Faringdon Folly Tower
SN7 7AQ Faringdon, United Kingdom
Faringdon Folly Tower Company Information
General information
The Folly Tower, standing on Folly Hill, is a wonderful viewpoint over 5 counties and a landmark that can be seen for miles around.
The 104ft high tower was built in 1935 by the eccentric Lord Berners, the then owner of Faringdon House, for his young friend Robert Heber-Percy.
The style is unusual in that the stark perpendicular building is topped with gothic flourishes and mock battlements. It is the last folly to be built in England.
The Folly Tower is open on the 1st Sunday of the month and Bank Holiday Mondays between April and October.
Adults £2, 11-16s 50p, under 11s free
The 4 acre woodland, with magnificent Scots Pine and broadleaf trees, some over 200 years old, has been developed with interesting and quirky art and structures- the fairly useless bridge, civil war cannon, 24 blackbirds and giant pie (from Sing a Song of Sixpence), Lord Berners high in a tree, and various animals and birds. The woodland is always open and a great place for parents and children to spend time, and only a few minutes walk from Faringdon Market Place.
Charity number 284795
Folly Path, off Stanford Rd Faringdon
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- The company has a parking lot.
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- +441367241142
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