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Map of Central Oxford DAILY INFORMATION’S MAP OF AN IDIOSYNCRATIC Martyrs’ Memorial ........................D9 NIGHTCLUBS & SIMILAR INDEX Coven, next to with map references Coach Park (242770) ..................B12 and some phone numbers Downtown Manhattan, (some establishments not symbolised) next to Apollo (721101).........D10 ENTRAL XFORD Fifth Avenue, Westgate (245136)D11 Correct July 1996 C O Zodiac, 196 Cowley Rd.1m East of I12 to the best of our knowledge Park End Club (250181)..............B10 BOAT HIRE PUBS Cherwell Boathouse (552746).......F2 Bear, Alfred St (721783)..............F11 College Cruisers (554343).............A7 ABCDEFGH IEagle and Child, Howard’s (202643)......................I11 West side St Giles (558085) .....D8 Moathouse Hubbuck’s...................................E13 River Cherwell Gardener’s Arms (559814)............B5 Welcome Lodge SUMMERTOWN M40 0 300m N BOOKSHOPS Ferry Pool Head of the River (721600) ........E13 Keble Sports, GARFORD ROAD Horse & Jockey (552719) ..............C5 New 1 /2 mile north opposite 108 Grid approximately 220m/240yds Philanderer & Firkin (554502) .....B6 Blackwell’s (792792) ...............F9 St Edward’s School Anglo World Wolfson St John’s and King’s Arms (242369) ...................F9 Dillons (790212) ....................E10 1 St Anne’s Sports 1 0 300yds Lamb and Flag, Second Hand BANBURY ROAD STAVERTON ROAD East side St Giles (515787).....D8 Blackwell’s (792792) ...............F9 FRENCHAY ROAD Linton Turf Tavern (243235).....................F9 Thornton’s (242939) ................E9 Lodge University College Hotel CHADLINGTON ROAD Titles (727928).......................E10 (Residence) RESTAURANTS Waterfield’s (721809) ............B10 WOODSTOCK ROAD CENTRAL OXFORD Al Shami - Lebanese (310066) .....B8 Parklands CHARLBURY ROAD CHALFONT ROAD Bandung - Indonesian (511668)...C7 CAR PARKS Hotel HAYFIELD ROAD KEY Brown’s (511995) .........................D7 Nuffield.......................................C10 Swan Cherwell Boathouse (52746).........F2 111 LINTON ROAD NORTHMOOR ROAD Cherwell Oxpens........................................B12 School Boathouse BOAT HIRE Chez Gaston - Crêperie (311608)...C4 Station ........................................A10 BOOKSHOPS 15 North Parade (513773)............D4 Westgate.....................................D12 2 Oxford 2 Canal Frevd’s - Café/Bar (311171) ..........C7 RAWLINSON ROAD CHURCHES CHURCHES & SIMILAR Gee’s (Conservatory) (53540) .......D4 Kellogg College Dragon CINEMAS, HALLS, THEATRES Jamal’s - Bengali (310102) ..........B6 C of E unless otherwise indicated. (Residence) 90 Regent School Oxford Jericho Café (310840)...................B6 St Aldate’s (Evangelical C of E)...E11 CYCLE HIRE Le Petit Blanc - Haute Cuisine ......B6 St Aloysius (RC) (315800).............D7 ENTRANCE St Margaret’s POLSTEAD ROAD 18 Luna Caprese - Italian (554812) ...C4 11 St Barnabas (557530)...................A8 Centre Squirrel Oxford Greycotes FOOTPATHS 6 to 2 - Diner ..............................A10 Blackfriars (RC) (278400) .............D9 School School Academy ARISTOTLE LANE 90 Standard - Indian (553557)..........B6 Catholic Chaplaincy, Rose Place..E12 HOTELS ROAD BARDWELL ROAD St Ebbe’s (240438) .....................D11 66 HOUSE NUMBER 74 Wychwood (e.g.) SERVICES St Margaret’s ................................A3 3 St Hugh’s School 3 Daily Information .......................B4 St Margaret’s ST MARGARET’S ONE WAY SYSTEM St Mary Magdalen Adverts (24hrs) ................554444 (High C of E) ............................E9 St Hugh’s PUBS Graduates d’Overbroeck’s Publications .....................553377 St Mary’s (University Y.W.C.A. BENSON PLACE RESTAURANTS Computers........................310011 & Lutheran)............................F10 W.C. PARK TOWN Fax ...................................559298 St Michael’s (240940) .................E10 RESTRICTED ACCESS FARNDON ROAD NORHAM ROAD E-mail: Jesus Maison Mission Studies Cotswold FYFIELD ROAD SCHOOLS 16 [email protected] (Ss Philip & James)..................C4 College Lodge Française Lady Margaret WARNBOROUGH Annexe Hotel Hall Duck http://www.demon.co.uk/dailyinfo Orthodox (Greek and Russian).....D4 SPORTS GROUNDS CANTERBURY ROADOrthodox Pond Citizens’ Advice Bureau (247578) E11 W.C. TOILETS Synagogue (553042) ....................B8 SOUTHMOOR Wolsey Information Centre (726871) ........C9 SS Philip Hall United Reform, Alfred Street.......E11 4 BRADMORE ROAD 4 UNIVERSITY COLLEGES Petrol, City Motors, and James Chez Gaston 66 Wesley Memorial (Methodist) .....D10 (Mission Studies) 24hrs........................2m North of B1 Earth Sciences CRICK ROAD 31 DAILY INFORMATION UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS CINEMAS Petrol, Oxpens, 07:00-23:00 .......B12 ROAD WINCHESTERNORTH ROAD PARADE AVE Pitt Rivers Extn. TACKLEY