Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster. With over 300 shops, it is probably the world's largest shopping street.
It runs for approximately a mile and a half from Marble Arch at the north east corner of Hyde Park, through Oxford Circus to St Giles' Circus, at the intersection with Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road. Eastwards, the road then becomes New Oxford Street until it runs into High Holborn. West of Marble Arch, Oxford Street becomes Bayswater Road or the A40 which continues west towards Oxford. Oxford Street intersects with other London roads including Park Lane, New Bond Street and Regent Street.
Oxford Street is home to major department stores and hundreds of smaller shops. It is the major shopping street in central London, though not the most expensive or fashionable, and part of a larger shopping district with Regent Street, Bond Street and other smaller nearby streets. The other principal shopping area in central London is Knightsbridge, famous for Harrods department store.
Oxford Street tube station is served by the Central, Jubilee, Bakerloo, Northern and Victoria London Underground lines, as well as bus routes.
The Tube stations along Oxford Street, starting at Marble Arch (western-most) are:
Marble Arch, Bond Street, Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road.
Oxford Street Website