England, United Kingdom · Europe
Wantage works well as a base: 10 minutes from East Hanney, 35km from Avebury Stone Circle.
Wantage is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 13,106, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Wantage sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Wantage to your route.
Wantage () is a historic market town and civil parish at the foot of the Berkshire Downs in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. Historically in Berkshire, it has been administered as part of Oxfordshire since 1974. The town is on Letcombe Brook, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Abingdon, 14 miles (23 km)Read more
north-west of Newbury, and 15 miles (24 km) south-west of Oxford.
It was the birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849.
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Wantage is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 51.5885 latitude, -1.4257 longitude.
Wantage has a population of approximately 13,106 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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The college's hall inspired the Hogwarts Great Hall set, and its 16th-century fan-vaulted Bodley staircase appears as the entry where McGonagall greets first-years.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Oxford's 15th-century Divinity School was the Hogwarts hospital wing, and Duke Humfrey's Library above it the Hogwarts library.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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The cloister and its ancient holm oak are where Mad-Eye Moody transfigures Draco Malfoy into a ferret in Goblet of Fire.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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A Cotswold wool town whose broad high street drops steeply to a medieval bridge over the Windrush.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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The Jacobethan country house in Hampshire that is Downton Abbey itself; the estate opens to visitors for parts of the year.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Charming Cotswolds village famously described by William Morris as the most beautiful village in England, home to the iconic Arlington Row.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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A terrace of 17th-century weavers' cottages beside the Coln in Bibury, once a wool store and among the most photographed buildings in England.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Largest prehistoric stone circle in the world, enclosing an entire village and considered by many to be more atmospheric than Stonehenge.
35 km · about 40 min drive
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
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