Fawley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. The parish consists of three townships, North or Great Fawley, South or Little Fawley, and Whatcombe; the latter was once a distinct parish. The village of North Fawley, lies in a hollow in the downs around the church, South Fawley comprises only the Manor House and some cottages, while Whatcombe consists of the Manor House, now a training stable, and a few cottages occupied by the stable hands. It is located in the west of the district of West Berkshire, close to the Berkshire-Oxfordshire border near the Ridgeway https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/ridgeway, and just off the A338 between Great Shefford and Wantage. Fawley is the original 'Marygreen' of Hardy's Jude the Obscure. Jude's surname was Fawley, set there because it was the home of Hardy's grandmother. There are good road links to Oxford c.22m and Newbury c.12m with the nearest market town of Wantage c.5m, and a main line train station at Didcot c13.5m to London (Paddington 45mins).