Sparsholt, Oxfordshire

Sparsholt
Holy Rood church
Sparsholt
Sparsholt shown within Oxfordshire
Population	262 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SU3487
Civil parish	Sparsholt
District	Vale of White Horse
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wantage
Postcode district	OX12
Dialling code	01235
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Wantage
Website	The Sparsholt & Westcot Community Site
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°35′10″N 1°30′04″W / 51.586°N 1.501°W / 51.586; -1.501Coordinates: 51°35′10″N 1°30′04″W / 51.586°N 1.501°W / 51.586; -1.501

Sparsholt is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) west of the market town of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse. The village is a spring line settlement at the foot of the Berkshire Downs escarpment. The parish includes the hamlet of Westcot about ¹⁄₂ mile (800 m) west of the village. Sparsholt was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire.

The Church of England parish church of Holy Cross is part of the Benefice of Ridgeway, along with the parishes of Childrey, Kingston Lisle, Letcombe Bassett, Letcombe Regis and West Challow.

Sparsholt has a public house, the Star Inn.

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