Froxfield
Froxfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire.
Froxfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. The parish is on the Wiltshire-West Berkshire border, and the village lies on the A4 national route about 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Hungerford and 7 miles (11 km) east of Marlborough.
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Worth seeing in and around Froxfield
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Cobbler's Lock
Cobbler's Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Hungerford, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 3 in.
2.4 km · Canal lock in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Hungerford Lock
Hungerford Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Hungerford, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 0 in.
3.9 km · lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Hungerford Marsh Lock
Hungerford Marsh Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Hungerford, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 1 in.
2.9 km · canal lock on the Kennet & Avon Canal · Wikipedia - 04Freeman's Marsh
Freeman's Marsh is a 25.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Hungerford in Berkshire, England. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain is a 23.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in six widely separated areas in the floodplains of the River Lambourn in Berkshire and the River Kennet in Wiltshire, England. It is a Nature Conservation Review site and part of the Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain Special Area of Conservation.
3.2 km · Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia - 06Burnt Mill Lock
Burnt Mill Lock is on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 7 ft 9 in.
3.4 km · canal lock in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia - 07St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury
St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury is a mediaeval former chapel next to the manor house in the hamlet of Chisbury, in Little Bedwyn parish in the east of Wiltshire, England. The chapel was built in the early part of the 13th century, on the edge of Chisbury Camp, an Iron Age hillfort.
2.8 km · chapel in Chisbury, England · Wikipedia - 08Froxfield Bottom Lock
Froxfield Bottom Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Froxfield, Wiltshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 7 ft 0 in.
700 m · lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Froxfield, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Froxfield Middle Lock
Froxfield Middle Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Froxfield, Wiltshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 6 ft 11 in.
700 m · lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Froxfield, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Oakhill Down Lock and Bridge
Oakhill Down Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Froxfield, Wiltshire, England, between Newbury Bridge and Pewsey Wharf. The lock was built between 1794 and 1799, and has a rise/fall of 5 ft 11 in.
800 m · lock and bridge on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Froxfield, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Froxfield
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 78 km · Bristol (BRS), 79 km · London Luton (LTN), 98 km
- Stations
- Bedwyn railway station, 3.8 km
- London → Froxfield62 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £7–9
- Bristol → Froxfield70 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Froxfield17 km · quickest by road, 39 min · £2–3
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No local-transport research exists yet for Froxfield
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Froxfield. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Froxfield – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Froxfield
Froxfield is 42 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Great Bedwynvillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, England4 km
- Shalbournevillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Chilton Foliatvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK3.6 km
- Little Bedwynvillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK2.2 km
- Chisburyvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK2.6 km
- Bagshotvillage in Wiltshire, England3.4 km