Filchampstead is a hamlet within

Cumnor Cumnor is a village and civil parish 3½ miles (5.6 km) west of the centre of Oxford, England. The village is about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Botley and its centre is west of the A420 road to Swindon. The parish includes Cumnor ...

Parish,

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...

. Until the 1974 boundary changes it was in Berkshire. It lies on the Cumnor Road (B4017) between

Farmoor Farmoor is a village west of the centre of Oxford, England. The village was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is from Pinkhill Lock on the River Thames. Farmoor has a ...

and Cumnor village, at the foot of a hill known locally as 'Tumbledown Dick'. Filchampstead lies alongside

Farmoor Reservoir Farmoor Reservoir is a reservoir at Farmoor, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) outside the city of Oxford. It is close to the east bank of the River Thames. Like most of the reservoirs in the Thames Valley, it was not formed by d ...

and the

Oxford Green Belt Way The Oxford Green Belt Way is a long-distance path in Oxfordshire, England. It follows a circular route of through the Oxford Green Belt surrounding the city of Oxford. The route was devised in 2007 to mark the Campaign to Protect Rural England ...

public footpath.

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