Faringdon
Faringdon is a historical market community in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. Within the historical limits of Berkshire, it is 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Oxford, 10 miles (16 kilometres) north-west of Wantage and also 12 miles (19 kilometres) east-north-east of Swindon. It is a big parish, its lowest parts encompassing the River Thames in the north as well as its highest possible ground reaching the Ridgeway in the south. Faringdon was the western community in Berkshire up until the 1974 border modifications moved it to Oxfordshire. The civil parish is officially Fantastic Faringdon to differentiate it from Little Faringdon in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census provided a population of 7,121. On 1 February 2004, Faringdon was provided Fairtrade Town status, as the initial Fairtrade Town in South East England. It is the base for Faringdon Enterprise Gateway, which helps and also advises businesses in rural west Oxfordshire.
