The Fox
The Fox is a hamlet in Purton, Wiltshire, England. The Fox is situated nearby to the neighborhood Common Platt, as well as near the hamlet Church End.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Purton and Mouldon Hill Country Park.
St Mary’s Church, Purton
Church
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in the village of Purton in north Wiltshire, England, is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Bristol. A large building begun in the 13th century and one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire, it has been designated as a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.
Mouldon Hill Country Park
Park
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mouldon Hill Country Park is a country park to the north west of the town centre of Swindon, within the parish of Haydon Wick and close to Thamesdown Drive.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Purton and Widham.
Purton
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of the centre of Swindon. The parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and Widham.
Widham
Hamlet
Widham is a hamlet now encompassed within the village and parish of Purton, Wiltshire, England.
Lydiard Millicent
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydiard Millicent is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles west of the centre of Swindon. The parish contains the hamlets of Lydiard Green, Lydiard Plain, Greatfield and Green Hill; in the northeast the parish extends to Common Platt, which is now contiguous with the Peatmoor area of Swindon.
The Fox
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Purton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.58435° or 51° 35′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.85121° or 1° 51′ 4″ westElevation
335 feet (102 metres)Open location code
9C3WH4MX+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3487710998OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13279385
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