Official Name: | Northway |
Static Image: | Plowman Tower (Northway).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Plowman Tower in Northway |
Os Grid Reference: | SP538081 |
Coordinates: | 51.771°N -1.221°W |
Population: | 6,500 |
Population Ref: | (Includes Headington Hill) (2021 Census) |
Shire District: | Oxford |
Shire County: | Oxfordshire |
Country: | England |
Region: | South East England |
Post Town: | Oxford |
Postcode Area: | OX |
Postcode District: | OX3 |
Dial Code: | 01865 |
Constituency Westminster: | Oxford East |
Type: | Housing Estate |
Northway is a suburb in northeast Oxford, England, just inside the Oxford ring road. It is near Marston and the John Radcliffe Hospital. It mainly consists of social housing built by Oxford City Council in the 1950s, though many houses and apartments are now in private ownership.[1]
To the southwest is Headley Way and to the northwest is Marsh Lane.
Plowman Tower was built by Oxford City Council in 1965, it was the first tower block in Oxfordshire.[2] [3]
There is a Community Centre in Dora Carr Close[4] and a Sports Centre in Maltfield Road.[5] There is a Northway Evangelical Church.[6]