St Giles', Oxford

St Giles', Oxford

St Giles' is a wide street 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 northern end is St Giles' Church whose churchyard includes the main War Memorial. Working from north to south, on the east side are the Lamb & Flag public house (formerly a coaching inn), St John's College, the Oxford Internet Institute (No 1 St Giles'), Balliol College, and Trinity College. On the west side are the International Study Centre of d'Overbroeck's College, St Benet's Hall, the Theology Faculty, the Eagle and Child public house (where J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and other members of the Inklings met), Regent's Park College (Principal's Lodgings and Senior Tutor's house), Pusey House and St Cross College, Blackfriars, and the Taylor Institution, behind which is the Ashmolean Museum (with its main entrance in Beaumont Street). The southern end meets Magdalen Street at the Martyrs' Memorial (1843), commemorating the Oxford Martyrs (1555–56).

The street is closed to traffic for two days each September for the traditional St Giles' Fair.

External links

* [http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/stgiles/ St Giles' Street] including a [http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/stgiles/tour/ tour map] and [http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/stgiles/fair/ St Giles' Fair] information
* [http://www.st-giles-church.org/ St Giles' Church]


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