Farnborough, Berkshire

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Farnborough
Farnborough shown within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU435815
Unitary authority	West Berkshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WANTAGE
Postcode district	OX12
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Newbury
List of places: UK • England • Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°31′52″N 1°22′19″W / 51.531, -1.372

Farnborough is a small village and civil parish, amongst the Berkshire Downs north of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire.

[edit] Famous people

• John Betjeman lived at Farnborough Rectory and he has a memorial window in the church.

Settlements in West Berkshire
Towns: Hungerford | Newbury | Thatcham
Civil parishes: Aldermaston | Aldworth | Ashampstead | Basildon | Beech Hill | Beedon | Beenham | Boxford | Bradfield | Brightwalton | Brimpton | Bucklebury | Burghfield | Catmore | Chaddleworth | Chieveley | Cold Ash | Combe | Compton | East Garston | East Ilsley | Enborne | Englefield | Farnborough | Fawley | Frilsham | Great Shefford | Greenham | Hampstead Norreys | Hamstead Marshall | Hermitage | Holybrook | Inkpen | Kintbury | Lambourn | Leckhampstead | Midgham | Padworth | Pangbourne | Peasemore | Purley-On-Thames | Shaw-cum-Donnington | Speen | Stanford Dingley | Stratfield Mortimer | Streatley | Sulhamstead | Theale | Tidmarsh with Sulham | Tilehurst | Ufton Nervet | Wasing | Welford | West Woodhay | West Ilsley | Winterbourne | Woolhampton | Yattendon
Other villages and suburbs: | Aldermaston Wharf | Ashmore Green | Bagnor | Burnt Hill | Calcot | Donnington | Eastbury | Halfway | Hell Corner | Lambourn Woodlands | Little Heath | Lower Basildon | Marsh Benham | Shaw | South Fawley | Stockcross | Upper Basildon | Upper Lambourn | Upper Woolhampton | Wash Common | Weston | Woodlands St Mary | World's End