Faringdon
Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Oxford, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Wantage and 12 miles (19 km) east-north-east of Swindon.
Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Oxford, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Wantage and 12 miles (19 km) east-north-east of Swindon. Its views extend to the River Thames in the north and the highest ground visible is on the Ridgeway in the south. Faringdon was Berkshire's westernmost town until the 1974 boundary changes transferred its administration to Oxfordshire. The civil parish is formally known as Great Faringdon, to distinguish it from Little Faringdon in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census gave a population of 7,121; it was estimated at 7,992 in 2019. On 1 February 2004, Faringdon became the first place in south-east England to be awarded Fairtrade Town status.
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Worth seeing in and around Faringdon
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott, in West Oxfordshire, southern England, close to the River Thames. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.
5 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in West Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Buscot Park
Buscot Park is a country house at Buscot near the town of Faringdon in Oxfordshire within the historic boundaries of Berkshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
4.6 km · country house in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Faringdon Castle
Faringdon Castle was a Norman castle standing just outside the market town of Faringdon in the English county of Berkshire, some 17 km to the northeast of Swindon. This castle was built, on a site now known as Folly Hill, by Robert, Earl of Gloucester in, 1144 in support of Matilda in the Anarchy.
1 km · castle in England · Wikipedia - 04Coleshill House
Coleshill House was a country house in England, near the village of Coleshill, in the Vale of White Horse. Historically, the house was in Berkshire but since boundary changes in 1974 its site is in Oxfordshire.
5.4 km · country house in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Old Town Hall
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. The building, which is used as an exhibitions and events venue, is a Grade II* listed building.
200 m · municipal building in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Corn Exchange
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Gloucester Street in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. The structure, which is currently used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.
100 m · market hall in Great Faringdon, England, formerly a corn exchange, later used as cinema · Wikipedia - 07Eaton Footbridge
Eaton Footbridge is a wooden footbridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is situated on the reach above Grafton Lock.
5.1 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Badbury Hill
Badbury Hill is a hill in the civil parish of Great Coxwell near Faringdon in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
2.6 km · hill in Great Coxwell, Oxfordshire, UK · Wikipedia - 09Buckland House
Buckland House is a large Georgian stately home, the manor house of Buckland in Oxfordshire, England. It is a masterpiece of Palladian architecture erected by John Wood, the Younger for Sir Robert Throckmorton in 1757 to replace a previous manor house.
6 km · large Georgian stately home and the manor house of Buckland in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Carswell Manor
Carswell Manor is a Jacobean country house at Carswell in the civil parish of Buckland in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is just north of the A420 road between Swindon and Oxford.
4.5 km · Jacobean country house at Carswell in the civil parish of Buckland, Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott Manor dating from 1570 and was a country retreat for William Morris.
- 02Faringdon Folly Tower & Woodland
Stanford Rd, Faringdon SN7 7AQ (10 miles from Wantage), enquiries@faringdonfolly.org.uk.
- 03Buscot Park
- 04Great Coxwell Barn
Great Coxwell, SN7 7LZ, greatcoxwellbarn@nationaltrust.org.uk.
From Wikivoyage: Faringdon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Farmer Gow's
From Wikivoyage: Faringdon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Radnor Arms
Coleshill SN6 7PR,.
From Wikivoyage: Faringdon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Faringdon
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 81 km · Bristol (BRS), 84 km · London Luton (LTN), 87 km
- London → Faringdon102 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £11–15
- Bristol → Faringdon73 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Faringdon84 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Faringdon
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Faringdon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Faringdon
Faringdon is 48 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Uffingtonvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England5.5 km
- Kelmscottvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England5.5 km
- Shellingfordvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.6 km
- Baulkingvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England5.7 km
- Longcotvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England4.7 km
- Little Coxwellvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England2.1 km