Headington Road is anarterial road in the east ofOxford,England. The road connects the junction ofSt Clements andMarston Road with the suburb ofHeadington, upHeadington Hill.[1] When it reaches theHeadley Way junction, it becomesLondon Road, as the Boundary Brook runs under the road at this point.
To the south isSouth Park, from which good views of the city centre with its historicuniversity buildings can be seen. Also to the south onGipsy Lane at the top of Headington Hill is the Headington campus ofOxford Brookes University, originally theOxford Polytechnic.
Pullens Lane leads off to the north at the top of Headington Hill.Headington Hill Hall, built in 1824 for theMorrell family, localbrewers, is nearby, with its associatedHeadington Hill Park bordering Headington Road to the north.
The road is designated theA420.
The road did not exist until 1775, when it was cut through the countryside as part of the scheme to replace the old route from Oxford toLondon (via Cheney Lane, Old Road,Shotover, andWheatley) by a new road viaStokenchurch. Until that date, the road at the top of Headington Hill turned left into Cuckoo Lane, the former road toOld Headington.[1]
Headington Road is the home of theOxford Spanish Civil War memorial which is dedicated to local residents who travelled to Spain to join theInternational Brigades to fight against fascist forces backed by Hitler and Mussolini during theSpanish Civil War (1936-1939).
During the Spanish Civil War, 29 British people with connections to Oxfordshire joined theInternational Brigades, with a further two who joinedPOUM.[2] Plans to have an anti-fascist memorial in the city centre were rejected by Oxford City Council.[3]
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