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| | [[Image:Poppyfield uk.jpg|thumb|220px|Poppy field in Oxfordshire.<br /> | | [[Image:Poppyfield uk.jpg|thumb|220px|Poppy field in Oxfordshire.<br /> |
| | Didcot power station can be seen in the background]] | | Didcot power station can be seen in the background]] |
| − | '''Didcot''' is a town in Oxfordshire, England. It is best known as the site of Didcot Power Station, whose cooling towers can be seen from afar.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9039000/9039922.stm</ref> | + | '''Didcot''' is a town in [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]]. It is best known as the site of Didcot Power Station, whose cooling towers can be seen from afar.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9039000/9039922.stm</ref> |
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| | ==Business== | | ==Business== |
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| | ==Transport== | | ==Transport== |
| − | Didcot Parkway railway station is on the main line to London Paddington. Bus services to local towns and villages leave from outside the station. Didcot is a junction for trains to Oxford.<ref>http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/DID.aspx</ref> | + | Didcot Parkway [[railway station]] is on the main line to [[London Paddington station]]. [[Bus]] services to local towns and villages leave from outside the station. Didcot is a junction for trains to [[Oxford]].<ref>http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/DID.aspx</ref> |
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| | ==Shopping and leisure== | | ==Shopping and leisure== |
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| | <ref>http://www.southernoxfordshire.com/didcot.php</ref> | | <ref>http://www.southernoxfordshire.com/didcot.php</ref> |
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| − | Didcot Railway Centre, next to the railway station, has a large number of preserved railway engines, mostly from the [[Great Western Railway]]. It is open to the public at weekends and on some weekdays.<ref>http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/visitor_information/opening.html</ref> | + | Didcot Railway Centre, next to the railway station, has a large number of preserved [[Locomotive|railway engines]], mostly from the [[Great Western Railway]]. It is open to the public at weekends and on some weekdays.<ref>http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/visitor_information/opening.html</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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