Old Mead Covert

Old Mead Covert is a forest in Grittleton, Wiltshire, England. Old Mead Covert is situated nearby to the hamlet Foscote, as well as near the village Grittleton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Combe Circuit and St Margaret of Antioch Church, Leigh Delamere.

Castle Combe Circuit

Sports venue

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castle Combe Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Wiltshire, England, approximately 20-mile from Bristol. The circuit is based on the perimeter track of a former World War II airfield, and was opened for racing in 1950.

St Margaret of Antioch Church, Leigh Delamere

Church

Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Margaret of Antioch Church in Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire, England was built on the site of a previous 12th-century church in 1846 and dedicated to Margaret the Virgin.

Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel

Chapel

Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel is a Baptist chapel in The Street, Grittleton, Wiltshire, England, which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. As of 2026 the building is in private ownership.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Combe and Hullavington.

Castle Combe

Photo: Alinangel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle Combe is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is around 5 miles north-west of Chippenham and 10 miles north-east of Bath.

Hullavington

Village

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Hullavington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, just to the north of the M4 motorway. The village lies about 4 miles southwest of Malmesbury and 5+1⁄2 miles north of Chippenham.

Nettleton

Village

Photo: Richard Keatinge, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nettleton is a village and civil parish about 6.5 miles northwest of Chippenham in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Burton and West Kington, and the hamlets of Horsedown, Nettleton Shrub and West Kington Wick.

Old Mead Covert

Type: Forest
Location: Grittleton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5144° or 51° 30′ 52″ north

Longitude

-2.2067° or 2° 12′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C3VGQ7V+Q8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 37636563

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Foscote and Grittleton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Mary the Virgin and Grittleton House School.

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