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Clarendon Hotel, Oxford
The Clarendon Centre (or Clarendon Shopping Centre) is a shopping centre in central Oxford, England, opened in 1984. The centre faces Cornmarket Street, and has other entrances onto Queen Street and Shoe Lane. The fascia onto Cornmarket Street is that of the Woolworths store which had, in a decision later criticised, replaced the Georgian Clarendon Hotel; it was discovered during demolition that medieval construction had been present within the hotel. The shopping centre was expanded in 2012–14. Major tenants include TK Maxx, H&M and Gap Outlet. Location The centre is in central Oxford, located to the west of Cornmarket Street and to the north of Queen Street. It is accessible from both of these streets and is L-shaped. There is also an entrance on Shoe Lane, off New Inn Hall Street. On the opposite side of Cornmarket is the more historic Golden Cross shopping arcade, located in the medieval courtyard of one of the coaching inns of Oxford, leading to the Cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornmarket Street
Cornmarket Street (colloquially referred to as Cornmarket or historically The Corn) is a major shopping street and pedestrian zone, pedestrian precinct in Oxford, England that runs north to south between Magdalen Street and Carfax, Oxford, Carfax Tower. To the east is the Golden Cross, Oxford, Golden Cross arcade of small jewellery and craft shops in a courtyard, leading to the Covered Market, Oxford, Covered Market. To the west is the indoor Clarendon Shopping Centre that connects in an L-shape to Queen Street, Oxford, Queen Street. Cornmarket was semi-pedestrianised and made a limited-access street in 1999. Cycling is allowed 6pm to 10am. In 2002, it was voted Britain's second worst street in a poll of listeners to the Today (BBC Radio 4), ''Today'' programme. The rating was largely due to a failed attempt to repave the street in 2001. The granite Sett (paving), setts, which had been laid extensively, cracked and the contractor went into liquidation. In 2003, it was repaved aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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