Sarah Benson
Director
Faringdon
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Director
Sarah Benson
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
The food at the Old Crown Coaching Inn is amazing! Travelling slightly further afield the White Hart at Fyfield has long been a favourite and never disappoints.
What do you love about the area?
I was born in Lechlade and moved to Faringdon aged 9 and am still here many decades later! Faringdon is a quirky, unique community with so much to offer and Follyfest, a free festival with live music and fringe events held in July is a must and a great way to meet people. I love walking into the town at weekends for a coffee and knowing that I will bump into so many people who are happy to stop for a friendly chat. We are spoilt for choice for country walks from the town too.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
My garden! (Except when the grass needs mowing!). I love a walk to the woodland around the Folly and to sit on a bench taking in the views or Badbury Hill (National Trust) provides a variety of longer walks and great views..
What do you think is the best view in the area?
We are lucky to have a choice of two – a climb to the top of Faringdon Folly gives such a great view over our historic town but also provides views of five different counties! Then the view from the Uffington White Horse is an absolute must. It is breathtaking.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
I would start with coffee from one of our independent coffee shops, (and most likely a cake!) before heading out for a walk into the countryside with my camera.
Lucy Hill
Associate Director
Associate Director
Lucy Hill
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Helen Brownings, Royal Oak, Bishopstone.
What do you love about the area?
The countryside.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Walking on the Ridgeway.
What do you think is the best view in the area ?
View from Uffington White Horse Hill.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ?
Running on the Ridgeway.
Harriet Davies
Associate
Associate
Harriet Davies
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
For a special occasion my husband and I love to go to the White Hart in Fyfield. The food is exceptional and it is less than 15 minutes from Faringdon Centre.
What do you love about the area?
Faringdon is very centrally located with easy access to Oxford, Swindon and the motorway links. There is a real sense of community in the town and having lived here for 15 years, I find it an exceptionally warm and friendly place. I also love walking my dog and there is superb countryside right on the door step.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
In the summer, we love having family picnics up the Folly or heading over to Badbury Clumps.
What do you think is the best view in the areaC
Sunrise at Wicklesham Farm in winter over frosty fields.
Gerry Millington
Customer/Client Manager
Customer/Client Manager
Gerry Millington
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Woodman Inn – Fernham.
What do you love about the area?
The wonderful dog walks just a few minutes’ from my doorstep.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
From the top of White Horse Hill on a clear day.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
A walk at Badbury Clump in May once the Bluebells are out, followed by lunch at Carpenters Canteen in Coleshill.
Abby Valentine
Customer Manager
Customer Manager
Abby Valentine
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
The food and atmosphere at Las Chicas is second to none
What do you love about the area?
I love being so close to open countryside, yet still being in a lively town. The walks around Faringdon are amazing.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
My favourite place to relax is during a walk around Badbury Clump, it’s such a tranquil area and the scenery is stunning at any time of year!
What do you think is the best view in the area?
The view from the top of White Horse Hill is amazing
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
My perfect day in the area would be a trip into town on a Saturday morning for a coffee and cake, followed by one of the many walks around the town and surrounding footpaths!
Anne Marie Lewis
Viewing Assistant
Viewing Assistant
Anne Marie Lewis
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Carpenters Canteen, Buscot, lovely cream tea.
What do you love about the area?
Love the area for its lovely countryside and a variety of beautiful villages to explore.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Relax with a lovely walk in Badbury Clump, particularly at Bluebell time.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Best views have to be from Faringdon Folly, views over five county’s.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Perfect day would be a visit to Buscot Park, beautiful house, lake and grounds, picnic lunch in the park.
Michelle Murphy
Associate Director Sale Progression
Associate Director Sale Progression
Michelle Murphy
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
If I wanted to go out to eat, Faringdon has a nice selections of eateries, from a Steakhouse, Indian, Tapas and your usual pub grub.
What do you love about the area?
Faringdon is a mix of period and modern properties with a pretty market square. Has lots going on and is full of history .
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
I relax at home.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Folly Hill, the lay by off the Highworth Rd or from Church St looking down towards Radcot.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ?
A walk around the Folly Tower followed by a pub lunch.
Robyn Niblett
Senior Adminstrator
Senior Adminstrator
Robyn Niblett
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
I love to visit The Crown in Minchinhampton. It has such a warm cosy atmosphere, and their outdoor seating area is a great place to sit and have a drink, especially during the winter months when the outdoor tent it is covered in fairy lights with heaters and blankets.
What do you love about the area?
