Vale of White Horse District Oxfordshire England United Kingdom
51.588868,-1.426453

Wantage

Wantage () is a historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974. The town is on Letcombe Brook, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Abingdon, 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Reading, 15 miles (24 km) south-west of Oxford and 14 miles (23 km) north-west of Newbury. It was the birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849.

Distance between:

London to Wantage 56 Miles / 91 Kms
Liverpool to Wantage 142 Miles / 229 Kms

Postal Code

Population 2017: 11874 inhabitants



museum Nearby

Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred

park Nearby

Woolley Park

tourist attraction Nearby

Cress Fields
Segsbury Camp
Snelsmore Common