The Shoe

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.

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

Facilities

The Shoe Inn's sign now hangs in a private garden

There is a natural spring, which could suggest a historical settlement of some sort. The Shoe Inn, marked on the 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey map, has now become a private house, although a board for public notices and a post box are still outside; there was a public telephone box but this has now been relocated to the grounds of the Community Hall. There is a garage, a row of cottages ("Fosse Cottages") and a few larger houses. Just off the Fosse Way, about 400 yards north of the A420 junction, lies the North Wraxall Village Hall, called the Community Hall, offering a playgroup and other amenities.

References

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

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