It has to be the cows on the common! I love being surrounded by the open countryside and having big highland cows just strolling down the road.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
I love to sit on the common and relax whilst drawing, reading, or just taking in the views.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Watching the sunset from either Rodborough Common or Coaley Peak Viewpoint is always a very impressive sight.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
The summer months in Minchinhampton are my favourite; Winstones Ice cream is a short walk away, impressive kites are being flown on the common and the cows are roaming free (they even walk past our front door!).
Sian Harris
Lettings Director
Lettings Director
Sian Harris
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
A particular favourite is The Red Lion at Wainlodes just on the outskirts of Cheltenham. Great pub food and a fantastic riverside beer garden. Well worth a visit.
What do you love about the area?
I love the events that are on in Cheltenham. There is of course the famous Gold Cup but there are also lots of festivals throughout the year like the Literary Festival, Food & Drink, the Light Festival to name a few. Its great that so much is going on – there is something for everyone.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
I love nothing more than grabbing a coffee and reading my book whilst watching the world go by. I particularly love O’Haras on St Georges Place. The best coffee in Cheltenham.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Looking across the lake in Pittville Park towards the Pump Rooms. Doesn’t matter what time of the year it is, it’s beautiful.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Going for a walk with my dogs in the surrounding countryside followed by nice food with friends and family.
Director
Sarah Benson
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
The food at the Old Crown Coaching Inn is amazing! Travelling slightly further afield the White Hart at Fyfield has long been a favourite and never disappoints.
What do you love about the area?
I was born in Lechlade and moved to Faringdon aged 9 and am still here many decades later! Faringdon is a quirky, unique community with so much to offer and Follyfest, a free festival with live music and fringe events held in July is a must and a great way to meet people. I love walking into the town at weekends for a coffee and knowing that I will bump into so many people who are happy to stop for a friendly chat. We are spoilt for choice for country walks from the town too.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
My garden! (Except when the grass needs mowing!). I love a walk to the woodland around the Folly and to sit on a bench taking in the views or Badbury Hill (National Trust) provides a variety of longer walks and great views..
What do you think is the best view in the area?
We are lucky to have a choice of two – a climb to the top of Faringdon Folly gives such a great view over our historic town but also provides views of five different counties! Then the view from the Uffington White Horse is an absolute must. It is breathtaking.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
I would start with coffee from one of our independent coffee shops, (and most likely a cake!) before heading out for a walk into the countryside with my camera.
Associate Director
Lucy Hill
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Helen Brownings, Royal Oak, Bishopstone.
What do you love about the area?
The countryside.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Walking on the Ridgeway.
What do you think is the best view in the area ?
View from Uffington White Horse Hill.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ?
Running on the Ridgeway.
Associate
Harriet Davies
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
For a special occasion my husband and I love to go to the White Hart in Fyfield. The food is exceptional and it is less than 15 minutes from Faringdon Centre.
What do you love about the area?
Faringdon is very centrally located with easy access to Oxford, Swindon and the motorway links. There is a real sense of community in the town and having lived here for 15 years, I find it an exceptionally warm and friendly place. I also love walking my dog and there is superb countryside right on the door step.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
In the summer, we love having family picnics up the Folly or heading over to Badbury Clumps.
What do you think is the best view in the areaC
Sunrise at Wicklesham Farm in winter over frosty fields.
Customer/Client Manager
Gerry Millington
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Woodman Inn – Fernham.
What do you love about the area?
The wonderful dog walks just a few minutes’ from my doorstep.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
From the top of White Horse Hill on a clear day.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
A walk at Badbury Clump in May once the Bluebells are out, followed by lunch at Carpenters Canteen in Coleshill.
Customer Manager
Abby Valentine
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
The food and atmosphere at Las Chicas is second to none
What do you love about the area?
I love being so close to open countryside, yet still being in a lively town. The walks around Faringdon are amazing.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
My favourite place to relax is during a walk around Badbury Clump, it’s such a tranquil area and the scenery is stunning at any time of year!
What do you think is the best view in the area?
The view from the top of White Horse Hill is amazing
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
My perfect day in the area would be a trip into town on a Saturday morning for a coffee and cake, followed by one of the many walks around the town and surrounding footpaths!
Viewing Assistant
Anne Marie Lewis
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Carpenters Canteen, Buscot, lovely cream tea.
What do you love about the area?
Love the area for its lovely countryside and a variety of beautiful villages to explore.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Relax with a lovely walk in Badbury Clump, particularly at Bluebell time.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Best views have to be from Faringdon Folly, views over five county’s.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Perfect day would be a visit to Buscot Park, beautiful house, lake and grounds, picnic lunch in the park.
Associate Director Sale Progression
Michelle Murphy
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
If I wanted to go out to eat, Faringdon has a nice selections of eateries, from a Steakhouse, Indian, Tapas and your usual pub grub.
