Faringdon
Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. Within the historic boundaries of Berkshire, it is 18 miles (29 kilometres) south-west of Oxford, 10 miles (16 kilometres) north-west of Wantage and also 12 miles (19 km) east-north-east of Swindon. It is a large church, its lowest parts reaching the River Thames in the north as well as its highest ground reaching the Ridgeway in the south. Faringdon was the westernmost town in Berkshire till the 1974 limit modifications moved it to Oxfordshire. The civil parish is formally Great 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 aids and also suggests organisations in rural west Oxfordshire.