The street runs from Paradise Square to Quaking Bridge, across Castle Mill Stream.
[1] The Jolly Farmers public house, a tavern originating in 1592, and in continual use ever since, sits on the corner of Paradise Street and Square.
On the south side of the street is a late 17th-century house, Greyfriars, conserved in 1985.
Hall's Brewery was acquired by Samuel Allsopp & Sons in 1926, after which it ceased brewing in Oxford.
At the top end of the street is Westgate Oxford, the transformed shopping centre that is now home to many luxury brands, coffee shops, gyms, cinema, delis and restaurants.