Little Faringdon

Places of Interest

St John’s Lock

Lock

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St John's Lock, below the town of Lechlade, Gloucestershire, is the furthest upstream lock on the River Thames in England. The name of the lock derives from a priory that was established nearby in 1250, but which no longer exists.

St Matthew’s Church, Langford

Church

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The Parish Church of Saint Matthew, Langford is the Church of England parish church of Langford, a village in West Oxfordshire about 3 miles northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.

St Lawrence Church, Lechlade

Church

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The Anglican St Lawrence Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence of Rome, is the Church of England parish church of Lechlade in Gloucestershire, England. The church building is Grade I listed and is described with admiration in Simon Jenkins's England's Thousand Best Churches.

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Lechlade

Town

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Lechlade is a town at the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles south of Birmingham and 68 miles west of London. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigation that continues south-west into Cricklade, in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire.

Kelmscott

Village

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Kelmscott is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, about 2 miles east of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. Since 2001 it has absorbed Little Faringdon, which had been a separate civil parish.

Broadwell

Village

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Broadwell is a village and civil parish about 2 miles south-west of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 218. Broadwell is situated 2 miles northeast of Little Faringdon.

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