Foxcote, Somerset

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Foxcote
population =
os_grid_reference = ST715555
latitude= 51.297906
longitude= -2.410156
unitary_england= Bath and North East Somerset
lieutenancy_england = Somerset
region= South West England
Ambulance = South Western
post_town = Bath
postcode_district = BA2
postcode_area=BA
dial_code =
constituency_westminster = Wansdyke to be North East Somerset from next general election.

Foxcote is a very small village located to the east of Shoscombe in the civil parish of Hemington. It is about convert|8|mi|km|0|lk=on miles south west from Bath. and convert|6|mi|km|0 miles north west of Frome. It is mostly residential.

The church is dedicated to St. James the less, which dates from the early 18th century and incorporates a 15th century turret. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. [cite web | title=Church of St. James The Less | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=267874 | accessdate=2007-11-21]

It was on the route of the Somerset and Dorset Railway and was the site, on 7th August 1876 of a collision between the Wimborne to Bath train and one traveling from Bath to Radstock. The crash also known as the Radstock rail accident left 13 people killed and 51 injured. [cite web |url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/transportandstreets/walkingandcycling/cycling/NCN24-PlacesofInterest.htm |title=Colliers Way places of interest |accessdate=2007-11-21 |format= |work=Bath and North east Somerset Council ]

It is just off the route of NCR 24 the colliers way.

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