Parks Road

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Parks Road

Parks Road is a road in Oxford

Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
, England

England

Banbury Road

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

Norham Gardens

Norham Gardens is a residential road in central north Oxford, England. It adjoins the north end of Parks Road near the junction with Banbury Road....
at the northern end and the junction with Broad Street

Broad Street, Oxford

Broad Street is a wide street in Oxford, England. It is famous for its bookshops, including the original Blackwell's bookshop at number 50....
, Holywell Street

Holywell Street

Holywell Street is a street in central Oxford, England. It runs east-west with Broad Street, Oxford to the west and Longwall Street to the east....
and Catte Street

Catte Street

Catte Street is a historic street in central Oxford, England. It runs north-south, continuing as Parks Road to the north . It runs along the eastern side of Radcliffe Square and forms a junction with the High Street, Oxford to the south....
to the south.

At the northern end, the road runs alongside the University Parks

University Parks

The Oxford University Parks, more normally the University Parks , or just Uni Parks to members of the local community, is one large parkland area slightly northeast of the Oxford city centre in England....
, hence its name.

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Parks Road is a road in Oxford

Oxford

England

Banbury Road

Norham Gardens

Broad Street, Oxford

Broad Street is a wide street in Oxford, England. It is famous for its bookshops, including the original Blackwell's bookshop at number 50....
, Holywell Street

Holywell Street

Holywell Street is a street in central Oxford, England. It runs east-west with Broad Street, Oxford to the west and Longwall Street to the east....
and Catte Street

Catte Street

University Parks

Joyce Cary

Joyce Arthur Cary was an Ireland novelist and artist....
, who lived here with his family from 1920 until his death in 1957. This is now recorded with a blue plaque

Blue plaque

In the United Kingdom, a blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event....
.

The road adjoins South Parks Road

South Parks Road

South Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England. It runs east-west past the main Science Area, Oxford of the University of Oxford, where many of the science departments are located....
to the east about half way along. Parks Road, South Parks Road and the Parks surround the main Science Area

Science Area, Oxford

The Science Area in Oxford, England is where most of the science departments at Oxford University are located.The main part of the Science Area is located to the south of the University Parks and to the north of South Parks Road, bounded by Parks Road to the west....
of the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
. The Clarendon Laboratory

Clarendon Laboratory

The Clarendon Laboratory, located on South Parks Road with the Science Area in Oxford, England , is part of the Physics Department at Oxford University....
(physics

Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
), Department of Engineering Science

Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford

The Department of Engineering Science is the focus of study of engineering science at Oxford University, England. It is located on the triangular plot formed by Banbury Road to the west, Parks Road to the east and Keble Road to the south....
(including the dominating 1960s Thom Building) and the Department of Materials

Department of Materials, University of Oxford

The Department of Materials at the University of Oxford, England was founded in the 1950s as the Department of Metallurgy, by William Hume-Rothery, who was a reader in Oxford's Department of Inorganic chemistry....
are all on Parks Road in the main science area. The Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

The Oxford University Computing Laboratory is the computer science department at Oxford University in England. It was originally set up under the direction of Leslie Fox in 1957....
is opposite the Parks on the corner with Keble Road

Keble Road

Keble Road is a short road running east-west in Oxford, England. To the west is the southern end of the Banbury Road with St Giles' Church, Oxford opposite....
.

Keble College (south of Keble Road and north of Museum Road

Museum Road

Museum Road is a short road in central Oxford, England. It leads to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Radcliffe Science Library at its eastern end where it meets Parks Road....
) and Wadham College are on Parks Road; St John's College

St John's College, Oxford

__FORCETOC__St John's College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Sir Thomas White , a merchant, in 1555, whose heart is buried in the chapel....
and Trinity College

Trinity College, Oxford

The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England....
both back onto the road. The garden of Rhodes House

Rhodes House

Rhodes House is part of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on the south of South Parks Road in central Oxford, and was built in memory of Cecil Rhodes, an alumnus of the university and a major benefactor....
has an entrance on Parks Road.

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England....
is on the east side of Parks Road opposite Keble College. Just to the south on the corner with South Parks Road is the Radcliffe Science Library

Radcliffe Science Library

The Radcliffe Science Library is the main teaching and research science library at the University of Oxford, England.Being officially part of the Bodleian Library, although with a completely separate building, the library holds the Legal Deposit material for the sciences and is thus entitled to receive a copy of all United Kingdom scientif...
. The right hand half of the grass area in front of the museum has a large basement reading room for the library underneath it.

At the southern end are the new Bodleian Library

Bodleian Library

The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest library in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library....
building on the corner with Broad Street to the west and the King's Arms

King's Arms

The King's Arms is one of the main student public houses in Oxford, England. It is located in a prominent position on the corner of Parks Road and Holywell Street, opposite the new Bodleian Library building....
public house on the corner with Holywell Street to the east.

The road was formerly known as Park Street.

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