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Oxford Street It is a street in the English city of London (England), within the city of Westminster. With more than 300 stores, it is one of the most famous shopping streets in the world.

It occupies approximately 2000 meters from Marble Arch in the northeast corner of Hyde Park, continues by Oxford Circus to St Gile’s Circus, towards the intersection with Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road. To the west of Marble Arch, Oxford Street becomes Bayswater Road or the A40, which continues west towards Oxford. Oxford Street has intersection with other London streets, including Park Lane, New Bond Street and Recent Street.

The street follows the route of a Roman road that linked Hampshire with Colchester and became the main path of entrance and exit of the city.

Since the … century xii Until 1782, he was known as Tybur Road (by the Tyburn stream that ran south of him and currently flows under him), Uxbridge Road, Wrogester Road and Oxford Road. It became noticeable as the route taken by the prisoners as their final trip from the Newgate prison to Las Horcas in Tyburn, near Marble Arch.

In the last years of the century xviii , many of the adjacent fields were bought by the Count of Oxford and the area was developed. Soon it became popular with entertainment, which included tigers and masquerade tamers. During the century xix The area became famous and known for its stores.

It is the seat of the main stores and other small shops. It is the largest shopping street in the center of London, although not the most expensive or the one that offers the latest fashion trends, and is part of a large commercial district with Recent Street, Bond Street and other smaller contiguous streets. The other main purchasing zone in London is Knightsbridge, where Harods is located.

Some of the best known brands found in this streets are ..

  • Selfridges, a luxury store that has been located there for more than a century
  • Marks & Spencer, with 16,000 m² at the crossroads with Orchard Street
  • Borders, a bookstore
  • HMV that, despite having moved from its original location in 2000 after 80 years, has three stores in the street, including a franchise inside Selfridges. The one located at number 150 is the largest music store in Europe.
  • Other warehouses include John Lewis, DeShams (Historically haveham & Freebody and Marshall & Snelgrove before merging in the 60s and renamed as Hagams) and House of Fraser (historically known as DH Evans before renamed House of Fraser in 2000).
  • The Oxford Street center, where it crosses with Recent Street, Oxford Circus, is home to four stores of warehouses: H&M, Benetton, Niketown and, until recently, Shelly’s, Shelly’s
  • Virgin Megastore, at the intersection of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road, an entertainment retailer
  • Zara and Bershka, flagship chains of the Spanish group Inditex
  • Adidas, sports brand that has a warehouse in front of Selfridges. They are the suppliers of the Chelsea F.C.
  • Uniqlo, Japanese clothing warehouse

Christmas celebrations [ To edit ]

Every Christmas, the street is decorated with lights. The ignition ceremony is in the second half of November, when a celebrity lowers the switch to illuminate the decoration. The lights remain until January 6.

The use of Christmas lights began in 1959, five years after its neighboring Recent Street began tradition. In 1967, with the coup of the recession, the lights were ceased and only returned in 1978, when Oxford Street placed a laser device.

Celebrities who have turned on Christmas lights [ To edit ]

Oxford Street is connected to five London Metro lines (Central, Jubilee, Bakerloo, Northern and Victoria), as well as numerous bus routes.

The stations found in Oxford Street, from Marble Arch are:

Pedestrianization [ To edit ]

In 2016, as part of the actions of the City Hall of London to reduce pollution, the Transit Vicealcalcaldía announced that by 2020 the section of the street between the Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street metro stations will be permanently closed to automotive traffic. Currently this street only allows taxi and bus traffic. [ first ] ​

References [ To edit ]

  • “London through a lens No 41 — Groovy Christmas Lights, 1967”, Time Out London , November 23, 2005.

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