Wantage is a Town in the county of Oxfordshire.

Retail in Wantage

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wantage History

There are some historic monuments around Wantage:

• Segsbury Camp or Letcombe Castle hillfort
• Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery
• Site SE of Noah's Ark Inn, Frilford
• Yew Down round barrow 950m south west of Butterbush Reservoir
• Grim's Ditch; section S of Tile Barn
• Grim's Ditch; section 650yds (590m) long NW of Betterton Down
• Scutchamore Knob
• Grim's Ditch; section 600yds (550m) long on East Ginge Down
• Cherbury camp
• East Hendred Down bowl barrow
• Mere End Down disc barrow
• Bockhampton deserted medieval village
• Grims Ditch; section 200yds (180m) long W of Scotch Fir Belt
• Mere End Down Romano-British field system
• Hackpen Hill bowl barrow 525m south of Sincombe Farm
• Two platform barrows and a bowl barrow 440m south of Greenway Cottages
• Roman villa E of Cornhill Farm
• Settlement site N of Cow Lane
• Whatcombe deserted medieval village
• Two bowl barrows 500m north-east of Stancombe Farm
• Bowl barrow 850m south west of Sincombe Farm
• Barn at Longworth House (hospital)
• Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill