South Parks Road

Not to be confused with South Park, Oxford.
"South Parks" redirects here. Not to be confused with South Park.

Rhodes House[1] on the south side of South Parks Road, designed by Sir Herbert Baker and completed in 1928, on land bought from Wadham College.
Linacre College from the corner of South Parks Road and St Cross Road.
The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory building on the north side of South Parks Road.
The Tinbergen Building, used by the zoology and psychology departments.

South Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England.[1][2] It runs east–west past the main Science Area of the University of Oxford. Many of the university science departments are located nearby or face the road, including parts of the geography, zoology, chemistry, psychology and physiology departments. Also on the road is Rhodes House.

To the west, the road adjoins Parks Road at a T junction with the Radcliffe Science Library just to the north. To the east, the road bends sharply south at Linacre College and becomes St Cross Road. A cycle route continues east towards New Marston, crossing the River Cherwell. About halfway along South Parks Road, Mansfield Road adjoins to the south. Mansfield College is close to South Parks Road in this section.

In December 2018 it was announced that the proposed new graduate college of the university, Parks College, opening in September 2020, will be located on South Parks Road.[3]

The road has been the scene of protests by animal rights protesters because of a new animal testing facility that has been built here.[4] Pro-Test has been formed in reaction to the activities of the animal rights movement.

  1. ^ a b Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Penguin Books. pp. 275–277, 279, 331. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  2. ^ Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford: An architectural guide. Oxford University Press. pp. 282–286, 311. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  3. ^ "Oxford unveils plans for new graduate college". University of Oxford. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. ^ Stop the Oxford Animal Lab (SPEAK), Veggies, UK.