Oxford Street From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the Oxford Street in Sydney , see Oxford Street, Sydney . Oxford Street, with Centre Point in the background Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster . With over 300 shops, it is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as the most dense. [ 1 ] The street derives its name from being part of the old London—Oxford Road which began at Newgate , City of London . Today the road forms part of the A40 , although it is not signposted as this, like other roads in central London. It runs for approximately a mile and a half (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 intersection with Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road . Eastwards, the road then becomes New Oxford Street until it runs into High Holborn . Oxford Street intersects with other London roads including Park Lane ...