What is "high street"

alt. 1 (context British Irish English) The main street of any town. 2 (context British Irish English) mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services. 3 (context British English) Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops. n. 1 (context British Irish English) The main street of any town. 2 (context British Irish English) mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services. 3 (context British English) Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops.

n. street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town [syn: main street]

High Street (or the High Street, also High Road) is a metonym for the concept (and frequently the street name) of the primary business street of towns or cities, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations. To distinguish it from "centres" of nearby places it is frequently preceded unofficially by the name of its settlement. In a town it implies the focal point for business, especially shops and street stalls (if any) in town and city centres. As a generic shorthand presupposed upon linear settlements it may be used to denote more precise concepts such as the urban retail sector, town centre sectors of employment, all small shops and services outlets and even wider concepts taking in social concepts. The equivalent in the United States and Canada is Main Street. The smallest High Street in Britain is located in a small market town in Devon called Holsworthy. The street itself is no more than 100 yards long and there are only three shops located on Holsworthy's High Street.

High Street is the most common street name in the UK, which according to a 2009 statistical compilation has 5,410 High Streets, 3,811 Station Roads and 2,702 Main Streets.

High Street is a fell in the English Lake District. At 828 metres (2,718 ft), its summit is the highest point in the far eastern part of the national park. The fell is named after the Roman road which ran over the summit.

High Street is the main shopping and business street in towns in the United Kingdom, Australia, etc.

High Street may also refer to:

In streets:

• High Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
• High Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• High Street, Hong Kong
• High Street, Cambridge or Trinity Street, Cambridge, England, UK
• St. Mary Street/High Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK
• High Street (Glasgow), Scotland, UK
• High Street, Lincoln, England, UK
• High Street, Newport, Wales, UK
• High Street, Oxford, England, UK
• High Street (Sheffield), England, UK
• High Street, Swansea, Wales, UK
• High Street (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, USA

In other uses:

• Market Street (Philadelphia), formerly named High Street
• High Street (film), a 1976 Belgian film
• High Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line), a subway station in Brooklyn
• High Street (Lake District), a fell in Lake District, England, UK
• High Street, Oxford (painting), an 1810 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner
• High Street, Cornwall, a hamlet in England, UK
• High Street Records, an US record label

High Street is one of the main thoroughfares and shopping areas in the city centre of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England, located at the approximate grid reference of . High Street starts at the Commercial Street, Fitzalan Square and Haymarket junction and runs for approximately 400 metres west to conclude near the Sheffield Cathedral where it forms a Y-junction with Fargate and Church Street. High Street has the traditional wide variety of shops, financial institutions and eating places which are associated with any British town centre.

High Street is a 1976 Belgian drama film directed by André Ernotte. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

High Street, also labeled as High Street – Brooklyn Bridge, and also referred to as "Brooklyn Bridge Plaza" and "Cranberry Street", is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Cadman Plaza East near Red Cross Place and the Brooklyn Bridge approach in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Its name comes from older street names; its original location was at the intersection of High Street and Washington Street. It is served by the A train at all times and the C train at all times except late nights.