Traditional county: Wiltshire · Region: South West
Explore Foscote, Wiltshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Foscote 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.
| Place | Foscote |
| Traditional County | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.513530 |
| Longitude | -2.202447 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Foscote, a quiet corner of Wiltshire, offers a gentle tableau of rural England. It lies 8.7 km north-west of Chippenham (from Chippenham: bearing 315°T, OS grid ST 860 794), and is situated south-south-east of Grittleton village. The hamlet’s modest cluster of dwellings, often seen catching the soft, diffused light of a West Country afternoon, speaks of a life lived at a considered pace. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, delineate fields that have yielded their bounty for generations, their green expanse a soothing balm to the eye. The air here, particularly after a spring shower, carries a clean, earthy scent, a testament to the surrounding agricultural lands that have long shaped Foscote’s character.
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Explore Foscote, 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: 51.513530, -2.202447. 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 | June 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. |