What do you love about the area?
Faringdon is a mix of period and modern properties with a pretty market square. Has lots going on and is full of history .
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
I relax at home.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Folly Hill, the lay by off the Highworth Rd or from Church St looking down towards Radcot.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ?
A walk around the Folly Tower followed by a pub lunch.
Senior Adminstrator
Robyn Niblett
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
I love to visit The Crown in Minchinhampton. It has such a warm cosy atmosphere, and their outdoor seating area is a great place to sit and have a drink, especially during the winter months when the outdoor tent it is covered in fairy lights with heaters and blankets.
What do you love about the area?
It has to be the cows on the common! I love being surrounded by the open countryside and having big highland cows just strolling down the road.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
I love to sit on the common and relax whilst drawing, reading, or just taking in the views.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Watching the sunset from either Rodborough Common or Coaley Peak Viewpoint is always a very impressive sight.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
The summer months in Minchinhampton are my favourite; Winstones Ice cream is a short walk away, impressive kites are being flown on the common and the cows are roaming free (they even walk past our front door!).
Lettings Director
Sian Harris
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
A particular favourite is The Red Lion at Wainlodes just on the outskirts of Cheltenham. Great pub food and a fantastic riverside beer garden. Well worth a visit.
What do you love about the area?
I love the events that are on in Cheltenham. There is of course the famous Gold Cup but there are also lots of festivals throughout the year like the Literary Festival, Food & Drink, the Light Festival to name a few. Its great that so much is going on – there is something for everyone.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
I love nothing more than grabbing a coffee and reading my book whilst watching the world go by. I particularly love O’Haras on St Georges Place. The best coffee in Cheltenham.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Looking across the lake in Pittville Park towards the Pump Rooms. Doesn’t matter what time of the year it is, it’s beautiful.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Going for a walk with my dogs in the surrounding countryside followed by nice food with friends and family.
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Welcome to Faringdon
Director and local resident, Sarah Benson introduces the Market Town of Faringdon and its beautiful surrounds.
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Our charity partner of the year
Perry Bishop is the headline sponsor of FollyFest, a fantastic 3-day free music and community arts festival hosted by the Town in July.
Selling and letting in Faringdon
Our friendly, experienced team have been helping sellers and landlords in Faringdon achieve success for many years. We have been recognised for our great service, property knowledge and fantastic marketing.
With years of living and working in Faringdon, we know it like the back of our hands. We’ll use this knowledge as well as other factors to provide a correct property valuation which will reflect current housing market conditions in Faringdon and the nation as a whole. Our local area knowledge is beneficial for buyers or renters looking to move to the area, get a feel for Faringdon below in our practical area guide
Faringdon guide
This historic market town lies at the edge of the Cotswolds, midway between Oxford and Swindon, in the Vale of the White Horse.
About Faringdon
Faringdon is known for its 100ft Folly Tower, the last major folly to be built in England, which offers fine views across five counties. It was commissioned in the 1930s by the eccentric Lord Berners who lived in Faringdon House. “The great point of the Tower is that it will be entirely useless,” he declared. With the Ridgeway to one side and the River Thames to the other, this attractive and thriving Oxfordshire Town is surrounded by beautiful countryside.
Local amenities in Faringdon
The town boasts a fantastic selection of primary and secondary schools, including Faringdon Infants & Junior School and Faringdon Community College. In the surrounding villages, there’s a choice of good primary schools, along with St Hugh’s Prep School in Carswell and Pinewood School in nearby Shrivenham. This makes the area a very popular choice for people with young families.
Faringdon offers a good range of shops, with three supermarkets on the outskirts of town, and many well supported independent shops, cafes and restaurants in the centre. Floyds Grill, Las Chicas, The Bell, The Narrows and the Gin to my Tonic bar are all well-loved, the latter also hosts a gin festival at nearby Sudbury House Hotel. The town also hosts weekly markets that take place on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Leisure and activities in Faringdon
In Faringdon, there’s a choice of great sports facilities, including Better Leisure Centre, football, rugby, tennis and cricket clubs as well as cycling and running groups.
A local drama society stages productions throughout the year and there’s a community choir and very active Rotary group. The highlight of the year is Faringdon FollyFest, a summer music festival held in the town centre and sponsored by Perry Bishop.
At Christmas, the community comes together to watch Father Christmas ride into town on Thomas the Tank Engine to turn on the Christmas lights – a sight to be seen to be believed!
Transport links in Faringdon
The town has easy access and great transport links to Oxford, Swindon and the surrounding villages. There’s a great train service into London from Swindon train station which is only a short drive away.
