Market Place

To keep everyone safe during the event and to allow space for activities, the market place and the roads leading to it will be closed to vehicular traffic between 0700 and 1700hrs.  Market...

To keep everyone safe during the event and to allow space for activities, the market place and the roads leading to it will be closed to vehicular traffic between 1100hrs and...

  Wantage Town Council will be commemorating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day with a special event on Sunday 11 May 2025. Information about the event can be found here: To facilitate this...

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In support of the Town Council’s proposal to permanently pedestrianise the western end of the Market Place (the area that is currently temporarily closed, west of Barclays), Oxfordshire County...

The temporary closure of the western end of the Market Place is scheduled to continue until mid January 2022. The Town Council is working to make the closure permanent.  The County Council, as...

UPDATE 5 - Following the Council meeting on 29 Mar 2021, Market Trader tolls have been waived further until the end of June 2021. UPDATE 4 - Following the Council meeting on 08 Feb 2021,...

As the full results of last autumn’s Town Council survey are published, the key news is that both the current pedestrianisation of the western end of the Market Place and the proposed additional...

Safer Public Spaces In order to facilitate better social distanced areas within the Market Place and to encourage a safer environment for visiting businesses in the town, Wantage Town Council,...

The Council and its staff would like residents to be assured that we are working hard behind the scenes to find ways, in line with Government policy, of creating a town centre environment that feels...