Oxford
Street Web Site
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Oxford
Street is the UK's busiest and most famous shopping area.
There are over 300 shops to choose from. Apart perhaps from Selfridges
the street consists of tourist orientated small shops interspersed
with the UK flagship stores of all the main chain stores in Britain.
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Note
Harrods,
London's most famous and unique large store is not in Oxford Street
but the other side of London in Knightsbridge. You will also find
worthwhile upmarket stores around the corner in Regent Street. Off
Regent Street is a throwback to the sixties, Carnaby Street.
Oxford Street is closed to most traffic, London's famous red double
deck buses and taxis have full control of the roadway. Normally there
is a continuous line of red buses all along the street. Oxford Streets
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Shops
and Restaurants
Oxford
Street is of course famous as the main shopping street of Central
London. Bond Street and Regent Street which branch off Oxford Street
are equally good.
On this web site we cannot hop to cover what is available.
We recommend you use the Street Sensation web for that.
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Public
Transport
Most
of Oxford Street is closed to traffic except for buses and taxis.
Oxford Street is still very busy though with an endless procession
of buses radiating out to all part of London.
The Central Line Underground runs the length of Oxford Street interchanging
with other lines at Bond Street and Oxford Circus.
The London
Underground functions from about 05:00 to around 24:00. |
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London
Buses are an attractive means of transport for visitors, especially
perched up on the top deck of a bus.
If your accommodation is around Oxford Street, you're very central
and buses are a very good alternative for the short journeys you will
be making to the crowded Underground. There is a very economical day
pass you can purchase.
In Central London you have to purchase tickets before getting on the
bus, there are ticket machines at most stops which also sell the day
passes. |
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