Bardwell Road is a road in

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, off the

Banbury Road Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' at the south end, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown, with its local shopping centre. Parallel and to the west is the ...

. The road is the location of the

Dragon School ("Reach for the Sun") , established = 1877 , closed = , type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Emma Goldsm ...

, a well-known preparatory school. The second headmaster, Charles Cotterill Lynam (known as the "Skipper"), took a building lease on land to the southeast of Bardwell Road in 1893. In 1894, Lynam's Oxford Preparatory School was established on this site. £4,000 was quickly raised through subscriptions from local parents for the erection of new school buildings. The school moved from its previous location at 17

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within a year. The choice of its new location proved to be a wise one and the school has prospered as the Dragon School on this site to the present day. The Bardwell Road Centre, one of the two locations of

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, is to be found here as well.

Wychwood School Wychwood School is an independent school for girls aged 11–18, located in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. The school is a member of the Girls' Schools Association and is a registered charity. The school is located on the southern corner of Bard ...

for girls is located on the southern corner of Bardwell Road and Banbury Road, at the western end. Also off the road is the Cherwell Boathouse, down a lane at the junction with Chadlington Road next to the Dragon School playing fields, where punts can be rented for use on the

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.Location

The Cherwell Boathouse
Oxford, UK.

Northmoor Road Northmoor Road is a residential street in North Oxford, England. Location Northmoor Road runs north-south, parallel to and east of the Banbury Road. At the northern end is a junction with Belbroughton Road and to the south is a junction with ...

Charlbury Road Charlbury Road is a road in North Oxford, England, running to the east of and parallel with the Banbury Road. At the southern end of the road there is a junction with Bardwell Road, close to the Dragon School. 1, 3, 5 and 7 Charlbury Road i ...

lead off Bardwell Road and Chadlington Road is at the far end from the Banbury Road, leading to Linton Road. Houses on Bardwell Road were largely built during the 1890s. Architects included

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, and Messrs

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