Oriel Street

Late 19th Century view from Oriel Square north up Oriel Street with Oriel College on the right and St Mary's spire in the background.
1919 photogravure of Oriel College from the north, with the Rhodes Building in the foreground and Oriel Street to the right.

Oriel Street is a narrow but historic street running between the High Street to the north and Oriel Square to the south in central Oxford, England. The street is now blocked off to traffic by bollards at the High Street end.

It passes between the main site of Oriel College (hence its name) to the east and Oriel's newer "Island" site to the west. At the High Street end to the east is the 1911 Rhodes Building, named after the former Oriel student Cecil Rhodes, who went on to colonize the African state of Rhodesia (also named after him).