Farringdon, Hampshire

Farringdon
All Saints Church
Farringdon is located in Hampshire
Farringdon
Farringdon
Location within Hampshire
Population664 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU709350
Civil parish
  • Farringdon
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAlton
Postcode districtGU34
Dialling code01420
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°06′38″N 0°59′14″W / 51.11062°N 0.98714°W / 51.11062; -0.98714

Farringdon is a civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south of Alton, on the A32 road, close to a source of the River Wey.

The village has two parts, the larger being Upper Farringdon. Lower Farringdon is on the Alton to Gosport road, the A32. The 2001 census predicted a population for Farringdon Parish by 2006 of 495, increasing to 664 at the 2011 Census.

The northern of the River Wey's two sources rises in countryside close to Farringdon (Grid Reference: SU707394).

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 December 2016.