Ashbury
Ashbury is a locality in Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, England. Ashbury is situated nearby to the locality Kingstone Winslow, as well as near the hamlet Idstone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wayland’s Smithy and Alfred’s Castle.
Wayland’s Smithy
Archaeological site
Photo: Msemmett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been completed around 3430 BCE by pastoral communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to the British Isles from continental Europe.
Alfred’s Castle
Archaeological site
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Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort, situated at grid reference SU277822, behind Ashdown Park in the civil parish of Ashbury in Oxfordshire. It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Uffington Castle
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 3.2 ha and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end. Uffington Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Ashbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashbury and Shrivenham.
Ashbury
Village
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end of the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Shrivenham
Village
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Shrivenham is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles south-west of Faringdon. The village is close to the county boundary with Wiltshire and about 5 miles east-northeast of the centre of Swindon. Shrivenham is situated 3½ miles northwest of Ashbury.
Bishopstone
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishopstone is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about 6 miles east of Swindon, and on the county border with Oxfordshire.
Ashbury
- Type: Locality
- Location: Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5583° or 51° 33′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.6126° or 1° 36′ 45″ westElevation
663 feet (202 metres)Open location code
9C3WH95P+8XGeoNames ID
7297005
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