Editing Oxford (section)

===Districts===

====The city centre====
The city centre is relatively small and is centred on [[Carfax, Oxford|Carfax]], a crossroads which forms the junction of [[Cornmarket Street, Oxford|Cornmarket Street]] (pedestrianised), [[Queen Street, Oxford|Queen Street]] (mainly [[pedestrianised]]), [[St Aldate's, Oxford|St Aldate's]] and the [[High Street, Oxford|High Street]] ("the High"; blocked for through traffic). Cornmarket Street and Queen Street are home to Oxford's chain stores, as well as a small number of independent retailers, one of the longest established of which was [[Boswells of Oxford|Boswell's]], founded in 1738.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Boswells|url=http://www.boswells-online.co.uk//mall/infopageviewer.cfm/Boswells/AboutUs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123112907/http://www.boswells-online.co.uk/mall/infopageviewer.cfm/Boswells/AboutUs|archive-date=23 November 2007|access-date=10 January 2010|publisher=Boswells-online.co.uk}}</ref> The store closed in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ffrench|first=Andrew|date=29 February 2020|title=Everything must go now at Boswells in closing down sale|newspaper=[[Oxford Mail]]|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18271030.everything-must-go-now-boswells-closing-sale/|url-status=live|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329215229/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18271030.everything-must-go-now-boswells-closing-sale/|archive-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> St Aldate's has few shops but several local government buildings, including the [[town hall]], the city police station and local council offices. The High (the word ''street'' is traditionally omitted) is the longest of the four streets and has a number of independent and high-end chain stores, but mostly university and college buildings. The historic buildings mean the area is often used by film and TV crews.

====Suburbs====
Aside from the city centre, there are several suburbs and neighbourhoods within the borders of the city of Oxford, including:

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* [[Barton, Oxford|Barton]]
* [[Blackbird Leys]]
* [[Cowley, Oxfordshire|Cowley]]
** Temple Cowley
* [[Iffley]]
** [[Littlemore]]
** [[Rose Hill, Oxfordshire|Rose Hill]]
* [[Cutteslowe]]
* [[Headington]]
** [[New Marston]]
* [[Jericho, Oxford|Jericho]]
* [[North Oxford]]
** [[Park Town, Oxford|Park Town]]
** [[Norham Manor]]
** [[Walton Manor]]
* [[Osney]]
* [[Risinghurst]]
* [[Summertown, Oxford|Summertown]]
** [[Sunnymead]]
** [[Waterways, Oxford|Waterways]]
* [[Wolvercote]]
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====Green belt====
{{main|Oxford Green Belt}}
[[File:Oxford_Malmaison_Hotel.jpg|right|thumb|Oxford Malmaison Hotel]]
Oxford is at the centre of the [[Oxford Green Belt]], which is an [[environmental policy|environmental]] and [[Planning in the United Kingdom|planning]] policy that regulates the rural space in [[Oxfordshire]] surrounding the city, aiming to prevent [[urban sprawl]] and minimize convergence with nearby settlements.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Oxford Green Belt: Key Facts|url=http://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/campaigns/item/download/788|website=CPRE Oxfordshire|access-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083708/http://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/campaigns/item/download/788|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The policy has been blamed for the large rise in house prices in Oxford, making it the least affordable city in the United Kingdom outside of London, with some [[estate agents]] calling for [[brownfield]] land inside the green belt to be released for new housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15133787.estate-agents-call-for-building-on-oxford-green-belt-to-ease-house-price-crisis/|title=Estate agents call for building on Green Belt to ease house price crisis|website=Oxford Mail|date=4 March 2017 |access-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426220329/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15133787.estate-agents-call-for-building-on-oxford-green-belt-to-ease-house-price-crisis/ |first= Andy |last=Ffrench|archive-date=26 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/22/green-belt-housing-crisis-planning-policy|title=Loosen Britain's green belt. It is stunting our young people |first=Jonn|last=Elledge|date=22 September 2017|access-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527000502/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/22/green-belt-housing-crisis-planning-policy|archive-date=27 May 2019|url-status=live|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/house-prices/11436459/Welcome-to-Britains-most-unaffordable-spot-its-not-London.html|title=Welcome to Britain's most unaffordable spot – it's not London|first=Anna|last=White|date=26 February 2015|access-date=30 May 2019|via=The Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426200855/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/house-prices/11436459/Welcome-to-Britains-most-unaffordable-spot-its-not-London.html|archive-date=26 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The vast majority of the area covered is outside of the city, but there are some green spaces within that which are covered by the designation, such as much of the [[Thames]] and [[river Cherwell]] [[flood-meadow]]s, and the village of [[Binsey, Oxfordshire|Binsey]], along with several smaller portions on the fringes. Other landscape features and places of interest covered include [[Cutteslowe]] Park and the mini railway attraction, the [[University Parks]], Hogacre Common Eco Park, numerous sports grounds, [[Aston's Eyot]], [[St Margaret of England|St Margaret]]'s Church and well, and [[Wolvercote Common]] and community orchard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oxford Green Belt Study Final Report Prepared by LUC |date=October 2015|url=https://m.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/sites/default/files/folders/documents/communityandliving/partnerships/GrowthBoard/OxfordGreenBeltStudyFinalReport.pdf|website=Oxfordshire County Council |access-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143624/https://m.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/sites/default/files/folders/documents/communityandliving/partnerships/GrowthBoard/OxfordGreenBeltStudyFinalReport.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Geographic Location
|title = Destinations from Oxford
|Northwest = [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]
|North     = [[Banbury]]
|Northeast = [[Bicester]], [[Milton Keynes]]
|West      = [[Witney]], [[Cheltenham]]
|Centre    = Oxford
|East      = [[High Wycombe]], [[Aylesbury]]
|Southwest = [[Wantage]], [[Swindon]]
|South     = [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]], [[Didcot]], [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]
|Southeast = [[Slough]], [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]
}}