South Parks Road is a road in

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, England. It runs east–west past the main

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of the

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. Many of the university science departments are located nearby or face the road, including parts of the geography, zoology, chemistry, psychology and physiology departments. Also on the road is

Rhodes House Rhodes House is a building part of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on South Parks Road in central Oxford, and was built in memory of Cecil Rhodes, an alumnus of the university and a major benefactor. It is listed Grade II* on ...

. To the west, the road adjoins

Parks Road Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England, with several Oxford University colleges along its route. It runs north–south from the Banbury Road and Norham Gardens at the northern end, where it continues into Bradmore Road, to the junction with B ...

at a

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with the

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just to the north. To the east, the road bends sharply south at

Linacre College Linacre College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the UK whose members comprise approximately 50 fellows and 550 postgraduate students. Linacre is a diverse college in terms of both the international composition of its m ...

and becomes

St Cross Road St Cross Road is a road in Oxford, England. It links South Parks Road to the north and Longwall Street to the south, where it also meets Holywell Street. The road is named after St Cross Church. Linacre College, one of the colleges in the Univ ...

. A cycle route continues east towards

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, crossing the

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. About halfway along South Parks Road, Mansfield Road adjoins to the south. Mansfield College is close to South Parks Road in this section. In December 2018 it was announced that the proposed new graduate college of the University, Parks College, opening in September 2020, will be located on South Parks Road. The road has been the scene of protests by

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protesters because of a new

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facility that has been built here. Pro-Test has been formed in reaction to the activities of the

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Halifax House

Halifax House was located at 8 South Parks Road on the corner with Mansfield Road from 1961, a social club for people associated with Oxford University. The building has since been demolished to make way for new science facilities for the University. Evidence of

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barrows together with later

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and early

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s has been found on the site.

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Halifax House

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