Petty France
Petty France is a hamlet within Hawkesbury civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It is on the A46, which runs from Bath, to Nailsworth and Stroud, just south of another, slightly smaller hamlet, Dunkirk. Badminton and Hawkesbury Upton are also nearby.Photo: Chrisjackson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Petty France, Gloucestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bodkin Hazel Wood and Swangrove.
Bodkin Hazel Wood
Forest
Bodkin Hazel Wood is a 10.62-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, just south of the village of Hawkesbury Upton in South Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.
Swangrove
Building
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swangrove is a Grade I listed country house in Hawkesbury, South Gloucestershire, England. The listing includes Swangrove House, its garden walls, four corner pavilions, and gate piers. It was built in 1703 by William Killigrew of Bath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkesbury Upton and Little Badminton.
Hawkesbury Upton
Village
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hawkesbury Upton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, east of the much smaller Hawkesbury. It lies north of Horton, east of Dunkirk and south of Alderley and Hillesley.
Little Badminton
Village
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Little Badminton is a small village in Hawkesbury parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The name of the settlement distinguishes it from the village and parish of Badminton, its neighbour to the south.
Horton
Village
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Horton is a village and civil parish on the Cotswold Edge, in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. Horton is situated 2 miles west of Petty France.
Petty France
- Category: locality
- Location: Hawkesbury, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.56869° or 51° 34′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.30896° or 2° 18′ 32″ westElevation
515 feet (157 metres)Open location code
9C3VHM9R+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 21276196OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
Discover Petty France from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Petty France” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Petty France”
- French: “Petty France”
- Irish: “Petty France”
- Polish: “Petty France”
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