Alchester Fort Annex

Alchester Fort Annex is an archaeological site in Wendlebury, Cherwell, England. Alchester Fort Annex is situated nearby to the archaeological site Merton Roman Camp, as well as near the village Ambrosden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alchester and Church of St Giles.

Alchester

Archaeological site

Alchester is the site of an ancient Roman town. The site is not included in any ancient references; hence, the Roman name is not known. However, Eilert Ekwall contended that it appears as Alavna in the Ravenna Cosmography, with the addition of the Old English ceaster to signify a Roman fort. Alchester is situated 840 feet east of Alchester Fort Annex.

Church of St Giles

Church

Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Giles is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Alchester Fort Annex.

Bicester Village railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bicester Village is one of two railway stations serving Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England; the other is Bicester North. It lies 12 miles north-east of Oxford on the Oxford–Bicester line, near to its junction with the Chiltern Main Line. Bicester Village railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Alchester Fort Annex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merton and Bicester.

Merton

Village

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Merton is a village and civil parish near the River Ray, about 4 miles south of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 424. Merton is situated 1½ miles south of Alchester Fort Annex.

Bicester

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Bicester is a market town located in the north-east of the English county of Oxfordshire, some miles north of the university town of Oxford. It has become a popular destination on account of its being the location of Bicester Village, a large factory and designer outlet shopping village.

Ambrosden

Village

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ambrosden is a village and civil parish in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England, 3 miles southwest of Bicester to which it is linked by the A41 road, and 13 miles from Oxford. Ambrosden is situated 2 miles east of Alchester Fort Annex.

Alchester Fort Annex

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Wendlebury, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.87833° or 51° 52′ 42″ north

Longitude

-1.17345° or 1° 10′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C3WVRHG+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 608125190

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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