Keble Road is a short road running east–west in central

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. To the west is the southern end of the

Banbury Road Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' Street, Oxford, St Giles' at the south end, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown, Oxford, Summertown, with its local shoppi ...

with St Giles' Church opposite. To the east is

Parks Road Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England, with several Oxford University colleges along its route. It runs north–south from the Banbury Road and Norham Gardens at the northern end, where it continues into Bradmore Road, to the junction with Br ...

with the

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opposite.

Blackhall Road Blackhall Road is a road running between Keble Road to the north and Museum Road to the south in central Oxford, England, dating from the late 19th century. It is named after Black Hall, dating from at least 1519, fronting onto St Giles', and ...

leads off the road to the south near the western end. On the south side for much of its length is the

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Keble College Keble College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to th ...

, and in particular, its large

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on the corner with Parks Road. Opposite this to the north is a row of Victorian terrace houses owned by the

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. The houses nearest Parks Road (numbers 6–11) have been converted into the

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(OUCL) with its newer Wolfson Building added behind in 1993, and the Oxford e-Science Building in 2006 (both in Parks Road). The university's 1960s

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(

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and

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) is in Keble Road, on the corner with Banbury Road. The Department of Theoretical Physics is at 1 Keble Road. The area to the north of Keble Road, bounded by Banbury Road and Parks Road, is known as the Keble Road Triangle and forms part of

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's Science Area, with a number of its science department buildings located here. James Legge Blue Plaque, Keble Road, Oxford - DSC02782

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commemorating

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, Sinologist and translator, first Professor of Chinese at Oxford, was unveiled at 3 Keble Road, on 16 May 2018.

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Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Keble Road - DSC02780.jpg, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, on the north side of Keble Road Keble College Chapel from Parks Road 2.jpg,

Chapel on the south side of Keble Road, viewed from Parks Road Denys Wilkinson Building, University of Oxford - Banbury Road.jpg, The

on the corner of the western end of Keble Road at the junction with Banbury Road

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, located on Keble Road:
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