St Cross Road is a road in

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, England. It links

South Parks Road South Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England. It runs east–west past the main Science Area of the University of Oxford. Many of the university science departments are located nearby or face the road, including parts of the geography, z ...

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

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, is located at the northern end, opposite the

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, used by the university's Department of Zoology and Department of Experimental Psychology. St Catherine's College, another Oxford University college, is in Manor Road, a cul de sac east off St Cross Road. The

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

Faculty of Law and Bodleian Law Library are on the corner with Manor Road. Holywell Manor, St Cross Church,

Holywell Cemetery Holywell Cemetery is next to St Cross Church in Oxford, England. The cemetery is behind the church in St Cross Road, south of Holywell Manor on Manor Road and north of Longwall Street, in the parish of Holywell. History In the mid 19th ce ...

, and Jowett Walk are at the southern end. St Cross College (now in St Giles'), one of the Oxford University colleges, used to be located in St Cross Road. The College still has an Annexe here.The St Cross Road Annexe

St Cross College, Oxford St Cross College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1965, St Cross is an all-graduate college with gothic and traditional-style buildings on a central site in St Giles', just south of Pusey Street. I ...

Gallery

File:Linacre_College_Oxford_20040507.jpg, Linacre College at the northern end of St Cross Road. File:Bodleian Law Library.JPG, Stairs leading to the Bodleian Law Library on St Cross Road. File:holywell manor.jpg, Holywell Manor, at the junction with Manor Road. File:Longwall Street, Oxford, looking south.jpg, The junction of St Cross Road with Longwall Street, looking south.

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