Editing Farnham (section)

==Tourism==
The town has a number of attractive houses from various periods, and many passages which reveal hidden parts of the town including old workshops, historic cottages and hidden gardens. Farnham Castle was built by the [[Normans]] and updated over the years as the [[Palace]] of the Bishops of Winchester. The former Bishops' Palace of the castle is now a training and conference centre,<ref>{{cite web
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|title=Home - Meetings
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}}</ref> which also manages the keep, recently made more accessible by a Heritage Lottery Fund Grant.<ref>
{{cite web
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 |archive-date = 27 September 2011
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}}
</ref>  The keep is open to the public, and organised tours of the palace are held weekly.<ref>
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}}
</ref>

Many of the places mentioned in the books of [[George Sturt]] can be seen, and Waverley Abbey, the first [[Cistercian]] Abbey in England, is open to the public. Farnham borders the [[Surrey Hills National Landscape]] and the [[North Downs Way]] long-distance path starts here. [[Alice Holt Forest]] is nearby, as are [[Frensham Ponds]] and many [[Heath (habitat)|heaths]] and [[downland]] scenery. The [[Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford|Rural Life Living Museum]] is nearby at Tilford, and the town is a suitable tourist base for Winchester, the [[Mid-Hants Railway]] and canal trips on the [[Basingstoke Canal]] and [[Wey Navigation]].