Woodstock Road is a major road in Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, England

England

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, running from St Giles' to the south, north towards Woodstock

Woodstock, Oxfordshire

Woodstock is a small town northwest of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. It is the location of Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace in 1874 and is buried in the nearby village of Bladon....

 through the leafy suburb of North Oxford

North Oxford

North Oxford is a suburban part of the city of Oxford in England. It was owned for many centuries largely by St John's College, Oxford and many of the area's Victorian houses were initially sold on leasehold by the College....

. To the east is the Banbury Road

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 Woodstock Road, which it meets at the junction with St...

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

Buildings

At the southern end, just north of Little Clarendon Street

Little Clarendon Street

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

, is the Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga

Oxford Oratory

The Oxford Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga is the Catholic parish church for the centre of Oxford, England. It is located at 25 Woodstock Road. The church is presently served by the Congregation of the Oratory....

 and Somerville College. Opposite Little Clarendon Street is St Giles' Church

St Giles' Church, Oxford

St. Giles' Church is a church in North Oxford, England. It is at the northern end of the wide thoroughfare of St Giles', at the point where meets Woodstock Road and Banbury Road...

, built in 1120 and consecrated in 1200. Further north are Green Templeton College

Green Templeton College, Oxford

Green Templeton College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is the university's newest college having come into existence on 1 October 2008 from the merger of Green College and Templeton College...

, St Anne's College

St Anne's College

St Anne's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Formerly a women's college, it has been coeducational since 1979 and now prides itself on being "a modern, forward-looking, intellectually ambitious college"...

 and St Antony's College. Also on Woodstock Road is St Philip and St James Church, now the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies

Oxford Centre for Mission Studies

The Oxford Centre for Mission Studies is in the former St Philip and St James Church on Woodstock Road, Oxford, England, opposite Leckford Road. It was established in 1983....

 (OCMS) and St. Edward's School which is a prominent feature halfway down the Woodstock Road.
Woodstock Road Baptist Church

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 :...

 is an evangelical church

Evangelical Church

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 on the corner with Beech Croft Road.
Oxford's FM 107.9 and Jack FM

Jack FM

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, local radio broadcasters covering Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

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

Six TV

Six TV was the sixth free to air terrestrial television channel in the UK, broadcast in Oxford, Southampton, Reading and Portsmouth. It operated under a set of Restricted Service Licences and broadcast on UHF channel 47 in Oxford and UHF channel 29 in Southampton...

.

The road is classified A4144.

Notable residents

Former residents include:

• Prof. Norman Davis
  Norman Davis
  Norman H. Davis , was a U.S. diplomat. He was born in Bedford, Tennessee. He served as President Wilson's Assistant Secretary of Treasury and later as Undersecretary of State....
  
  , OBE, FBA (1913–1989), Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford
  University of Oxford
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• Sir Hugh Elliott
  Hugh Elliott
  Sir Hugh Francis Ivo Elliott, 3rd Baronet was an eminent British ornithologist and administrator of Tristan da Cunha . He attended University College, Oxford, was editor of the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club and was president of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1975 to 1979...
  
  , OBE (1913–1989), ornithologist
• Lord Recliffe-Maud, GCB, CBE
  CBE
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   (1906–1982), civil servant, diplomat, and Master of University College, Oxford
  University College, Oxford
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  , and Lady Redcliffe-Maud
  Jean Redcliffe-Maud
  Margaret Jean Redcliffe-Maud, Baroness Redcliffe-Maude, née Hamilton , was a British pianist.Jean Hamilton was educated at Somerville College, Oxford. She married John Maud, later to become Lord Redcliffe-Maud, on 20 June 1932 in Oxford...
  
   (1904–1993), pianist
• Egon Wellesz
  Egon Wellesz
  Egon Joseph Wellesz was an Austrian-born British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music.- Life :...
  
  , CBE (1885–1974), composer and musicologist

Adjoining roads in North Oxford

• Banbury Road
  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 Woodstock Road, which it meets at the junction with St...
  
  
• Bainton Road
• Beech Croft Road
• Bevington Road
  Bevington Road
  Bevington Road is a road in central North Oxford, England.The road runs between Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east. Winchester Road leads north from half way along Bevington Road....
  
  
• Blandford Avenue
• Canterbury Road
  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 half way along Bevington Road....
  
  
• Farndon Road
• Frenchay Road
• Lathbury Road
• Leckford Road
  Leckford Road
  Leckford Road is a road in North Oxford, England.It runs between Kingston Road to the west and Woodstock Road to the east. To the north half way along is a junction with Warnborough Road...
  
  
• Little Clarendon Street
  Little Clarendon Street
  Little Clarendon Street is a short shopping street in north-west Oxford. It runs east-west between the south end of Woodstock Road opposite St Giles' Church to the east and Walton Street to the west...
  
  
• Moreton Road
• Observatory Street
  Observatory Street
  Observatory Street links at the eastern end Woodstock Road in central North Oxford and at the western end Walton Street and the Jericho area of Oxford, England....
  
  
• Plantation Road
• Polstead Road
  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. Half way along it forms the southern junction of Chalfont Road...
  
  
• Rawlinson Road
• St Bernard's Road
• St Giles'
• St Margaret's Road
  St Margaret's Road
  St Margaret's Road is a road in North Oxford, England. It 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 east...
  
  
• South Parade
  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....
  
  
• Staverton Road