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Westgate Oxford. Westgate Oxford (formerly the Westgate Centre and originally Westgate Shopping Centre) is a major shopping centre in Oxford city centre, England, that was extensively remodelled and extended between 2016 and 2017. The original centre was built between 1970 and 1972, designed by Douglas Murray and built by Taylor Woodrow. [ 1 ]
The Covered Market was officially opened on 1 November 1774 and remains in use. [1] It was established in response to a general wish to clear 'untidy, messy and unsavoury stalls' from the main streets of central Oxford. John Gwynn, the architect of Magdalen Bridge, drew up the plans and designed the High Street front with its four entrances.
No. of stores and services. 23. Total retail floor area. 13,500 m 2 (145,000 sq ft) Website. www.clarendoncentre.co.uk. The Clarendon Centre (or Clarendon Shopping Centre) [1] is a shopping centre in central Oxford, England, opened in 1984. The centre faces Cornmarket Street, and has other entrances onto Queen Street and Shoe Lane.
The company made "Oxford Marmalade" famous. In June 1879, George Claridge Druce (also a noted botanist and later mayor of the city) moved to Oxford and set up a chemist's shop, Druce & Co., at 118 High Street. This continued until his death 1932. The Old Bank Hotel was the first new hotel for
Queen Street, Oxford. Coordinates: 51.7515°N 1.259°W. View of Queen Street from Carfax Tower. Queen Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in central Oxford, England. [1][2] It is one-way (west to east) for buses and taxis, two-way for cyclists outside main shopping hours, and forbidden for cars. It runs west from the centre of Oxford at ...
Location. The street is located in the city centre, linking Broad Street at the north and High Street at the south. It intersects with Brasenose Lane to the east, and Market Street and Ship Street to the west. These streets link Turl Street to the busy Cornmarket, and to the iconic Radcliffe Square. It is colloquially known as The Turl and is ...
Broad Street, Oxford. Coordinates: 51°45′16″N 1°15′24″W. Historical view of Broad Street looking east towards (left to right) the Clarendon Building, and the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Ashmolean Building. Broad Street is a wide street in central Oxford, England, just north of the former city wall. [1][2] The street is known for ...
Cornmarket Street (colloquially referred to as Cornmarket or historically The Corn) is a major shopping street and pedestrian precinct in Oxford, England that runs north to south between Magdalen Street and Carfax Tower. [1][2] To the east is the Golden Cross arcade of small jewellery and craft shops in a courtyard, leading to the Covered Market.