Fovant is a small village in Wiltshire, tucked into the chalk downland above the River Nadder valley, a short drive from Salisbury. The setting gives it the classic rolling hills and network of public footpaths of the Wessex Downs, with farmland and rural houses clustered around a village street and parish church.
The village is best known for the Fovant Badges, a series of regimental insignia cut into the chalk of the hillside during the First World War and now cared for as a local memorial and landmark. Economically and socially it remains a small, largely agricultural community with some commuters to nearby towns, and it attracts walkers and history enthusiasts interested in rural Wiltshire and its wartime heritage.
Postcode districts covering Fovant
Most populated places nearby
- Bournemouth 22.9 miles36.8 km
- Poole 23 miles37 km
- Salisbury 8.7 miles14 km
- Christchurch 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Andover 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Trowbridge 20.2 miles32.5 km
- Totton 23.6 miles38 km
- Totton and Eling 24 miles38.6 km
- Frome 18.3 miles29.5 km
- Melksham 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Melksham Without 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Devizes 20.4 miles32.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Sutton Mandeville Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Compton Chamberlayne Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Dinton Built-up area 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Teffont Evias Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Teffont Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Fovant & Chalke Valley Ward 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Swallowcliffe Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Chilmark Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Broad Chalke Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Tisbury Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Ansty Parish 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Bowerchalke Built-up area 3.8 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Fovant
SP3 5JZ, SP3 5LA, SP3 5JX, SP3 5DT, SP3 5JN, SP3 5JP, SP3 5JW, SP3 5LS, SP3 5JB … See all
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 20.5 miles33 km
- Southampton Airport 29 miles46.7 km
- Tisbury Railway Station 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Salisbury Station 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Salisbury Bus Station 9.1 miles14.6 km
Hotels near Fovant Ad
- The Riverside 4 8.7 miles14 km
- The Museum Inn 4 8.9 miles14.3 km
- The Grosvenor Arms 4 9.3 miles15 km
- The Old Mill 4 8.4 miles13.5 km
- The Merchant's House 4 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Mercure Salisbury White Hart Hotel 4 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Legacy Rose and Crown Hotel 4 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Milford Hall Hotel - Newly Refurbished 9 miles14.4 km
- Best Western Red Lion Hotel 4 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Best Western Shaftesbury the Royal Chase Hotel 3 8.9 miles14.3 km
Local points of interest
- Western Downs Hill 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Wardour Castle Estate 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Cranborne Chase Forest 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 11.2 miles18.1 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 12.8 miles20.5 km
- Crichel House Estate 13.3 miles21.5 km
- Stourhead Estate 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Longleat Country house 14.7 miles23.7 km
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 16.2 miles26.1 km