A well-known landmark thought to have links to JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings novels is set to celebrate its 90th birthday. Faringdon Folly, in Oxfordshire, opened in 1935 with "one of the biggest ...

A plan to repair and preserve a Grade II listed tower which was built in the 1930s as a birthday present has been submitted. Folly Tower in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, is thought to have been a gift from ...

The winds of the five counties on the horizon whistle around your head as you climb the hill to Faringdon Folly, a 100ft-tall Gothic tower built in 1935 by the ‘last great eccentric’ Lord Berners in ...

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The Tower on Folly Hill was built by Lord Berners in 1935 and affords panoramic views across four counties. For over 20 years, the town has been twinned with Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe in France and in 2004, ...