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 km) north-west of Wantage and also 12 miles (19 km) east-north-east of Swindon. It is a huge church, its lowest parts encompassing the River Thames in the north and its highest ground getting to the Ridgeway in the south. Faringdon was the western town in Berkshire till the 1974 limit changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The civil parish is formally Fantastic Faringdon to identify 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 very first Fairtrade Town in South East England. It is the base for Faringdon Enterprise Gateway, which helps and suggests businesses in country west Oxfordshire.