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Foscot, Oxfordshire

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OS grid reference
  
SP2421

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Chipping Norton

Shire county
  
Oxfordshire

Civil parish
  
Idbury

Region
  
South East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
OX7

District
  
West Oxfordshire

UK parliament constituency
  
Witney

Foscot, Oxfordshire

Foscot is a hamlet at the edge of the Cotswolds in the Evenlode valley. It falls within Idbury civil parish, in the West Oxfordshire District, about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Stow-on-the-Wold in neighbouring Gloucestershire, and 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from Kingham. It is in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Map of Foscot, Chipping Norton, UK

Foscot is in the ecclesiastical parish of St Leonard, Bledington and is socially integrated with the adjacent Bledington village.

The major landowner is Loudham Estates, based at Foxcote Farm.

Foxholes, a woodland nature reserve sloping down to the River Evenlode with year-round colour and wildlife interest, is adjacent to Foscot. It is noted for its spring bluebells and abundant bat and bird life and is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

References

Foscot, Oxfordshire Wikipedia