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.

Wantage has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.

Places near Wantage feature a number of interesting cities including Oxford.

Shopping Centres to visit near Wantage include Westgate Oxford.

Banbury is a great place to visit close to Wantage if you like towns.

The area close to Wantage boasts some of the best historic buildings including Upton House.

Wantage History

There are some historic monuments around Wantage:

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