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Encyclopedia > Parks Road
The front of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Parks Road.
The front of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Parks Road.
Keble College Chapel from Parks Road, to the south of the junction with Keble Road.
Keble College Chapel from Parks Road, to the south of the junction with Keble Road.
The King's Arms at the southern end of Parks Road.

Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England. It runs north-south between the Banbury Road and Norham Gardens at the northern end and the junction with Broad Street, Holywell Street and Catte Street to the south. 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 Oxfords natural history specimens. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (896x672, 140 KB) Summary Taken by myself for use by all. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (896x672, 140 KB) Summary Taken by myself for use by all. ... College name Keble College Named after John Keble Established 1870 Sister College Selwyn College Warden Prof. ... Keble College Chapel on the corner of Keble Road and Parks Road. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 849 KB) Kings Arms, Oxford, England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 849 KB) Kings Arms, Oxford, England. ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Banbury Road is a major road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles to the south, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown. ... Norham Gardens is a residential road in central north Oxford, England. ... Historical view of Broad Street looking east towards (left to right) the Clarendon Building, and the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Ashmolean Building. ... The front of New College on Holywell Street. ... The Bridge of Sighs from Catte Street. ...


At the northern end, the road runs alongside The Parks, hence its name. The road also adjoins South Parks Road. Parks Road, South Parks Road and the Parks surround the main Science Area of the University of Oxford. The Clarendon Laboratory (physics) and the Department of Materials are both on Parks Road in the main science area. The Oxford University Computing Laboratory is opposite the Parks on the corner with Keble Road. The Oxford University Parks, or simply the University Parks to members of the community, is one large parkland area slightly northeast of the Oxford town centre. ... Rhodes House on the south side of South Parks Road, designed by Sir Herbert Baker and completed in 1928. ... The Science Area in Oxford, England is where most of the science departments at Oxford University are located. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Clarendon Laboratory in Oxford, England (not to be confused with the Clarendon Building, also in Oxford) is part of the Physics Department at Oxford University. ... Physics (from the Greek, (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the science concerned with the discovery and understanding of the fundamental laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. ... The University of Oxfords Department of Materials was founded in the 1950s as the Department of Metallurgy, by William Hume-Rothery, who was a reader in Oxfords Department of Inorganic Chemistry. ... The Oxford University Computing Laboratory (OUCL) is the computer science department at Oxford University in England. ... Keble College Chapel on the corner of Keble Road and Parks Road. ...


Keble College (south of Keble Road and north of Museum Road) and Wadham College are on Parks Road; St John's College and Trinity College both back onto the road. College name Keble College Named after John Keble Established 1870 Sister College Selwyn College Warden Prof. ... Museum Road is a short road in central Oxford, England. ... Wadham College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... College name St Johns College Collegium Divi Joannis Baptistae Named after Saint John the Baptist Established 1555 Sister College Sidney Sussex College President Sir Michael Scholar KCB JCR President Rhys Jones Undergraduates 381 Graduates 184 Homepage Boatclub St Johns College is one of the constituent colleges of the... College name Trinity College Named after The Holy Trinity Established 1555 Sister College Churchill College President Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG MA JCR President Kushal Banerjee Undergraduates 298 MCR President Andrew Ng Graduates 105 Homepage Boatclub Trinity College (in full: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University...


The Oxford University Museum of Natural History 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. The right hand half of the grass area in front of the museum has a large basement reading room for the library underneath it. The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxfords natural history specimens. ... The Radcliffe Science Library (RSL) is the main teaching and research science library at the University of Oxford, England. ...


At the southern end are the new Bodleian Library building on the corner with Broad Street to the west and the King's Arms public house on the corner with Holywell Street to the east. Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library. ... The Kings Arms (colloquially known is the KA) is one of the main student public houses in Oxford, England. ...


The road was formerly know as Park Street.


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