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Ben Fogle, 51, is a well-known face on British television, presenting numerous wildlife-themed programmes across , , Channel 4 and Channel 5. His recent work on Channel 5 includes shows such as Ben Fogle and the Buried City, Endurance: Race to the Pole and Into the Congo with Ben Fogle. Fogle first gained public attention after his participation in the BBC reality show Castaway 2000, where 36 individuals were left stranded on the Scottish island of Taransay for a year.
The programme was a social experiment that observed if these men, women and children could establish a sustainable, self-sufficient community from scratch. Born to actress Julia Foster and vet Bruce Fogle, Ben received private at the Hall School in Hampstead, London and Bryanston School in Dorset, reports . During a gap year, he travelled to Ecuador to teach English at an orphanage, followed by another gap year spent working on a turtle conservation project on the Mosquito Coast of Honduras and Nicaragua.
He later attended the University of Portugal for Latin American studies before studying at the University of Costa Rica. Away from his TV career, Fogle leads a quiet life with his wife, Marina and their two children, Ludovic and Iona. It's thought that the family resides near the village of Fawley, located on the border between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
This village is just a few miles from Henley-on-Thames, which has been previously named by The Times and The Telegraph as one of the best places to live in the English countryside. The Countryfile presenter enjoys life in a picturesque countryside dwelling, along with his family, dogs, and horses. In a 2023 interview with Metro, he shared insights into their idyllic rural home: "We live in an old flint cottage in Oxfordshire.
It is in a rural setting surrounded by woodland, fields and nature." Reveling in the harmony of their natural oasis, he said: "We have plenty of deer that like to eat our roses, moles that dig up the lawn and even a wild population of wallabies that bounce into our garden and chase the dogs, but we love it." Fawley, where the star resides, boasts the magnificent Fawley Court, a Neoclassical country mansion conceived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
This Grade I-listed gem, designed by Sir Christopher Wren with gardens by Capability Brown, once featured an expansive deer park that reached into Henley Park. Furthermore, Fawley is adorned with the historical St Mary's Church, tracing back to the 12th century. The churchyard houses two notable mausolea dating from 1752 and 1862.
While Fogle also holds a property in West Londona lucrative five-bedroom valued at £2.7 million according to MailOnline and formerly listed for rent at £26,000 a monthhe rents this out. Seeing as charming Fawley lies just a stone's throw away from the pricier Henley-on-Thames, property values in the village carry a premium tag.
Rightmove records suggest that houses in Fawley had an average price of £2,610,000 over the preceding year. Over the past year, most properties sold in Fawley were detached homes, fetching an average price of £4,310,000. Semi-detached properties, on the other hand, sold for an average of £910,000.
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