Benson is a Village in the county of Oxfordshire.

Retail in Benson

There are great places to visit near Benson including some great ancient sites, cities, shopping centres, towns and historic buildings.

There are a number of ancient sites near Benson including The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.

Benson is near some unmissable cities like Oxford,

Westgate Oxford is one of Benson's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Benson.

Banbury is a great place to visit close to Benson if you like towns.

Historic Buildings to visit near Benson include Upton House.

Benson History

There are some historic monuments around Benson:

• Castle Grove camp
• Grim's Ditch; portion from Mongewell Park Lodge to S of Nuffield church
• Site of Roman kilns
• Bowl barrow in the north-west corner of Town Copse
• Roman town
• Brightwell Barrow
• Dovecote 60m north of Place Manor Cottage
• Sinodun Hill camp
• Chislehampton Bridge
• Ring ditches, cursus, enclosures and settlement site
• Dike Hills
• North Stoke henge and ring ditch site
• Garsington village cross
• Wallingford Castle
• Dovecote at Manor Farm, South Stoke
• Wallingford Town Walls
• Ice house at Ascott House, 190m north west of Ascott Farm
• Saxon town
• Long barrow 140m north west of Cooks Cottages
• Anglo-Saxon great hall complex and Roman settlement features at Long Wittenham
• Romano-British settlement 520m north west of Cooks Cottages
• Long barrow 340m north west of Cooks Cottages
• Settlement site at Northfield Farm
• Site of manor house and royal palace
• Wallingford Bridge
• Church Piece cemetery site
• Motte castle immediately west of St John the Baptist's Church