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 and shopping centres.

The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men are great places to visit near Checkendon if you like ancient sites.

There are a several good cities in the area around Checkendon like Oxford.

Shopping Centres to visit near Checkendon include Westgate Oxford.

Checkendon History

There are some historic monuments around Checkendon:

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