The non-metropolitan district of Vale of White Horse and its council were created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.

[20] The council was initially based in a number of offices inherited from its predecessor authorities across the district.

Vale of White Horse moved most of its staff to share the offices of its neighbour South Oxfordshire in Crowmarsh Gifford, but in 2015 that building was destroyed in a fire following an arson attack.

From 2015 until 2022, Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire shared temporary office accommodation at Milton Park near Didcot.

[22] The two councils returned to Abbey House in 2022 as a temporary measure, with the intention being to build a new shared headquarters in Didcot.