Iffley Road is a major arterial road in

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. It leads from

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, near

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, southeast towards the village of

Iffley Iffley is a village in a designated Conservation Area in Oxfordshire, England. It lies within the boundaries of the city of Oxford, between Cowley, Oxfordshire, Cowley and the estates of Rose Hill, Oxford, Rose Hill and Donnington, Oxfordshire, D ...

. While it becomes Henley Avenue at Iffley Turn, and then Rose Hill, the whole stretch from the ring road to the Plain is referred to by some as Iffley Road. Formerly named as Henley Road in the 19th century, as it leads towards Henley-on-Thames, this entire route is designated the A4158. The road is the location for the

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athletics venue, the

Iffley Road Track The Roger Bannister running track, also known as the Oxford University track, is a 400-metres athletics running track and stadium in Oxford, England. It was where Sir Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile on 6 May 1954, when it was known ...

, where Roger Bannister was the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, on 6 May 1954. The feat is commemorated by blue plaque on Iffley Road. The track is next door to Iffley Road rugby ground, home of

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. Also in Iffley Road is Greyfriars, a

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priory that was formerly a permanent private hall of the

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. The

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is based at 91 Iffley Road, and the headquarters of

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are to be found at the start of the road. There are a number of

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s including the Cape of Good Hope at the Plain and 1 Iffley Road, the Cricketers' Arms, now a cocktail bar renamed The Mad Hatter in 2013, and the Fir Tree Tavern.

Gallery

File:Iffley Road, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 190869.jpg,

Semi-detached house A semi-detached house (often abbreviated to semi) is a single family duplex dwelling house that shares one common wall with the next house. The name distinguishes this style of house from detached houses, with no shared walls, and terraced house ...

s on Iffley Road. File:Iffley Road Track, Oxford - blue plaque.JPG, Blue plaque recording the first ever sub-

four-minute mile A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run (1609 m) in four minutes or less. It was first achieved in 1954 by Roger Bannister, at age 25, in 3:59.4. As of April 2021, the "four-minute barrier" has been broken by 1,663 athletes, and is n ...

on Iffley Road. File:The Cricketers Arms, Iffley Road - geograph.org.uk - 1801154.jpg, The Cricketers' Arms

on Iffley Road. File:Day 53 2012 Olympic Torch Relay - Iffley Road, Oxford (7577575198).jpg, 2012 Olympics Torch Relay on Iffley Road.

References

External links

Streetmap of Iffley Road in Oxford

Oxford University Track
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