This unique unusual 100ft Tower is Faringdon’s icon and the last major folly to be built in England
Hailed as 'Britain's finest 20th century Folly Tower' and 'One of the most important follies in Britain'
The Tower sits on Folly Hill, within a charming 4 acre, circular woodland of splendid Scots Pine and broadleaf trees, some more than 200 years old.
Check out the fantastic views over 5 counties and find out about the history of Folly Hill, Henry James Pye (of Sing a Song of Sixpence fame), Oliver Cromwell and the very eccentric Lord Berners (the creator of the tower). Seek out the 24 black birds and the giant willow pie, Cromwell’s cannon, the fairly useless bridge, Lord Berners in a tree, the giraffe, the mouse ..............and more. See the list and photos on the Sculpture trail page Please do not feed the giraffe!! The Folly Woodland is privately owned by the Faringdon Folly Tower Trust. It is not public land but we allow the general public to have permissive access. |
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"There are many single points of view, which equal, or perhaps surpass, that to be seen from this place, but when a circuit is made of its summit, and new beauties are found at every step, it cannot fail to be pronounced the finest circular view in the kingdom,"
Extract from Pigot & Co's Directory of 1824
"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s (and women’s) hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
Extract from Pigot & Co's Directory of 1824
"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s (and women’s) hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
