The Oxford ring road is a ring road around the city of Oxford, England. It is a dual carriageway for most of its length apart from a short section to the north between the Woodstock and Banbury Roads.
To the west, the road is part of the A34. To the north, it is part of the A40. To the east and south, it becomes the A4142. For a short stretch to the south it is part of the A423, something of an anomaly since the renumbering of the rest of the A423 south of Banbury when the M40 motorway was opened.
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