Traditional county: Somerset · Region: South West
Explore Lower Foddington, Somerset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Foddington 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 | Lower Foddington |
| Traditional County | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.064193 |
| Longitude | -2.601680 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lower Foddington emerges from the quiet Somerset earth as a cluster of stone and silence, tethered to the horizon by the long shadows of the South West. It lies 4.2 miles west-south-west of Castle Cary (from Castle Cary: bearing 245°T, OS grid ST 579 296), and is situated south-east of Lydford-on-Fosse village. The light here pools across the fields with a heavy, golden clarity, illuminating the gentle incline of the terrain where the ancient, vanished life of the Medieval Settlement 190M South West Of Perry's Bridge once took root. Beneath the vast, shifting canopy of the sky, the land holds the memory of those vanished hearths in its cooling, clay-heavy soil. Further west, the Babcary Meadows SSSi offer a sanctuary of damp grasses and unhurried growth, where the seasons turn without the interference of modern haste. Lower Foddington maintains a singular, grounded dignity, defined by the slow persistence of the landscape rather than the clamour of human industry. Every wall and fence line seems to acknowledge the weight of the air, a testament to the endurance of this small, singular corner of England. In the quiet intensity of the afternoons, one can almost feel the pulse of the earth beneath the grass, a steady rhythm that has outlived the centuries.
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Explore Lower Foddington, Somerset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.064193, -2.601680. 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. |