Cowley Road, Oxford

This includes significant, long-standing South Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities, who have been joined more recently by East European, Chinese and African arrivals.

In 2005, Oxfordshire County Council invested about £1,000,000 from central government to re-model the busiest part of Cowley Road.

The carriageway has been realigned and colourfully resurfaced, the pavements have been repaved, cycle lanes have been enhanced in some places and removed from others and in one section the speed limit has been reduced to 20 miles per hour (32 km/h).

A number of successful bands made their formative performances in local venues such as the O2 Academy Oxford (formerly known as The Zodiac), and The Bullingdon (formerly The Art Bar).

Held on the first Sunday in July it celebrated the multicultural diversity of the city and regularly attracted around 50,000 visitors.