Oxford Street facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Oxford Street

View east along Oxford Street in May 2016
Location in City of Westminster
Former name(s)	Via Trinobantina Tyburn Road
Maintained by	Transport for London
Length	1.2 mi (1.9 km)
Location	London, United Kingdom
Postal code	W1
Nearest Tube station	Marble Arch Bond Street Oxford Circus Tottenham Court Road
Coordinates	51°30′55″N 0°08′31″W / 51.515312°N 0.142025°W / 51.515312; -0.142025
West end	Marble Arch
East end	Tottenham Court Road / Charing Cross Road
Other
Known for	100 Club Debenhams HMV House of Fraser John Lewis & Partners Marble Arch Oxford Circus Selfridges

The view west along Oxford Street in December 2006, showing Selfridges department store in the background.

Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, and has about 300 shops.

The street forms part of the A40 road, which connects London to Oxford. Like many roads in central London which are no longer through routes it is not signposted with the road number.

Roughly halfway along Oxford Street is Oxford Circus, a busy intersection with Regent Street. A diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus opened in 2009, currently the only one of its kind in central London.

Images for kids

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  Nos. 399–405 Oxford Street, c. 1882. These buildings have now been demolished.

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  View west down Oxford Street in 1961, outside Bond Street Underground station

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  Stanley Green advertising on Oxford Street in 1974

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  A view of Oxford Street in 1987, with Selfridges on the right

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  A blue plaque at No. 363 Oxford Street commemorating the founding of HMV in 1921

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  The 100 Club has been a live music venue in the basement of No. 100 Oxford Street since 1942, and has been an important venue for trad jazz and punk bands.

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  The 2018 Oxford Street Christmas lights

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  No. 147

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  United Kingdom House

See also

In Spanish: Oxford Street para niños