Faringdon
Faringdon is a historical market community in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. Within the historic limits of Berkshire, it is 18 miles (29 kilometres) south-west of Oxford, 10 miles (16 kilometres) north-west of Wantage as well as 12 miles (19 km) east-north-east of Swindon. It is a huge church, its lowest parts extending to the River Thames in the north and its greatest ground reaching the Ridgeway in the south. Faringdon was the westernmost town in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The civil parish is officially Excellent 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 first Fairtrade Town in South East England. It is the base for Faringdon Enterprise Gateway, which assists as well as suggests organisations in country west Oxfordshire.