, unhurried authority.
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Explore Foston, North Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.077362, -0.936380. 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. |