Ardington
Ardington is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse.
Ardington is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Since 2000, Ardington has shared a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Lockinge. In 2011 the parish had a population of 288.
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Worth seeing in and around Ardington
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Wantage
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.
3.3 km · market town and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wantage
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Church of England parish church in Wantage, Oxfordshire. The church is a grade-I listed building.
3.5 km · church in Wantage, England · Wikipedia - 03Statue of Alfred the Great
The statue of Alfred the Great, in the Wantage market place, was sculpted by Count Gleichen, a relative of Queen Victoria's, and unveiled on 14 July 1877 by the Prince and Princess of Wales. It was presented to the town by Robert Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage.
3.3 km · statue in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Old Town Hall, Wantage
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England. The building, which was the headquarters of Wantage Urban District Council, was converted into apartments in 2018.
3.3 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 05Alfredian Park
Alfredian Park is a football ground in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, and the home of Wantage Town Football Club of the Hellenic League Division One. It has a capacity of about 1,500.
3.7 km · football ground in Wantage · Wikipedia - 06Chain Hill
Chain Hill is one of the hills of the Berkshire Downs, located in the civil parish of Wantage in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
3 km · hill in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Vale and Downland Museum
The Vale and Downland Museum is a local history museum in the market town of Wantage, Oxfordshire, England. The Vale and Downland Museum Trust was formed in 1972.
3.5 km · museum of local culture and history in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ardington
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 65 km · London Luton (LTN), 76 km · Bristol (BRS), 96 km
- Stations
- Wantage Road railway station, 3.6 km
- London → Ardington87 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £10–14
- Luton, Luton → Ardington73 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £9–12
- Bristol → Ardington86 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ardington
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ardington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Ardington – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Ardington
Ardington is 32 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Grovevillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.6 km
- East Hendredvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England2.9 km
- West Hendredvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England1.8 km
- East Challowvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3 km
- West Lockingevillage in Oxfordshire, England, UK1.6 km
- Lockingecivil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England1.3 km