The Shoe

The Shoe
The Shoe
	The Fosse Way enters from the left and leaves to the right in this view of The Shoe
	The Shoe Location within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	ST809743
Civil parish	North Wraxall;
Unitary authority	Wiltshire;
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chippenham
Postcode district	SN14
Dialling code	01225; 01249
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Wiltshire;
	List of places UK England Wiltshire 51°28′01″N 2°16′37″W / 51.467°N 2.277°W

The Shoe is a hamlet in the parish of North Wraxall, in the north-west of Wiltshire in England. It lies at the junction of the Fosse Way (the old Roman road from Exeter to Lincoln) and the A420 (running from Bristol to Oxford). The settlement is named after the former inn called The Horse-shoe^[1] and is about 7 miles (11 km) west of Chippenham and the same distance north east of Bath.

Facilities

Village Hall

, called the Community Hall, offering a playgroup and other amenities.

References

^ "North Wraxall". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

G. M. Boumphrey, (1935) Along the Roman Roads. London: Allen & Unwin

[North_Wraxall_History-1] "North Wraxall". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

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