Kingston Lisle

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 51.58632
longitude = -1.53231
official_name = Kingston Lisle
population =
civil_parish = Kingston Lisle
shire_district = Vale of White Horse
shire_county = Oxfordshire
region = South East England
constituency_westminster = Oxford West and Abingdon
post_town = Wantage
postcode_district = OX12 9
postcode_area = OX12
dial_code = 01367
os_grid_reference = SU325876
london_distance = convert|64|mi|km
ambulance_service = South Central

Kingston Lisle is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England.

Location

Kingston Lisle is situated in rolling downland convert|64|mi|km west of London. The local town is Wantage, convert|5|mi|km to the east, and large town, Swindon is convert|10|mi|km to the west. The village nestles at the foot of "Blowing Stone Hill". It is one of the many villages situated at the foot of the scarp of the White Horse Hills, built at the point where freshwater springs emanate from the chalk hills. The Uffington White Horse, Uffington Castle and the Ridgeway are nearby.

Amenities

There is a small parish church. The village has one public house, which is also a restaurant and the village area falls into the catchment area for Uffington Primary School, just over two miles (3 km) away, to which there is a free bus service.

Kinston Lisle is also home to several racehorse trainers, being convert|5|mi|km from the horse racing centre of Lambourn.

History

Kingston Lisle is the location of the Blowing Stone, King Alfred's fabled means of summoning his troops before the momentous Battle of Ashdown.

It was previously located in the Royal County of Berkshire.

Literary connections

The village features in the Thomas Hughes novel "Tom Brown's Schooldays".