Bardwell Road

Road in North Oxford, England

Bardwell Road is a residential road in Oxford, England. It is located in North Oxford off the Banbury Road, within the area of Oxford once owned by St John's College, Oxford. The road is known for its schools, especially the Dragon School.

The road is named after Bardwell in Suffolk, a "living" of St John's College from 1635. The road lies on Oxford Clay at a depth of three feet, as discussed in Oxoniensia.

Bardwell Road is the location of the Dragon School, a well known preparatory school. In 1894, Lynam's Oxford Preparatory School was established on this site. £4,000 was quickly raised through subscriptions from local parents for the erection of new school buildings. The school moved from its previous location at 17 Crick Road within a year. The choice of its new location proved to be a wise one and the school has prospered as the Dragon School on this site to the present day. The Bardwell Road Centre, one of the two locations of St Clare's College, is to be found here as well. Wychwood School for girls is located on the southern corner of Bardwell Road and Banbury Road, at the western end. On the north side of the road is the Preparatory School for Oxford High School, formerly the site of Greycotes School. Peter Snow notes the cars delivering and collecting school children in Bardwell Road, part of what he terms "Dragonland".

Henry Underhill (1855–1921), the antiquarian and artist, lived at 20 Bardwell Road. Reginald Philip Capel (1886–1961), Mayor of Oxford 1944–5, lived at St John's Cottage in Bardwell Road.