Place:Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England

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NameFaringdon
TypeTown
Coordinates51.667°N 1.583°W
Located inOxfordshire, England
Also located inBerkshire, England    
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Faringdon is a market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. It is on the edge of the Thames Valley, between the River Thames and the Ridgeway. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

The civil parish is formally known as Great Faringdon, to distinguish it from Little Faringdon in West Oxfordshire.

On 1 February 2004, Faringdon was granted Fairtrade Town status, becoming the first Fairtrade Town in the South East of England. In 1990, the town was twinned with Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe in France. Faringdon is the base for the Faringdon Enterprise Gateway, which is run by the South East England Development Agency to help and advise businesses in rural west Oxfordshire.

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