Faringdon
Faringdon is a historic market community in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. Within the historical borders of Berkshire, it is 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Oxford, 10 miles (16 kilometres) north-west of Wantage as well as 12 miles (19 kilometres) east-north-east of Swindon. It is a big church, its lowest parts encompassing the River Thames in the north and its highest possible ground getting to the Ridgeway in the south. Faringdon was the western community in Berkshire till the 1974 border changes moved it to Oxfordshire. The civil parish is formally Fantastic Faringdon to differentiate it from Little Faringdon in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census gave a population of 7,121. On 1 February 2004, Faringdon was offered Fairtrade Town status, as the very first Fairtrade Town in South East England. It is the base for Faringdon Enterprise Gateway, which assists as well as advises services in country west Oxfordshire.