Local Information Faringdon
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Local Information

  • Tourist Information Centre: 7a Market Place. Tel/Fax: 01367  242191
    Opening Hours (1st April - 31st October) Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm,  Saturday 10am to 1pm, Sunday closed.
    Opening Hours (1st November - 31st  March) Monday to Saturday 10am to 1pm, Sunday closed.

  • Citizens Advice Bureau: 1 Faringdon Road, Swindon Tel: 01793  528303

  • Post Office: Marlborough St Tel: 01367 240559

  • Population: 5,000

  • Fire, Police, Ambulance - in an emergency dial 999
    • Police: Marlborough St Tel: 01235 776000
    • Fire: Faringdon Fire Station, Station Road Tel: 01865  842999/242223
    • Hospitals:
      • Faringdon Day Hospital, Oakwood House, Meadowbank Tel: 01367  242150
      • John Radcliffe (Casualty Dept), Headley Way, Headington, Oxford Tel: 01865 741166
      • The Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon Tel: 01793 536231
      • Wantage Hospital Tel: 01235 765554

  • Library: Faringdon Library, The Elms, Gloucester St SN7 7HZ Tel: 01367 240311

  • Travel:
    • Bus:Stagecoach and  Oxford Tube timetables and online ticket shop.

  • Local Council Offices:
    • Town Council, Corn Exchange, Cornmarket Tel: 01367 240281
    • Vale of the White Horse District Council, Corn Exchange, Cornmarket Tel: 01367 240296
    • Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND Tel: 01865 792422

Recreation, Sport & Leisure

  • Leisure Centre, Fernham Road Tel: 01367 241755

  • Golf:
    • Carswell Golf Club, Carswell Home Farm Tel: 01367 870422
    • Faringdon Golf Course, Great Coxwell Tel: 01367  243944

  • Judo: Faringdon Judo Centre, Tucker Park, Park Road, Faringdon. Judo  classes for children - Friday evening age 5-11 (6.45pm-7.45pm), age 10-18  (7.45pm-8.45pm) cost 80p/session. Fully insured qualified voluntary teachers +  registered First Aider (St Johns).
    Senior class 8.45-10.15pm class  fee £1. For more information and details of other martial arts classes please  contact Faringdon Town Council.

  • Recreational areas:
    • Tucker Park, Marlborough Gardens, off Maple Road
    • Wantage Park, lots of play items

  • Swimming, Open Air Pool, Lechlade Road Tel: 01367 242306

Education

  • Faringdon Infant School, Faringdon Tel: 01367 401655
  • Faringdon Junior School, Faringdon Tel: 01367 240232
  • Buckland CE Primary, Buckland Tel: 01367 870236
  • Ferndale Preparatory School, Bromsgrove, Faringdon Tel: 01367  240618
  • Stanford-in-the-Vale Primary, Stanford-in-the-Vale Tel: 01367  710474
  • Uffington CE Primary, Uffington Tel: 01367 820296
  • Faringdon Community College, Faringdon Tel: 01367 240375