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 miles
- Poole 23 miles
- Salisbury 8.7 miles
- Christchurch 24.5 miles
- Andover 24.8 miles
- Trowbridge 20.2 miles
- Totton 23.6 miles
- Totton and Eling 24 miles
- Frome 18.3 miles
- Melksham 22.5 miles
- Melksham Without 22.5 miles
- Devizes 20.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Sutton Mandeville Parish 1.1 miles
- Compton Chamberlayne Parish 1.7 miles
- Dinton Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Teffont Evias Built-up area 2 miles
- Teffont Parish 2 miles
- Fovant & Chalke Valley Ward 2.4 miles
- Swallowcliffe Parish 2.5 miles
- Chilmark Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Broad Chalke Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Tisbury Built-up area 3.5 miles
- Ansty Parish 3.5 miles
- Bowerchalke Built-up area 3.8 miles
Example postcodes in Fovant
SP3 5LS, SP3 5JU, SP3 5LA, SP3 5JY, SP3 5JJ, SP3 5JT, SP3 5JL, SP3 5JH, SP3 5LP … See all
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 20.5 miles
- Southampton Airport 29 miles
- Tisbury Railway Station 3.4 miles
- Salisbury Station 8.6 miles
- Salisbury Bus Station 9.1 miles
Hotels near Fovant Ad
- The Riverside 4 8.7 miles
- The Museum Inn 4 8.9 miles
- The Grosvenor Arms 4 9.3 miles
- The Old Mill 4 8.4 miles
- The Merchant's House 4 9.1 miles
- Mercure Salisbury White Hart Hotel 4 9.1 miles
- Legacy Rose and Crown Hotel 4 8.9 miles
- Best Western Red Lion Hotel 4 9.1 miles
- Best Western Shaftesbury the Royal Chase Hotel 3 8.9 miles
Local points of interest
- Western Downs Hill 4.1 miles
- Wardour Castle Estate 4.6 miles
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 4.7 miles
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 6.4 miles
- Cranborne Chase Forest 6.8 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 11.2 miles
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 12.2 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 12.8 miles
- Crichel House Estate 13.3 miles
- Stourhead Estate 14.1 miles
- Longleat Country house 14.7 miles
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 16.2 miles