George Street, Oxford
The former City of Oxford High School for Boys in George Street
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| Length | 0.2 mi (0.3 km) |
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| Location | Oxford, England |
| Postal code | OX1 2 |
| east end | 51°45′14″N 1°15′32″W / 51.7540°N 1.2589°W |
| west end | 51°45′13″N 1°15′48″W / 51.7536°N 1.2634°W |
George Street is a street in central Oxford, England. It is a shopping street running east-west.
Its eastern end meets Broad Street at a crossroads with Cornmarket Street to the south and Magdalen Street to the north. Its western end meets Hythe Bridge Street at a crossroads with Worcester Street.
The New Theatre Oxford, Oxford's main commercial theatre, is on the north side of the street. For a time it was the Apollo Theatre but it has now reverted to its earlier name. The Burton Taylor Studio is in Gloucester Street, which runs off the north side of George Street. Number 40 on the north side is the OFS Studio.
Gloucester Green bus station is off the north of George Street at the western end. Companies including the Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach in Oxfordshire operate services from here.
Oxford Business College is at 65 George Street.
George Street is just outside the formerly walled part of Oxford, running parallel with the medieval wall. Buildings on the south side of the street occupy plots that were formerly part of the defensive ditch outside the wall.
The former City of Oxford High School for Boys building on the south side of the street was designed by T. G. Jackson and built in 1880-81. In 1966 the school moved to the Southfields Grammar School site and its former building became the University of Oxford Classics Department. Since 2007 the building has housed the University's Faculty of History.
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