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Take a Historic Stroll Down Oxford Street, London’s Shopping Artery

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London is making a stretch of the street, long central to the city’s identity and sense of style, car free.

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Section: World
By: Amelia Nierenberg
Published: Oct 1, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC
Updated: Oct 1, 2026, 5:10 PM UTC

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#historic #stroll #down #oxford #street #shopping and retail #pedestrian malls #selfridges

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London

Capital of England and the United Kingdom

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.4 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries.

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