Local Information

Tourist Information Centre, Vale and Downland Museum, Church 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 Service: General enquiries Tel: 01865 842999
- 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 425262
- Oxford Times (Fri), Osney Mead, Oxford Tel: 01865 425262
- The Star (Thur), Osney Mead, Oxford Tel: 01865 425262
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
- King Alfred's School, Wantage
- Grove CE Primary School, Wantage
Wantage & District Chamber of Commerce, Chairman Reg Waite Tel: 01235 861779
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