    oxford street is a major road in the city of westminster in the west end of london. it is europe's busiest shopping street, and as of 2011 had approximately 300 shops. the street was formerly part of the london-oxford road which began at newgate, city of london, and was known as the oxford road. today it forms part of the a40 trunk road, although like many roads in central london which are no longer through routes it is not signposted with the road number. roughly halfway along oxford street is oxford circus, a busy junction with regent street. a diagonal crossing at oxford circus opened in 2009, currently the only one of its kind in central london. ==location== left|100px|thumb|the road leading west from london is oxford street oxford street runs for approximately one and a half miles (two and a half kilometres) from marble arch at the north east corner of hyde park, through oxford circus to st giles circus, at the junction with charing cross road and tottenham court road. eastwards, the road then becomes new oxford street until it runs into high holborn. oxford street meets with other london roads including park lane, new bond street and regent street. west of marble arch, oxford street becomes bayswater road, then [[notting
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