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Headington sits on the rise to the east of Oxford’s city centre, a busy residential and academic hub that feels distinct from the university’s historic core. It is defined largely by its concentration of major hospitals – including the John Radcliffe and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre – and the main campus of Oxford Brookes University, which gives the area a steady, year-round energy. Architecturally, it’s a mix of Victorian and Edwardian terraces near the shops, transitioning into 1930s semi-detached housing as you move further out. Practicality is a major draw here: it’s one of the few parts of the city with a direct, frequent coach service to London and Heathrow that bypasses the central traffic. While the high street provides standard amenities and a weekly farmers' market, the real local character is found in the backstreets, like the quiet lanes of Old Headington with its 12th-century church, or the sight of the famous 25-foot shark figurine embedded in a house roof on New High Street. For green space, locals generally head to Bury Knowle Park or the vast, wooded expanse of Shotover Hill, which offers some of the best views back across the spires of the city.