Bardwell Road is a road in North Oxford, England, off the Banbury Road.[1]
The road is the location of the Dragon School, a well-known preparatory school. The second headmaster, Charles Cotterill Lynam (known as the "Skipper"), took a building lease on land to the southeast of Bardwell Road in 1893.[1] In 1894, Lynam's Oxford Preparatory School was established on this site. £4,000 was quickly raised through subscriptions from local parents for the erection of new school buildings.[2] The school moved from its previous location at 17 Crick Road within a year. The choice of its new location proved to be a wise one and the school has prospered as the Dragon School on this site to the present day.
The Bardwell Road Centre,[3] one of the two locations of St Clare's International School, is to be found here as well.[4]
Also off the road is the Cherwell Boathouse, next to the Dragon School, where punts can be rented for use on the River Cherwell.[5]
Northmoor Road, Charlbury Road lead off Bardwell Road and Chadlington Road is at the far end leading to Linton Road.
Houses on Bardwell Road were largely built during the 1890s.[1] Architects included Harry Wilkinson Moore, Herbert Quinton, and Messrs Radclyffe and Watson.