Oxford Road, Hong Kong

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Oxford Road, the southmost section

Oxford Road (traditional Chinese: 牛津道) is a two-way street in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. It runs from Oxford Road Playground to Hereford Road near Sunderland Estate.

Succeeding Flint Road at a roundabout near Ho Tung Road, Oxford Road runs northward in a divided dual-carriageway until it meets Lancashire Road near Lannox Gardens. Crossing the junction, Oxford Road merges into a two-way street which continues to run northbound. It meets Moray Road, Selkirk Road and Hampshire Road respectively on the west side and then intersects with Durham Road near Kowloon Tsai House tennis court. After Durham Road, Oxford Road meets Wiltshire Road on the west and finally terminates at Hereford Road near Sunderland Estate and Mary Rose School.^[1]

Oxford Road is named after Oxford, England as one of the Kowloon Tong streets which were all named after places in Britain when the first British settlers arrived in Kowloon. Oxford, being a heritage-rich city in England, was chosen as the first name of all the Kowloon Tong streets.^[2]

Just like the University of Oxford, Oxford Road is home to many schools. The first section of the road, near Oxford Road Playground, is surrounded by the following schools, from south to north: Maryknoll Convent School, Caritas Francis Hsu College, Creative Primary School, TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College, Jockey Club Government Secondary School, Kei Wa Primary School (Kowloon Tong) and Bishop Hall Jubilee School,^[3] many of which are top schools in Hong Kong.