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a Museum in the town of Wantage, in the county of Oxfordshire

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About Vale and Downland Museum

The museum is a thriving centre for the local community. It is housed within a converted 17th century cloth merchant's house with modern extensions and a reconstructed barn. The museum reopened in July 1999 after extensive refurbishment and includes an interactive auditorium. Many of the collections are on show for the first time and tell the story of Wantage and its surrounding area. There are many hands-on activities, special events and temporary exhibitions.
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East Hendred, in the county of Oxfordshire (4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction E)
East Hendred is one of the spring line villages nestling just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire.
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Abingdon, a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NE)
Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675.
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Ashbury, in the county of Oxfordshire (8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction W)
The village of Ashbury is located in a lovely scenic area where the borders of south Oxfordshire meet with Wiltshire.
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Clifton Hampden, in the county of Oxfordshire (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction NE)
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Chilton Foliat, in the county of Wiltshire (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction SW)
A fine example of a typical English country village beside the River Kennet in Wiltshire
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Wanborough, in the county of Wiltshire (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction W)
Historically this is an old village with a history of Saxons and Romans, it was then a village of some importance, unlike today when it has been almost swallowed up by the urban sprawl of Swindon, Wiltshire's largest industrial town.
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Dorchester-on-Thames, a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction E)
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Lechlade, a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction NW)
This pleasant little market town, set beside the upper reaches of the Thames, is dominated by the elegant spire of the beautiful parish church of St.Lawrence
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Oxford, a Historic City in the county of Oxfordshire (13.6 miles, 21.8 km, direction NE)
Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II.
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Newbury, a Historic Market Town in the county of Berkshire (13.6 miles, 22.0 km, direction S)
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Nearby travel help

Didcot Parkway Station(8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction E)
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M4 Junction 13(10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction SE)
London Heathrow Airport(42.9 miles, 69.0 km, direction E)
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Vale and Downland Museum to London(56.4 miles, 90.7 km, direction E)

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The Bear Hotel(0.1 miles, 0.1 km)
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The Upper Reaches(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction NE)
Kingfisher Barn Holiday Cottages(8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction NE)
Foxcombe Lodge(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction NE)
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