The street is bordered by two educational establishments of Oxford University.
On the north side of the street is the Permanent Private Hall of Regent's Park College.
This includes a large white building on the corner with St Giles' called Wheeler Robinson House, the ground floor of which is occupied by an Oxfam bookshop.
To the south are St Cross College and Pusey House, founded in 1884.
[1] MG Cars of Morris Motors manufactured the MG 14/28 car here from 1924 until the move to larger premises in Bainton Road, North Oxford, in September 1925.