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.

Ancient Sites to visit near Islip include 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.

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

The area around Islip's best historic buildings can be found at Upton House.

Islip History

There are some historic monuments around Islip:

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