Ship Street, Oxford

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The Saxon tower of St Michael at the Northgate at the eastern end of Ship Street.

Ship Street runs east-west in central Oxford, England.

The street lies north of Jesus College and west of Exeter College, two of Oxford University's historic colleges. At the western end is the historic St Michael at the Northgate church near the site of the original north gate in the city wall. Originally Oxford's wall ran just to the north of Ship Street.

At the eastern end is the QI Building, a member's club, bookshop and café associated with the comedic quiz show QI television series on BBC2, and established by the comedy producer John Lloyd. The entrance is in Turl Street.

Heroes, a sandwich bar popular with Oxford students, is located in the street.

To the west is the major shopping street, Cornmarket Street, with St Michael's Street opposite, and to the east is the Turl. Market Street runs parallel with Ship Street to the south and Broad Street runs similarly to the north.