Kingston Winslow

Places of Interest

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.

Church of St Swithun

Church

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 2½ miles east of Kingston Winslow.

Places in the Area

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.

Idstone

Hamlet

Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Idstone is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ashbury in the Vale of White Horse. Idstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Idstone is about 6 miles east of Swindon in neighbouring Wiltshire.

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. Bishopstone is situated 1½ miles southwest of Kingston Winslow.

Kingston Winslow

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Hamlets to Discover

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