[1] The road runs south–north and then west–east, skirting around the west and north sides of the St John's College playing field.
[3] In September 1925, the MG Cars factory moved from the cramped facilities at Alfred Lane (Pusey Lane off Pusey Street since around 1927[4]) in central Oxford to join the Radiator Branch at Bainton Road, within a partitioned area of the premises.
[5] The New Zealand writer, journalist and editor John Mulgan (1911–1945) lived at 5 Bainton Road.
[6] The Welsh academic, novelist and critic Raymond Williams (1921–1988) bought 47 Bainton Road from a colleague in 1960.
[7] The physicist, philosopher and author Danah Zohar has lived at 57 Bainton Road.