Divinity Road

Divinity Road is a residential road in Oxford, England.^[1] It connects with the east end of Morrell Avenue to the northeast and with Cowley Road to the southwest. The road is on a hill sloping southwest.

The view looking up Divinity Road.

The road includes detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses.^[2] Divinity Road Area Residents’ Association (DRARA) is a residents' association in the local area around Divinity Road.^[3] The Beeches, student accommodation of Linacre College, Oxford, is located in Divinity Road.

Lily van den Broecke, a gold medalist in the mixed coxed fours event on Dorney Lake at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games, was a resident of the road in 2012, so a post box in the road was painted gold in her honour.^[4][5][6] Divinity Road features in the book The Rocktastic Corduroy Peach by Michael Amos.^[7]

Gallery

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  Traffic calming measures in Divinity Road.
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  The junction of Divinity Road and Hill Top Road.
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  Another view of the junction of Divinity Road and Hill Top Road.
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  Gold post box for Lily van den Broecke, gold medalist for rowing (mixed coxed fours) at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games.

See also

• 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes

References

1. Skinner, Annie (2005). "Cowley Road: A History". Signal Books. pp. 5, 33, 49, 63, 65, 119. ISBN 978-1904955108. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
2. "House Prices in Divinity Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4". Rightmove. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
3. "Divinity Road Area Residents' Association". Retrieved 25 May 2014.
4. "Paralympic rowing cox gets gold postbox". BBC News. BBC. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
5. "Lily Van Den Broecke honoured with gold postbox". BBC News. BBC. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
6. "Father's golden glow at medallist's honour". Oxford Mail. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
7. Amos, Michael (2007). The Rocktastic Corduroy Peach. Corduroy Peach Trilogy. Vol. 1. Samhain Publishing. ISBN 978-1599984797.

51.7499°N 1.2250°W / 51.7499; -1.2250 (Divinity Road, Oxford)