Foston

Foston is a hamlet in the Foston and Scropton civil parish of South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, about 12 miles west of Derby and 8 miles east of Uttoxeter. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists it as Farulveston.

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Type: Village
Description: village in Derbyshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Foston, Derbyshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Foston Hall Prison and Young Offender Institution and Sudbury Hall.

Foston Hall Prison and Young Offender Institution

Prison

HM Prison Foston Hall is a women's closed category prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of Foston in Derbyshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

Sudbury Hall

Manor estate

Photo: Izabela Felter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sudbury Hall is a country house in Sudbury, Derbyshire, England. One of the country's finest Restoration mansions, it has Grade I listed building status, and the garden is Grade II listed in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens. Sudbury Hall is situated 2 miles west of Foston.

Tutbury Castle

Castle

Photo: Djh in uk, CC BY 3.0.

Tutbury Castle is a largely ruined medieval castle at Tutbury, Staffordshire, England, in the ownership of the Duchy of Lancaster and hence currently of King Charles III. Tutbury Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Foston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scropton and Aston Heath.

Scropton

Village

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scropton is a village.

Aston Heath

Hamlet

Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aston Heath is an area in Derbyshire, England. It is located 1 mile east of Sudbury, close to the A50 road. It takes its name from Aston, 1 mile southwest. Population details taken at the 2011 Census are included in the civil parish of Sudbury, Derbyshire.

Aston

Hamlet

Aston is a hamlet in the civil parish of Sudbury in the district of Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England. It lies at the junction of the A50 and A515 roads.

Foston

Category: locality
Location: Foston and Scropton, South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.88384° or 52° 53′ 2″ north

Longitude

-1.72105° or 1° 43′ 16″ west

Elevation

230 feet (70 metres)

Open location code

9C4WV7MH+GH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 719648010

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

12263398

Wikidata ID

Q5473869

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Foston” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Foston, Derbyshire”
French: “Foston”
Irish: “Foston”
Polish: “Foston (Derbyshire)”
Polish: “Foston”
Portuguese: “Foston”
Welsh: “Foston, Swydd Derby”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Foston”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.