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Local Information

  • Tourist Information Centre, Vale and Downland Museum, Chruch Street,  Wantage, Oxon Tel/Fax: 01235 760176
    Opening Hours (all year) Monday to  Saturday 10am to 4.30pm Sunday 2.30pm to 5pm

  • Wantage Community Information Centre: 16 Market Place, Wantage, OX12  8AE Tel: 01235 765348

  • Post Office: Rowes, 18 Wallingford St. OX12 8AX Tel: 01235  770177

  • Population: Approx. 10,000

  • Early closing: Thursday

  • Library: Stirlings Road, Wantage Tel: 01235 762291

  • Market Days: Wednesday & Saturday

  • Fire, Police, Ambulance - in an emergency dial 999
    • Fire:
    • Police: Church Street, Wantage Tel: 01235 77600
    • Hospitals:
      • John Radcliffe (Casualty Dept), Headley Way, Headington, Oxford Tel: 01865 741166
      • Wantage Hospital, Tel: 01235 765554

  • Travel:
    • Bus:Stagecoach and  Oxford Tube timetables and online ticket shop.

  • St John Ambulance, enquiries and membership Tel: 0973 217533 email: s.j.ambulance.wantage@pobox.com

  • Local newspapers:
    • Wantage & Grove Herald, Osney Mead, Oxford Tel: 01865  244988
    • Oxford Times(Fri), Osney Mead, Oxford Tel: 01865 244988
    • The Star(Thur), Osney Mead, Oxford Tel: 01865  244988

  • Local Radio & TV:
    • Central Television, Unit 9, Windrush Court, Abingdon Tel: 01235 554123
    • FOX FM, Brush House, Pony Road, Oxford Tel: 01865 748787
    • BBC Radio Oxford 95.2 FM, 269 Banbury Road, Oxford Tel: 01865  311444

  • Local Council Offices:
    • Wantage Town Council, Council Offices, Portway, Wantage Oxon OX12 9BX Tel: 01235 763459
    • Vale of White Horse District Council,
      • Civic Hall, Portway, Wantage OX12 9BX Tel: 01235 763456
      • The Abbey House, Abingdon OX14 3JW Tel: 01235 20202
    • Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND Tel: 01865 792422

  • Religion
    • Methodist Churches in Childrey, Grove and Wantage. Tel: 01235  763321

  • Schools
  • Chamber of Commerce, Sec. 1 Miles Cottage, Main Street,Grove, Wantage  OX12 7HX Tel: 01235 768311

Recreation, Sport & Leisure

  • Cinema, Regent, 2 Newbury St. Tel: 01235 771155

  • Leisure Centre, Portway, Wantage Tel: 01235 766201

  • Vale and Downland Museum, Church Street, Wantage Tel: 01235  771447

  • Wantage Silver  Band, organisation of over 100 players in four bands