Woodstock Road is a major road in

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, England, running from St Giles' in the south, north towards

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through the leafy suburb of

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. To the east is

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

, which it meets at the junction with St Giles'.

Buildings

At the southern end, just north of

Little Clarendon Street Little Clarendon Street is a short shopping street in northwest Oxford, England. It runs east-west between the south end of Woodstock Road opposite St Giles' Church to the east, Somerville College to the north and Walton Street to the wes ...

, are the Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga and

Somerville College Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. Among its alumnae have been Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Hodgkin, ...

. Opposite Little Clarendon Street is St Giles' Church, built in 1120 and consecrated in 1200. Further north are

Green Templeton College Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the previous Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and ...

, St Anne's College and

St Antony's College St Antony's College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St Antony's specialises ...

. Also on Woodstock Road is St Philip and St James Church, now the

Oxford Centre for Mission Studies The Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS) is in the former SS Philip and James Parish Church on Woodstock Road, Oxford, England, opposite Leckford Road. It was established in 1983. The centre exists to provide education for church leaders ...

(OCMS) and St. Edward's School which is a prominent feature halfway down.

Woodstock Road Baptist Church Woodstock Road Baptist Church, located in Summertown, Oxford, UK is an evangelical church and is a member of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. History The church was opened in 1897''Jackson's Oxford Journal'', September 1897. as ...

is an

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on the corner with

Beech Croft Road Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' at the south end, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown, with its local shopping centre. Parallel and to the west is the ...

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and

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, local radio broadcasters covering

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, are based at 270 Woodstock Road, along with the local TV channel

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. The road is classified A4144.

Notable residents

Former residents include: * Norman Davis, OBE, FBA (1913–89),

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at the

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* Sir Hugh Elliott, OBE (1913–1989), ornithologist *

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, GCB, CBE (1906–1982), civil servant, diplomat, and Master of

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, and Lady Redcliffe-Maud (1904–1993), pianist * Egon Wellesz, CBE (1885–1974), composer and musicologist *

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and

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, lived together as students *

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, chemist, awarded a Nobel Prize for advances in protein crystallography, lived at 94 Woodstock Road from 1957 to 1968 *

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lived on Leckford Road, just off Woodstock Road, during his time as a student at Oxford.

Adjoining roads in North Oxford

Bainton Road Bainton Road is a residential road in north Oxford, England. The road runs south–north and then west–east, skirting around the west and north sides of the St John's College playing field. At the eastern end is a junction with Woodst ...

Bevington Road Bevington Road is a residential road in central North Oxford, England. The road runs between Woodstock Road (opposite Observatory Street) to the west and Banbury Road to the east. Winchester Road leads north from halfway along Bevington Roa ...

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Canterbury Road Canterbury Road is a road in North Oxford, England. It runs between Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east. Winchester Road leads south from halfway along Canterbury Road, linking with Bevington Road that runs parallel to ...

Farndon Road Farndon Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England. At the western end of the road is a junction with Kingston Road and Southmoor Road continues opposite. At the eastern end is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144), a major arteria ...

Frenchay Road Frenchay Road is a residential road in Walton Manor, North Oxford, England. The oldest part of the road runs east–west. At the eastern end is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144), a major arterial road out of Oxford to the north. Oppos ...

* Lathbury Road * Leckford Road *

* Moreton Road *

Observatory Street Observatory Street is a street in Oxford, England. It links at the eastern end Woodstock Road (opposite Bevington Road and St Anne's College and nearly opposite St Antony's College) in central North Oxford and at the western end Walton St ...

Plantation Road Plantation Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England, connecting Kingston Road to the west with Woodstock Road to the east. To the north is Leckford Road and to the south is St Bernard's Road. Leckford Place crosses it halfway ...

Polstead Road Polstead Road is a residential road that runs between Kingston Road and Hayfield Road to the west and the Woodstock Road to the east, in the suburb of North Oxford, England. Halfway along it forms the southern junction of Chalfont Road. Th ...

Rawlinson Road Rawlinson Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England. Location At the western end of the road is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144) and at the eastern end is a junction with Banbury Road (A4165), the two major arterial roads ou ...

St Bernard's Road St Bernard's Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England, connecting the southern end of Kingston Road, Oxford, Kingston Road and the northern end of Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, at the junction with Walton Well Road, to the ...

St Giles' Street, Oxford St Giles' is a wide boulevard leading north from the centre of Oxford, England. At its northern end, the road divides into Woodstock Road to the left and Banbury Road to the right, both major roads through North Oxford. At the southern end ...

St Margaret's Road St Margaret's Road is a road in North Oxford, England. Location The road runs between Kingston Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east, crossing Woodstock Road. To the south are Farndon Road to the west and Canterbury Road to the eas ...

South Parade South Parade is a shopping street in Summertown, north Oxford, England. It runs between Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east, where there are also shops stretching south from South Parade. This area of the Banbury Road and ...

Staverton Road Staverton Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England. Location The road runs east–west with a gentle curve halfway along. At the western end of the road is a junction with Woodstock Road, Oxford, Woodstock Road (A4144) and at the ea ...

References

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Buildings

Notable residents

Adjoining roads in North Oxford

See also

References