Marston Road is a road in the east of Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It links the junction of St Clements

St Clement's, Oxford

St Clement's is a district in Oxford, England, on the east bank of the River Cherwell. Its main road, St Clement's Street , links The Plain near Magdalen Bridge with London Place at the foot of Headington Hill at the junction with Marston Road to the north...

 and the foot of Headington Hill

Headington Hill

Headington Hill is a hill in the east of Oxford, England, in the suburb of Headington. The Headington Road road goes up the hill leading out of the city...

 to the south with the suburb of New Marston

New Marston

New Marston is a suburb about northeast of the centre of Oxford, England.-History:New Marston is built on land that was originally part of the manor of Headington. It was rural until the 19th century, when housing began to develop along Marston Road from St. Clement's towards the village of Marston...

 to the north. This is a mini-roundabout connecting with Cherwell Drive and Headley Way at the northern end. To the north is the suburb of Northway

Northway, Oxford

Northway is a suburban area in northeast Oxford, England, just inside the Oxford ring road. It is close to Headington Hill and with it forms a ward in Oxford.There is a Community Centre in Dora Carr Close and a Sports Centre in Maltfield Road....

. The road is designated the B4150

B roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind the numbers allocated.-3 digits:-4 digits :-4 digits :-4 digits :...

 but this is not shown on signs.

The striking new building for the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is a Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford, England. It was established in 1985 with the aim of encouraging the academic study of Islam and the Muslim world. The centre's Patron is Prince Charles.A new building for the centre is situated to...

 with its prominent dome

Dome

A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Dome structures made of various materials have a long architectural lineage extending into prehistory....

 and minaret

Minaret

A minaret مناره , sometimes مئذنه) is a distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure. The basic form of a minaret includes a base, shaft, and gallery....

 is located on Marston Road, next to land owned by Magdalen College

Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...

.

St Clement's Church

St Clement's Church, Oxford

St Clement's Church is an evangelical Church of England parish church east of central Oxford, England.-History:The parish of St Clement's was outside the city of Oxford until 1835, sited where the roads into Oxford from the east meet to cross Magdalen Bridge into the centre of Oxford. In 1004 AD,...

 is at the southern end of the road. The original St Clement's Church was located at The Plain

The Plain, Oxford

The Plain is an important junction, now a roundabout constructed in 1950, just east of Magdalen Bridge in Oxford, England. To the east and southeast are St Clement's, Cowley Road and Iffley Road. Magdalen College School is to the south...

 near Magdalen Bridge but this was demolished in 1829, after the new church had been built in 1827–28.

Marston United Reformed Church

United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:...

 is at 352 Marston Road. The Rivers of Life

Rivers of Life, Oxford

Rivers of Life, Oxford is an evangelical church that meets in the United Reformed Church Building in Marston, Oxford, UK.Rivers of Life, Oxford is one of approximately eighty Rivers of Life churches around the world. It was planted in 1996. It began with just five members but by January 2008, the...

 evangelical church meet here.

Milham Ford School

In the 1930s, Milham Ford School

Milham Ford School

Milham Ford School was a girl's secondary school in Oxford, England.The school was established in 1906 close to Magdalen College School in Cowley Place...

 was built on a 16 acres (6.5 ha) site between Marston Road and Harberton Mead, south of Jack Straw's Lane

Jack Straw's Lane

Jack Straw's Lane is a residential road in Oxford, England.It runs between the north end of Pullens Lane on Headington Hill and Marston Road.- History :...

. It opened in 1938, became a girls' grammar school

Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...

 in 1944, and a girls' comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 in 1974. The school was closed in 2003 and was sold. In 2004, the School of Health Care of Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...

started to use the building.