Cornmarket Street is a major shopping street and pedestrian precinct in Oxford, England that runs north to south between Magdalen Street and Carfax Tower.
Cornmarket Street in 2007
Cornmarket seen from the south (2004)
The Lloyds Bank building on the corner of Cornmarket (left) and the High Street (right)
The Saxon tower of St Michael at the North Gate in Cornmarket Street.
Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Cherwell. It had a population of 162,100 at the 2021 census. It is 56 miles (90 km) north-west of London, 64 miles (103 km) south-east of Birmingham and 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, information technology and science.
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Image: Oxford Town Hall geograph.org.uk 5531679
Image: Cathedral, Christ Church, Oxford, from the cloisters. geograph.org.uk 187944
Image: Radcliffe Camera, Oxford 36286514263
