Sitting within the boundaries of the ancient royal hunting Forest of Wychwood, Finstock is a peaceful village which dates back to 1135. While parts of the village are of recent origin, it boasts the oldest Methodist church in the region, where T.S. Eliot was received into the Church of England in 1927. The name Finstock means a place frequented by woodpeckers – look for some today!
The Village Shop and Post Office, located in a converted barn, is owned by the local community and serves not only Finstock but Fawler and Ramsden. Finstock has a railway station on the Cotswolds and Malverns railway line.
There is a downloadable public transport leaflet (pdf 167k) showing local bus services and giving the phone numbers of local taxis.
There are also two circular walks to download that go through Finstock:
Charlbury Walk1 (pdf 162k)
Finstock Circular Walk (pdf 722k)
There is also a downloadable cycle ride passing through Finstock - Chipping Norton-Witney (pdf 206k), a 30 mile circular
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