Market Street, Oxford

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Map of the Covered Market, with Market Street to the north and the High Street to the south.

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

The street lies north of the Covered Market, a historic roofed market with permanent stalls, still very much active today. To the west is the major shopping street, Cornmarket Street, and to the east is Turl Street. On the north side of the street is Jesus College, one of Oxford University's historic colleges with its main entrance in the Turl.

The Market Tavern (formerly the City Tavern, Bar Oz and the Roebuck public house) is on the south side of Market Street. The Oxford University Jazz Society meets there for jam sessions.

To the east, over Turl Street, Market Street continues as Brasenose Lane, accessible to pedestrians only, and named after Brasenose College, located to the south at its far end. This lane, used as a cut through route by students and other locals, emerges into cobbled Radcliffe Square at its eastern end. To the north of Brasenose Lane is Exeter College and at the western end to the south is Lincoln College.