The Shoe
The Shoe is a hamlet in the parish of North Wraxall, in the north-west of Wiltshire in England. It lies at the junction of the Fosse Way and the A420. The settlement is named after the former inn called The Horse-shoe and is about 7 miles west of Chippenham and the same distance northeast of Bath.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Shoe, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bury Camp and Church of St James, North Wraxall.
Bury Camp
Archaeological site
Bury Camp is the site of an Iron Age multivallate hillfort in north-west Wiltshire, England. It occupies a triangular promontory of Colerne Down, in the north of Colerne parish, at the southern edge of the Cotswold Hills between two spurs of a river valley.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 2 miles east of The Shoe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Wraxall and Marshfield.
North Wraxall
Village
Photo: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Wraxall is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 6 miles west of Chippenham, just north of the A420 road between Chippenham and Bristol.
Marshfield
Village
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Marshfield is a village in the local-government area of South Gloucestershire, England, on the borders of the counties of Wiltshire and Somerset. Its toponym derives from the Old English word "march", meaning "a border", hence "Border Field" would be a literal translation. Marshfield is situated 2 miles west of The Shoe.
Slaughterford
Hamlet
Photo: George Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Slaughterford is a small village in the civil parish of Biddestone and Slaughterford, about 5 miles west of Chippenham, in Wiltshire, England. The village has a crossing point of the Bybrook River, and lies in a wooded valley between Castle Combe and Box. Slaughterford is situated 2 miles east of The Shoe.
The Shoe
- Category: locality
- Location: North Wraxall, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46663° or 51° 27′ 60″ northLongitude
-2.27608° or 2° 16′ 34″ westElevation
469 feet (143 metres)Open location code
9C3VFP8F+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4109454894OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“The Shoe” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “The Shoe”
- French: “The Shoe”
- Irish: “The Shoe”
- Polish: “The Shoe”
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