Fargo Village

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FarGo Village is a creative quarter on Far Gosford Street, Coventry, England. Costing £5 million{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/commercial-property/firms-signing-up-coventrys-fargo-5851171 |title=Firms signing up for Coventry's FarGo creative village| work=Birmingham Post|date=7 September 2013 }} and opened on 27 September 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/business/smes/watch-thousands-turn-up-opening-7849318 |title=Thousands turn up for opening of Coventry's FarGo Village| work=Coventry Telegraph|date=29 September 2014 }} it is a mixture of mobile catering units, small boutique style units housed in repurposed shipping containers,{{Cite web|last=Waddington|first=Jenny|date=2014-08-13|title=Shipping containers to be used as shops and offices at Coventry's FarGo Village|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/shipping-containers-used-shops-offices-7606022|access-date=2021-07-02|website=CoventryLive|language=en}} and larger stores surrounding a marketplace area.

Units include cafes, restaurants, vegan businesses, a craft beer brewery, a bespoke printing and embroidery shop, vintage clothing shops, and a comic book shop run by artist and writer Al Davidson. It also has the world's only museum dedicated to TV actor Phil Silvers.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34639443 |title=One man's obsession with Sergeant Bilko|date=November 2015 | publisher=BBC News}} It also features The Box - a 500 person capacity music and drama venue.{{cite web|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/box-fargo-village-starts-take-8975803 |title=Work at new 500-seat arts centre at FarGo Village reaches half-way stage| work=Coventry Telegraph|date=5 April 2015 }} In 2021, it opened The Factory, a collection of street food businesses connected to indoor and outdoor dining areas.{{Cite web|last=Bridge|first=Bobby|date=2021-06-05|title=Our verdict on Factory at FarGo Village's opening day|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/factory-at-fargo-village-coventry-20747563|access-date=2021-07-02|website=CoventryLive|language=en}}

As well as housing retail units The Village holds regular events such as classic car shows, open air cinema evenings, food festivals and dog shows.{{Cite web|title=What's on at Fargo|url=https://www.fargovillage.co.uk/whats-on|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Fargo Village|language=en-GB}} It is expected that a stop on the Coventry Very Light Rail tram system will be located there, linking it with the city railway station, Pool Meadow Bus Station and University Hospital Coventry.

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