Wantage
Parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.578, -1.421 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 40 86 |
| Population: | 18,505 |
Wantage is a historic market town and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England, sitting in the shallow valley of the River Ock at the foot of the downs. It has strong Anglo‑Saxon roots and is best known as the traditional birthplace of King Alfred the Great, commemorated by a statue in the Market Place, while period buildings and the Vale and Downland Museum reflect its long history.
Today Wantage combines independent shops, regular markets and a lively community calendar (including local fairs and the annual carnival) with light industry and business parks on the town’s edges; many residents commute to nearby Didcot or Oxford. Its setting makes it a handy base for countryside walks towards the Ridgeway and the nearby Uffington White Horse, blending rural character with accessible services.
Postcode districts covering Wantage
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 20.9 miles
- Swindon 15.8 miles
- Oxford 14.2 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 8.9 miles
- Newbury 12.6 miles
- Didcot 7.7 miles
- Witney 14.9 miles
- Thatcham 14.4 miles
- Wantage 0.8 miles
- Grove 2.2 miles
- Carterton 14.4 miles
- Tadley 19.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Wantage Charlton Ward 0.1 miles
- Wantage Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Letcombe Regis Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Lockinge Parish 1.5 miles
- Wantage & Grove Brook Ward 1.5 miles
- East Challow Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Ardington Parish 2.1 miles
- Grove Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Grove North Ward 2.5 miles
- Childrey Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Ridgeway Ward 2.9 miles
- Letcombe Bassett Parish 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Wantage
OX12 9EQ, OX12 9YB, OX12 9HZ, OX12 9WW, OX12 8ZZ, OX12 9ER, OX12 9EA, OX12 9HS, OX12 9EE … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 42.1 miles
- Southampton Airport 43.4 miles
- Didcot Parkway Railway Station 8 miles
- Appleford Railway Station 8.8 miles
Hotels near Wantage Ad
- Plum Pudding 6.3 miles
- Queens Arms 4 6.8 miles
- Mollie's Motel and Diner 4 7.5 miles
- Ashbrook Lets 4 7.8 miles
- Courtyard by Marriott Oxford South 4 6 miles
- The Rose & Crown, Ashbury 3 8.6 miles
- Milton Hill 4 5.2 miles
- Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford 4 7.9 miles
- Steventon House Hotel 5.2 miles
- Old Abbey House 8.8 miles
Schools in Wantage
- Charlton Primary School Primary
- Fitzwaryn School Special
- King Alfred's Secondary
- Stockham Primary School Primary
- Wantage C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 8 miles
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 9 miles
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 13.2 miles
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 13.7 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 13.8 miles
- Christ Church College College 13.9 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 14.1 miles
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 14.1 miles
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 14.1 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 14.2 miles
- Magdalen College College 14.2 miles
- University of Oxford University 14.2 miles