Carfax

Carfax is the junction of St Aldate's, , Queen Street and the High Street in , England. It is considered to be the centre of the city.
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: crossroads; central area of Oxford in England
  • Also known as: “Carfax, Oxford”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jesus College and Brasenose College.

University
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is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the , on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, and Market Street. is situated 520 feet north of Carfax.

University
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, formally The Principal and Scholars of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, or BNC, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in . is situated 780 feet northeast of Carfax.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Grandpont.

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is the oldest university city in the , some 50 miles to the west of the capital in its own county of , on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Quarter
is a mainly residential area in south Oxford, England. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Suburb
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is a historic suburb of the English city of . It consists of the streets bounded by the , , Walton Street and Walton Well Road.

Carfax

Latitude
51.75197° or 51° 45′ 7″ north
Longitude
-1.25778° or 1° 15′ 28″ west
Open location code
9C3WQP2R+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 469136813
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Wiki­data ID
Q1035968
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Carfax” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “卡尔法克斯塔”
  • Dutch: “Carfax”
  • German: “Carfax Tower”
  • Irish: “Carfax, Oxford”
  • Irish: “Carfax”
  • Italian: “Carfax”
  • Japanese: “カーファックス (オックスフォード)”
  • Serbian: “Карфакс”
  • Slovenian: “Carfax”
  • Swedish: “Carfax, Oxford”
  • Swedish: “Carfax”

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