Charlbury Road is a road in

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, running to the east of and parallel with 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 ...

. At the southern end of the road there is a junction with

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, close to the

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. 1, 3, 5 and 7 Charlbury Road is one of the Dragon School boarding houses.

Linton Road Linton Road is a road in North Oxford, England. Location At the western end is the Banbury Road. At the eastern end is Wolfson College, Oxford, Wolfson College, a graduate college of the University of Oxford. To the north at the eastern end, ...

crosses Charlbury Road about halfway up. Garford Road leads east off the road. At the northern end is a junction with Belbroughton Road to the west. The main entrance to the Oxford High School, an academically selective private school for girls, is located here. Charlbury Road takes a sharp right turn at this point and continues east to a new estate of houses. To the west running parallel with Charlbury Road is

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 wi ...

Notable residents

Two of the most famous former residents are the

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academic and author

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and her husband and fellow academic John Bayley. The couple moved from Hamilton Road, north of Summertown, to Charlbury Road in 1989. She wrote her later novels here, and she is commemorated by a blue plaque on the house. The area is featured in the 2001 film ''

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'', based on the book by John Bayley after Iris Murdoch's death from

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. The road is favoured by senior academics. The diplomat Sir Owen St Clair O'Malley (1887–1974) also lived in Charlbury Road.

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Notable residents

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