# South Parks Road > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/South_Parks_Road > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/South_Parks_Road.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Parks_Road > Source revision: 1297757898 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Not to be confused with [South Park, Oxford](/source/South_Park,_Oxford). "South Parks" redirects here. Not to be confused with [South Park](/source/South_Park). **South Parks Road** is a road in [Oxford](/source/Oxford), [England](/source/England).[1][2] It runs east–west past the main [Science Area](/source/Science_Area,_Oxford) of the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford). Many of the university science departments are located nearby or face the road, including parts of the geography, zoology, chemistry, psychology and physiology departments. Also on the road is [Rhodes House](/source/Rhodes_House). To the west, the road adjoins [Parks Road](/source/Parks_Road) at a [T junction](/source/T_junction) with the [Radcliffe Science Library](/source/Radcliffe_Science_Library) just to the north. In December 2018 it was announced that the proposed new graduate college of the university, [Parks College](/source/Parks_College,_Oxford), opening in September 2020, would be located on South Parks Road.[3] The college has since been built under the name of [Reuben College](/source/Reuben_College,_Oxford), and is connected to the Radcliffe Science Library.[4] To the east, the road bends sharply south at [Linacre College](/source/Linacre_College) and becomes [St Cross Road](/source/St_Cross_Road). A cycle route continues east towards [New Marston](/source/New_Marston), crossing the [River Cherwell](/source/River_Cherwell). About halfway along South Parks Road, [Mansfield Road](/source/Mansfield_Road,_Oxford) adjoins to the south. [Mansfield College](/source/Mansfield_College,_Oxford) is close to South Parks Road in this section. The road has been the scene of protests by [animal rights](/source/Animal_rights) protesters because of a new [animal testing](/source/Animal_testing) facility that has been built here.[5] [Pro-Test](/source/Pro-Test) has been formed in reaction to the activities of the [animal rights movement](/source/Animal_rights_movement). ## Halifax House Halifax House was located at 8 South Parks Road on the corner with Mansfield Road from 1961, a social club for people associated with Oxford University.[6] The building has since been demolished to make way for new science facilities for the university. Evidence of [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) barrows together with later [prehistoric](/source/Prehistoric) and early [Roman](/source/Roman_Britain) [field systems](/source/Field_system) has been found on the site.[7] ## See also - [Hooke Library](/source/Hooke_Library) - [Isis Innovation](/source/Isis_Innovation) - [Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory](/source/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Laboratory) - [Sir William Dunn School of Pathology](/source/Sir_William_Dunn_School_of_Pathology) - [Radcliffe Science Library](/source/Radcliffe_Science_Library) - [Rhodes House](/source/Rhodes_House)[1] - [Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford](/source/Department_of_Plant_Sciences,_University_of_Oxford) - [Department of Zoology, University of Oxford](/source/Department_of_Zoology,_University_of_Oxford) ## References 1. Sherwood, Jennifer & Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). *The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire*. [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). pp. 275–277, 279, 331. ISBN 0-14-071045-0. 1. Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). *Oxford: An architectural guide*. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). pp. 282–286, 311. ISBN 0-14-071045-0. 1. ["Oxford unveils plans for new graduate college"](https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-unveils-plans-for-new-graduate-college). University of Oxford. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 18 March 2019. 1. Gould, Tom (2019-02-01). ["New grad college to share RSL as "flexible space", University reveals"](https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2019/02/01/new-grad-college-to-share-rsl-as-flexible-space-university-reveals/). *The Oxford Student*. Retrieved 2025-06-19. 1. [Stop the Oxford Animal Lab (SPEAK)](http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=172), [Veggies](http://www.veggies.org.uk/), UK. 1. ["Halifax House"](http://www.oua.ox.ac.uk/holdings/Halifax%20House%20HH.pdf). *www.oua.ox.ac.uk*. UK: [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) Archives. Retrieved 15 June 2011. 1. Anthony, Sian (2005). ["Prehistoric and Early Roman Field Systems, Halifax House, South Parks Road, Oxford"](http://www.tvas.co.uk/reports/pdf/oxoniensia70_2006_anthony.pdf). *[Oxoniensia](/source/Oxoniensia)*. **[70](http://oxoniensia.org/oxo_volume.php?vol=70)**: 129–139. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [South Parks Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Parks_Road) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Parks_Road?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.