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Faringdon Folly

Faringdon, Oxfordshire

England's last great folly, with a famously dark warning sign.

Lord Berners was a composer, painter and famous eccentric, who dyed the pigeons at his home in bright colours. In 1935 he built this tower on a hill in Faringdon.

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When
Built 1935
Where
51.6574, -1.5752
Group
Towers & follies

Visiting

Open on Sundays in summer. The woods around it are open all year.

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