Islip is a Village in the county of Oxfordshire.

Retail in Islip

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

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

Islip is near some unmissable cities like Oxford,

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

The area around Islip's best towns can be found at Banbury.

Historic Buildings to visit near Islip include Upton House.

Islip History

There are some historic monuments around Islip:

• Moated site E of school
• Seacourt medieval settlement 760m west of Manor Farm, Binsey
• Whitehill medieval settlement immediately south of Old Whitehill Farm
• Deserted village of Hampton Gay
• Long barrow 730m south west of Enslow Bridge
• Wretchwick deserted medieval settlement
• Otley Grange
• Romano-Celtic temple N of Woodeaton
• Section of the Grandpont causeway
• Osney Abbey (remains of)
• Oxford city walls
• Woodeaton village cross
• Ring ditches, barrows and associated enclosures, Port Meadow
• Thrupp Cross
• Godstow Abbey: a Benedictine nunnery, associated earthworks, leats and bridge, immediately south of Godstow Bridge
• Two sections of a Roman road on Ot Moor
• Dovecote at Rousham House
• Old Abingdon Road Culverts
• Swing bridge, LNWR Station
• Alchester Roman parade ground, access road and marching camp
• Alchester Roman site
• North Hinksey conduit house
• Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm
• Water gardens, avenue and an associated earthwork, east of Court Farm
• Shipton-on-Cherwell churchyard cross
• Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains
• Middleton Stoney Castle
• Saxon barrow 40m south east of Oxford Lodge
• Rewley Abbey