Checkendon is a Town in the county of Oxfordshire.

Retail in Checkendon

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

There are a several good ancient sites in the Checkendon area like The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.

There are a number of cities near to Checkendon including Oxford.

There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Checkendon like Westgate Oxford.

Places near Checkendon feature a number of interesting towns including Banbury.

Checkendon is near some unmissable historic buildings like Upton House,

Checkendon History

There are some historic monuments around Checkendon:

• High Bridge
• Wallingford Bridge
• Wallingford Town Walls
• Romano-British settlement 520m north west of Cooks Cottages
• Dovecote at Manor Farm, South Stoke
• Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork.
• Earthworks in Friarhampstead Wood
• Site of manor house and royal palace
• Long barrow 340m north west of Cooks Cottages
• Saxon town
• Camp on Bozedown
• Greys Court; castle wall, towers and well house
• Grim's Ditch; portion from Mongewell Park Lodge to S of Nuffield church
• North Stoke henge and ring ditch site
• Grim's Ditch: two sections in Portobello Wood, Holies Shaw and High Holies Wood Gap
• Long barrow 140m north west of Cooks Cottages
• Wallingford Castle
• Bix old church
• Castle Grove camp