Cumnor
Sign in to saveCumnor 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 Hill (a ribbon development between Cumnor village and Botley), Chawley (at the top of Cumnor Hill), the Dean Court area on the edge of Botley and the outlying settlements of Chilswell, Farmoor, Filchampstead and Swinford. It was within Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2021 Census recorded the par
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Place details
- Locality
- Oxford
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Cumnor
- UK place.static_image_name
- Cumnor church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Michael's parish church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP4604
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.population
- 6652
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Cumnor
- UK place.shire_district
- Vale of White Horse
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Vale of White Horse
- Population
- +5755
- Area
- +22.98
- Shares border with
- Wytham
- Image
- Cumnor pub.jpg
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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 Hill (a ribbon development between Cumnor village and Botley), Chawley (at the top of Cumnor Hill), the Dean Court area on the edge of Botley and the outlying settlements of Chilswell, Farmoor, Filchampstead and Swinford. It was within Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2021 Census recorded the parish population as 6,652.
==Amenities== Cumnor has two public houses, the Vine and the Bear and Ragged Staff. It has a hairdresser, a sub-post office and greengrocer and a complementary health clinic. The newsagent closed in 2018 and the butchers in January, 2025. It has two churches: the Church of England parish church of St Michael in the centre of the village and Cumnor United Reformed Church in Leys Road. The village has well established football and cricket clubs, both located in Appleton Road.