Farnborough is a small village and civil parish in an area of outstanding beauty within West Berkshire on the Berkshire downs c.5 miles south of Wantage and c.10 miles north of Newbury and has a 12th Century church. The manor of Farnborough was held at the date of the Domesday Survey by the abbey of Abingdon, which had also held it under Edward the Confessor. Farnborough has excellent road links to the A338 with fast route access to the A34/M4 and access to main line train stations to London Paddington from Didcot to the East and Newbury to the South. Within the area there is a wide range of schools, both state and independent, including junior schools within the adjacent villages of Brightwalton and East Ilsley.