Fovant is a medium-sized village in southwest Wiltshire, England. It is located between Salisbury and Shaftesbury in the Nadder valley. Its name is derived from the Old English Fobbefunta, meaning “spring of a man called Fobbe”. It is principally known for several regimental badges cut in chalk into a nearby hill. These were created by soldiers garrisoned near Fovant during the First World War and are clearly visible from the A30 which runs through the village. Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Salisbury (pronounced Solsbree or Sauls-bree) is a small cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles For other uses, see Shaftesbury (disambiguation) Shaftesbury is a town in North Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The A30 is an old trunk road (main road) which runs from central London right down to Lands End, the westernmost point of the mainland England (though not Britain), and is sometimes called the Great South West Road. ...

Fovant has a post office, currently one functioning pub ("The Pembroke Arms") a village shop and a doctor's surgery all at one end of the village. There is also a stream that runs through the village.