Traditional county: Wiltshire · Unitary authority: Swindon · Region: South West
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| Place | Draycot Foliat |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Unitary Authority | Swindon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.496507 |
| Longitude | -1.737174 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Draycot Foliat remains a quiet sliver of Wiltshire earth where the chalk downs rise to meet the wide, shifting sky of the South West. It lies 4.9 miles south-south-east of Swindon (from Swindon: bearing 155°T, OS grid SU 183 775), and is situated south of Chiseldon village. The light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the pale, ancient contours of the land as if the very air were polished by centuries of wind. Travellers walking the ridges might discern the faint, humped silhouette of the Bowl Barrow 1Km West Of Sheppard'S Farm Dairy, a silent sentinel marking the passage of those who walked these tracks long before modern maps were drawn. Beyond the immediate fields, the earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down reveals the complex geometry of a past that refuses to be entirely erased by the plough. Draycot Foliat itself holds a modest presence, defined by a handful of dwellings that seem to have grown from the limestone rather than been placed upon it. The horizon is framed by the steep rise of Whitefield Hill, its crest often catching the last, lingering embers of the sunset. This quietude is not an absence of life, but a concentration of it, where the history of the soil is as tangible as the encroaching evening mist.
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Explore Draycot Foliat, Wiltshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.496507, -1.737174. 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. |