Wantage
Sign in to saveWantage () 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, south-west of Abingdon, north-west of Newbury, and south-west of Oxford.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.official_name
- Wantage
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wantage Market Place.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Wantage Market Place with its statue of King Alfred the Great, born in Wantage
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU3987
- UK place.population
- 13,106
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wantage
- UK place.shire_district
- Vale of White Horse
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Wantage
- UK place.postcode_district
- OX12
- UK place.postcode_area
- OX
- UK place.dial_code
- 01235
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Didcot and Wantage
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- History
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Geography
- Transport
- Education
- Media
- Architecture
- Developments
- Sport and leisure
- Notable people
- Sport
- Town crier
- Twinning
- Nearby places
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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, south-west of Abingdon, north-west of Newbury, and south-west of Oxford.
It was the birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849.