Blowing Stone, Wantage

Name: Blowing Stone
Address: Blowingstone Hill, Wantage, OX12 9QE, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Wantage

Historical place, Mysterious site, Sacred and religious sites, Archaeological site

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The Blowing Stone is a perforated sarsen at grid reference SU32412 87083 in Kingston Lisle, which is in the traditional county of Berkshire, but is currently administered as part of Oxfordshire. The stone is in a garden at the foot of Blowingstone Hill just south of the Icknield Way, about 4+1⁄2 miles west of Wantage and about 1+1⁄2 miles east of White Horse Hill. ()

Coordinates: 51°34'54"N, 1°32'1"W

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Blowingstone HillWantage OX12 9QE United Kingdom

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Blowing Stone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Uffington White Horse, Vale and Downland Museum, Wayland's Smithy, Uffington Castle.

1.5 miW
Famous hill figure and castle remains
Uffington White Horse
39 min walk • Carved into the rolling chalk hills of Oxfordshire, the Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric enigma that captivates the imagination of visitors and historians alike. This ancient hill figure, etched into the landscape over 3,000 years ago during the late Bronze Age...
4.5 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Vale and Downland Museum, Wantage
116 min walk • The Vale and Downland Museum is a local museum in the market town of Wantage, Oxfordshire, England. Its galleries present the cultural heritage of the Vale of White Horse region around Wantage. A Victorian kitchen, Iron Age skeleton and a bust of Sir John Betjeman are amongst its attractions, along with a cafe serving home-made food.
2.9 miW
Archaeological site, Historic walking areas
Wayland's Smithy
74 min walk • Wayland's Smithy, nestled in the verdant landscape of Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, is a site steeped in ancient history and folklore. This Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb, dating back to approximately 3,600 BC, is a testament to the architectural acumen...
1.6 miW
Archaeological site, Forts and castles, Mysterious site
Uffington Castle
41 min walk • Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end.
1.5 miW
Archaeological site, View point
Dragon Hill
38 min walk • Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
4.5 miE
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wantage
116 min walk • 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.
4.1 miSW
History museum, Museum, Vernacular architecture
Ashdown House, Lambourn
105 min walk • Ashdown House is a 17th-century country house in the civil parish of Ashbury in the English county of Oxfordshire. Until 1974 the house was in the county of Berkshire, and the nearby village of Lambourn remains in that county.
4.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Segsbury Camp
105 min walk • Segsbury Camp or Segsbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort on the crest of the Berkshire Downs, near the Ridgeway above Wantage, in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England.
4.6 miE
Monuments and statues
Statue of Alfred the Great, Wantage
118 min walk • 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.
4.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Alfred's Castle
107 min walk • 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.
2.9 miW
Memorial
Cotswold-Severn Group, Shrivenham
74 min walk • The Cotswold-Severn Group are a series of long barrows erected in an area of western Britain during the Early Neolithic. Around 200 known examples of long barrows are known from the Cotswold-Severn region, although an unknown number of others were likely destroyed prior to being recorded.