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 and shopping centres.

Benson's best nearby ancient sites can be found at The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.

Don't miss Oxford's cities if visiting the area around Benson.

The area close to Benson boasts some of the best shopping centres including Westgate Oxford.

Benson History

There are some historic monuments around Benson:

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