Faringdon

About Faringdon

Faringdon, in Oxfordshire, has Little Coxwell situated 2.1 km South South West, Great Coxwell around 2.6 km South West, Littleworth around 2.9 km East North East and Shellingford around 3.4 km South East. Other places in the surrounding countryside include Eaton Hastings, Radcot, Carswell Marsh, Grafton and Baulking.

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Information is sourced from OS, ONS and OSM under open licence, using publicly available datasets.

Local Map

Map of Faringdon

Location Summary

  • Faringdon is located in Oxfordshire
  • Administrative Area:Oxfordshire
  • Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
  • Historic County: Oxfordshire
  • Region & Country:South East / England

Nearby Towns & Cities

  • Lechlade-on-Thames 8.5 km WNW
  • Highworth 9.4 km WSW
  • Carterton11.3 km N
  • Wantage13.4 km SE
  • Oxford24.8 km ENE

Nearby Localities

Smaller Settlements

Beaches

  • Cotswold Hills Beach26.0 km W
  • Goatee Beach83.4 km S
  • Sugar Loaf Beach85.4 km WSW

Parks

  • Ashburne Green43.1 km NW
  • Loop Meadow24.2 km ESE
  • Merton Field25.1 km ENE
  • North Croft33.3 km SSE

Woods

  • Faringdon Clump846 m E
  • Grove Wood1.1 km NNE
  • Ring Clumps1.5 km WSW
  • Wicklesham Copse1.4 km SE

Hills

  • Faringdon Hill882 m E
  • Galley Hill1.8 km S
  • Jespers Hill971 m ESE
  • Sandshill1.3 km SSW

Lakes

  • Hill Pond3.7 km SSE
  • Little Lake5.0 km WNW
  • Morris's Basin3.0 km WNW
  • The Lake4.2 km WNW

Waterfalls

  • Neptune Waterfall70.9 km E
  • The Cascade56.6 km NE
  • Tower Waterfall70.2 km E

Headlands

  • Beachley Point74.0 km W
  • Botany Bay Point73.6 km ESE

Islands

  • Andersey Island21.2 km E
  • Stanford Park Island7.6 km ESE

Wetlands

  • Wanborough Marsh14.6 km SW
  • Ranger's Marsh25.1 km NNE
  • Chilton Marsh25.9 km S

Health Services

  • Wantage Community HospitalHospital 13.7 km ESE
  • Fairford HospitalHospital 14.5 km WNW
  • Fern MeadowsMedical 982 m SSE
  • The GrangeMedical 5.6 km ESE

Education

  • Faringdon Junior SchoolSchool 298 m WNW
  • Folly View Primary SchoolSchool 1.2 km S
  • The Defence Academy of the United KingdomUniversity 7.1 km SSW

Train Stations

  • Swindon17.3 km SW
  • Taw Valley Halt18.5 km WSW

Bus Stations

  • Swindon Bus Station17.3 km SW
  • Chippenham Bus Station42.9 km WSW

Coach Stations

  • High Wycombe Coachway56.8 km E
  • Shakespeare's Birthplace Coach Terminal60.2 km N

Ferry Terminals

  • Harbour Inlet Ferry Landing74.4 km WSW
  • SS Great Britain Ferry Landing74.5 km WSW

Airports

  • London Oxford Airport26.9 km NE
  • Cotswold Airport32.7 km W

Airfields

  • RAF Brize Norton10.4 km N

Heliports

  • The London Heliport99.3 km ESE

Harbours

  • Lydney Harbour64.1 km W
  • Floating Harbour73.5 km WSW