Charlbury Road

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Charlbury Road is a road in North Oxford, England, running to the east of and parallel with the Banbury Road.

Probably the most famous residents were the Oxford academic and author Iris Murdoch and her husband and fellow academic John Bayley. The couple moved from Hamilton Road, north of Summertown, to Charlbury Road in 1989. The area featured in the film Iris, based on the book by John Bayley after Iris Murdoch's death from Alzheimer's Disease. The road is favoured by senior academics.

At the southern of the road there is a junction with Bardwell Road, close to the Dragon School. 5 Charlbury Road is one of the Dragon School boarding houses. Linton Road crosses Charlbury Road about half way up. At the northern end is a junction with Belbroughton Road to the west. The main entrance to the Oxford High School, an academically selective private school for girls, is located here. Charlbury road takes a sharp right turn at this point and continues east to a new estate of houses. To the west running parallel with Charlbury Road is Northmoor Road.