Estate agents in Wantage
Wantage is a town in the South East with about 13,100 residents. HM Land Registry recorded 174 homes sold there in the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026 at a median price paid of £335,000.
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Wantage at a glance
HM Land Registry recorded 174 sales in Wantage from September 2025 to August 2026, at a median price of £335,000.
54.1% of these homes had also sold since January 2016. Their sellers had owned them for a median of 5.5 years and sold for a median of 10.7% more than they paid.
The median price was £285,000 in 2016 and £360,000 in 2025.
Figures checked 3 November 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales.
House prices in Wantage
Median sale price in Wantage: £335,000
| All homes | 174 sales, median £335,000 |
|---|---|
| Detached | 40 sales, median £510,550 |
| Semi-detached | 57 sales, median £340,000 |
| Terraced | 40 sales, median £317,500 |
| Flats and maisonettes | 37 sales, median £195,000 |
Across Vale of White Horse the average price was £414,694 in June 2026, up 6.4% on a year earlier.
| 2016 | £285,000 (295 sales) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | £285,000 (287 sales) |
| 2018 | £305,000 (243 sales) |
| 2019 | £310,000 (253 sales) |
| 2020 | £325,995 (262 sales) |
| 2021 | £320,000 (382 sales) |
| 2022 | £365,997 (380 sales) |
| 2023 | £374,997 (216 sales) |
| 2024 | £346,000 (223 sales) |
| 2025 | £360,000 (232 sales) |
Checked 3 November 2026; Price Paid figures are refreshed weekly.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Transport links
Wantage has no railway station of its own. The nearest are Didcot Parkway at about 8 miles, Appleford at about 9 miles, Culham at about 9 miles and Radley at about 10 miles. The A338 and the A417 pass through or beside the town. The closest motorway junction is M4 junction 14 (Wickham Interchange) at about 10 miles, while M40 junction 8A (Wheatley) is about 18 miles away. London Heathrow Airport is about 43 miles from the town and Southampton Airport is about 44 miles. Central London lies about 56 miles away.
Schools in and near Wantage
Wantage has four primary schools within about 1 mile of the centre. The nearest are Wantage Church of England Primary School, a Church of England academy about 0.4 miles away and Stockham Primary School at about 0.5 miles. Charlton Primary School, an academy, is about 0.6 miles away, while Wantage Primary Academy, a free school, is about 1 mile out. For secondary education, King Alfred's is an academy with a sixth form about 0.3 miles from the centre and St Johns CofE Academy, a Church of England free school, is about 1.3 miles away. Huckleberry Therapeutic School is a special school about 0.5 miles away. Abingdon and Witney College is about 8.6 miles from Wantage and the University of Oxford is about 13.5 miles away.
Living in Wantage
Wantage is an urban town of about 13,100 residents, with semi-detached houses the most common home type at 34% of households and about 69% of homes owner occupied. Within about a mile of the centre there are more than 100 shops, including four supermarkets, with Sainsbury's and Waitrose the closest, a Lidl about 0.6 miles away and a market about 0.1 miles away. There are around ten pubs, nine cafés and ten restaurants. Two doctors' surgeries sit about 0.6 miles away, with at least three pharmacies and three dentists, several about 0.1 miles from the centre. Wantage Community Hospital is about 0.3 miles away, while the nearest hospital with an emergency department is about 13 miles away. The library is about 0.1 miles away and there are two post offices. Smith's Wharf Public Greens lie about 0.1 miles away, with Betjeman Millennium Park about 0.2 miles and Willow Walk Nature Reserve about 0.2 miles.
A short history of Wantage
Wantage was a small Roman settlement and its name seems to derive from an early stream there, though the origin is uncertain. King Alfred the Great was born in the ninth century at a royal residence in the place then called Wanating. The Domesday Book of 1086 records Wantage with a value of £61, held by the king. The Crown kept it until 1190, when Richard I handed it to the Earl of Albemarle. In 1246 Henry III gave the town its first weekly trading rights. Royalist soldiers were based in Wantage during the English Civil War. In 1848 William John Butler, vicar of Wantage, founded the Community of Saint Mary the Virgin, which was at one time among the biggest groups of Anglican nuns anywhere. In 1877 Lord Wantage paid for Count Gleichen's marble figure of King Alfred, set up in the market place. Within 0.7 miles of the centre stand 120 listed buildings, among them the Grade I Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Sport and leisure
Wantage Leisure Centre is a sports centre within the town. Wantage Town Football Club, Wantage & Grove Cricket Club, Wantage Lawn Tennis Club and Wantage Bowling Club are among the local clubs and Wantage Target Shooting Club covers shooting. Tennis and basketball courts and a number of other pitches are also found in the area. Open space includes Betjeman Millennium Park, Manor Road Memorial Park, Harcourt Green, Smith's Wharf Public Greens, Tugwell Field and Wasbrough Field, along with the nature reserves at Willow Walk and Top Lock Meadow. A number of children's playgrounds are found there too and PureGym is one of the fitness centres.
Common questions
- What is the median price paid for a home in Wantage?
- The median price paid in Wantage over the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026 was £335,000. By property type it was £510,550 for detached houses, £340,000 for semi-detached houses, £317,500 for terraced houses and £195,000 for flats.
- How many homes were sold in Wantage in the last year?
- HM Land Registry recorded 174 standard sales in Wantage in the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026. These comprised 40 detached houses, 57 semi-detached houses, 40 terraced houses and 37 flats.
- What are the transport links from Wantage?
- The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway at about 8.0 miles, with Appleford at about 8.6 miles. M4 junction 14 is about 10 miles away and the A338 and A417 pass through or beside the area. Central London is about 56 miles away in a straight line.
- What schools are near the centre of Wantage?
- There are 4 primary schools within about 1.1 miles of the centre, the nearest being Wantage Church of England Primary School at about 0.4 miles. The nearest secondary school is King Alfred's at about 0.3 miles and St Johns CofE Academy is about 1.3 miles away.
- How many estate agent branches are there in Wantage?
- There are 6 estate agent sales branches with an office in Wantage.
Areas near Wantage
- East Challow
- Grove
- Letcombe Regis
- Childrey
- West Hanney
- West Hendred
- Sparsholt (Vale of White Horse)
- East Hanney
Wantage is in Vale of White Horse.
Estate agents near Wantage
- Harpers Estate AgentsWantage OX12 9AQ0.1 miles
- Davis Tate Estate Agents WantageWantage OX12 8AH0.1 miles
- Green & CoWantage OX12 8AL0.1 miles
- Hodsons Estate AgentsWantage OX12 8AD0.1 miles
- Douglas & SimmonsWantage OX12 8AE0.1 miles
- Paul Pieri Estate AgentsWantage OX12 8BU0.2 miles
- Stowhill EstatesEast Challow OX12 9FF1.3 miles
- Charles Bartlett ResidentialGrove OX12 0DX2.5 miles
- Martin & Co DidcotDidcot OX11 6GD6.7 miles
- Jones Robinson Estate Agents LambournLambourn RG17 8XU7.2 miles
Nearest agents first. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of Wantage.