Oxfordshire is in the top 10 of most filmed counties in the UK.

If you are a film buff who would like to know more about what was filmed around Newton Grove CL or you are interested to see which celebrities reside in the area and may have have walked the same path as you here are a few ideas

  • The Avenue going to Barford St Micheal was used in Three Men and a Little Lady 1987 for sheep flock scene along with Broughton Castle and Burton Dassett Hills
  • Broughton Castle in Broughton near Banbury, has been featured in many films and television series including BBC series Wolf Hall filmed 2014, showing BBC2 six episodes, Jan / Feb 2015 , Shakespeare in Love 1998, Queen's apartments for The Madness of King George 1994, Lowood School in the 2011 version of Jane Eyre
  • Great Tew Estate has been used for productions  David Copperfield 1999, The Crown, Grantchester and Women in Black
  • The RAF base at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire was featured as Feldstadt, the US Air Force Base in Germany, for the Bond movie Octopussy 1983 and also the zombie film World War Z 2013
  • Cornwell Manor Nr Chipping Norton -  The Holiday 2006
  • In Oxford see the Tudor dining hall at Christ Church that inspired the Hogwarts Great Hall and the staircase that was used several times during the Harry Potter films.
    New College cloisters was also used as a location. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the scene where Mad-Eye Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret and the Bodleian Library‘s Divinity School was featured as the Hogwarts infirmary.
  • Oxford is the location for the filming of Inspector Morse and Lewis, and more recently, Endeavour. Take an Oxford Official Walking Tour of Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavour to find out more about all three the tv series’.
  • Although the Alice in Wonderland films were not shot in Oxford this is where Lewis Carol met little Alice and where the story began. There is a Oxford Official Walking Tour of Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavour
  • Blenheim Palace has been used in many movies. The BFG and Transformers 5 being the most recent. It has also been featured in Saraband for Dead Lovers 1948, Barry Lyndon 1975, The Avengers 1998, Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet 1996, The Four Feathers 2002, The Libertine 2004, The Young Victoria 2009, Spectre, Cinderella, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and Gulliver’s Travels. Woodstock home to Blenheim Palace was in the 1950s comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953.
  • Cogges Manor Farm, Witney featured in Downton Abbey as Yew Tree Farm also the Cotswold village of Bampton may look familiar along with Swinbrook  and Shilton

Celebrities in our area:

Kate Winslet did have a holiday home in Green Lane, South Newington (now sold and moved away)

The film director and producer Geoffrey Reeve lived in South Newington. Puppet On a Chain (1971), A Round of Bass (Documentary short) 1972, Caravan to Vaccares 1974, TV - The Far Pavilions 1984 Ep.1, The Shooting Party 1985, he had a long collaboration with Michael Caine, Half Moon Street 1986, The Whistle Blower 1986, Souvenir 1989, TV Movie Red Eagle 1994, The Way to Dusty Death (TV Movie) 1996, Shadow Run 1998, Shiner 2001 (he co-produced), Quicksand 2003 (executive producer)
Geoffrey Reeve, film-maker, born 28 October 1932; died 3 January 2010

“THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE” as featured in The Cotswold Gentleman “From Burford – Banbury, Banbury – Broadway, Broadway to Burford and all places in-between, welcome to the most fashionable, sought after and thriving area of England right now” 14/11/2018

Within the  “Cotswolds’ golden triangle” is Soho Farmhouse on the Great Tew estate is a swanky members’ club/country house hotel in 100 acres for toffs, trendies and A-listers.

The “Chipping Norton Set” once included David and Samantha Cameron, Jeremy Clarkson, Alex James, the Murdoch-Freuds, Rebekah Brooks

Lord Bamford of the JCB family and his wife Lady Carole, founder of Daylesford Oranics

Noel Gallagher had his 50th party at Aynhoe Park  owned by James Perkins a restorer of historic houses, a music-industry veteran, a collector and an aesthete

David and Victoria Beckham have a £6m country residence near the village of Great Tew. Nearby is the exclusive Soho Farmhouse which is a member's only exclusive retreat much loved by celebrities.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reported to have leased a home on the Great Tew Estate for 2 years. January 2019  they are now reported to be cancelling the lease in March

Sir Patrick Stewart he lives in Little Tew near Enstone, not far from Chipping Norton. Startrek, X-Men, Family Guy,

Jeremy Clarkson lives between Chipping Norton and Chadlington

Alex James was pop-group Blur’s bass player now owns Church Heath Farm, Kingham, Chipping Norton 200 acres of land with sheep and cows where he makes cheese

Charlie Luxton is an architectural designer and television presenter, lives near Swerford - Building the Dream for More4 etc

Alexander Armstrong comedian, singer and gameshow host - Pointless, Armstrong and Miller etc

Patrick Bradshaw Director of the 118 Group of Companies owns Buttermilk Stud along the Barford Road

Amazing Animals based in Heythrop have been involved in the professional training and supplying of a wide range of animals for the media industry for four decades. Established in 1977, the company has the largest workforce of qualified and experienced animal experts for this type of work in the UK. Services include regularly providing trained animals for: Major feature films, Independent films, Commercials, TV drama, Natural history , documentaries, Music videos, Video art, Still photography, Wildtracks. Sculptures and painting, Animation, Performance art, Theatre productions, Animal roadshows, PR and corporate promotions, Educational displays.