PLACE OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST Post Office (781331) ...................E11 Gee’s ABC, George Street (244607 record- Butler Luna Biological Close Caprese Social Anthropology Education ing, Anthropology gt SPORTS KINGSTON ROAD 202277 booking).....................D10 SOUTHMOOR Hart-Synnott Human S ROAD N Balliol ...........................................G8 PLACE House 99 Nissan History of Sciences Bradmore E ABC, Magdalen Street (243067) ...D9 Medicine Road RD Institute GA Marston Cricket, University Parks (271585)E6 Creche M Phoenix (554909 recording, HA Victoria Arms Exeter, Hertford, LECKFORD 56 OR Rainbow LECKFORD Computing/Engineering N 30 min walk ROAD Bridge 512526 enquiries) ...................B6 Careers St Catherine’s & Trinity .East of I6 1 PLACE Advisory UPP, Cowley Rd (245288).. /4m E. of I12 5 Clubs 5 Ice Rink (248076) .......................B12 St Antony’s Committee Service ROAD 1 PLANTATION ROAD Transport Wycliffe Keble........................ /2 m North of B1 COLLEGES Studies Hall Merton ...........................................I8 BEVINGTONCriminology All Souls’ (279379)......................F10 WALTON 10 - Daily Information Post LONGWORTHROAD New College .................................H7 Balliol (277777)............................E9 WELL ST BERNARD’S ROAD St Anne’s.......................................B1 ROAD 6 Brasenose (277830) ....................F10 Party Mania St John’s .......................................B1 Port Meadow University Parks Campion Hall (286100)...............E12 Perch Inn W St Anne’s Swimming, Ferry Pool (510330)...D0 A Engineering 20 min walk L Leading to Exeter, Hertford, Christ Church (276150) ...............E11 T & Temple Cowley ..2m East of I12 Peppers O St Catherine’s and Trinity Corpus Christi (276700) ..............F11 N S Sports Grounds. University Sports Ground, T Engineering Exeter (279600) ..........................F10 R Green Also to Marston E ADELAIDE STREET Acland Iffley Rd (240476) ..................I13 E and Technology T WOODSTOCK ROAD Hospital Green (274770) .............................C6 6 Jamal’s BANBURY ROAD 6 University Staff .............................G8 OBSERVATORY STREET P Harris Manchester (271006).........G9 A Worcester ......................................B9 Le Petit R Radcliffe K Engineering Hertford (279400) .........................F9 Blanc Jericho Café Infirmary S Materials R Jesus (270700)............................E10 O Materials STREETS OF SPECIALITIES CRANHAM A Science Area JUXON STREET Language Engineering D Keble (272727) .............................E7 Standard Bookshops: Broad St .....................E9 TERRACE Phoenix Astrophysics 117 Teaching Clarendon Kellogg (270383) ..........................C8 Cinema Centre Dentists: Beaumont St..............C&D9 WALTON STREET Computing Nuclear and Physics Physiology Biochemistry M KING AstrophysicsComputing Lady Margaret Hall (274300)........F4 ALLAM 12 Microbiology e Inexpensive Restaurants: STREET s Old Theoretical o Linacre (271650) ..........................G7 Biochemistry p Cowley Road ...........................I12 Parsonage physics Pathology o STREET Botany t Atmospheric a Lincoln (279800).........................F10 Somerville Hotel Genetics m Walton St ............................C7-B6 KEBLE ROAD physics Linacre ia Magdalen (276000)....................H10 CRANHAM STREET Frevds St Aloysius Earth Human Forestry Lawyers: King Edward St............F11 Keble Sciences Anatomy JERICHO STREET Browns Pitt Mansfield (270999).......................F8 7 ALBERT Rivers 7 UNION Chemistry Psychology New College STREET New Barnett House St Giles University STUDENT RESIDENCES Merton (276310).........................G11 Mathematical Museum Sports Ground Students’ Union and Museum Oxford Institute University New College (279555) ..................G9 History Annexe B OCMS Away from main buildings VICTOR STREETCARDIGAN STREET University L Club A D ST CROSS ROAD COMBE Dartington C OA Nuffield (278500) .......................C10 ROAD STREET Press House K R Zoology Hart-Synnott House ......................B5 College CANAL 28 H S ALBERT Queen A RK Cruisers TERRACE L Safety Radcliffe A 2 Elizabeth L P Virology Oriel (276555).............................F11 Bandung WELLINGTONUniversity Office TH Isis Holywell Manor ............................H8 DAWN R Science U Offices House O O LITTLE CLARENDON STREET Library S Innovations 1 Pharmacology Pembroke (276444) ....................E11 PLACE STREET A 10 Jesus College ................................B4 St Benet’s D Statistics Queen’s (279126) .......................G10 St Barnabas NT CE Hall Kellogg .........................................B2 ST BARNABAS ES SQUARE Merton Ruskin (554331)............................C8 GREAT CLARENDON STREET R WALTON
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