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'''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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Didcot is close to the main A34 road. 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> | Didcot is close to the main A34 road. 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> | ||
Revision as of 15:55, March 11, 2017
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.[1]
Business
Didcot is near to the Harwell Campus, a leading science, innovation, technology and business campus.[2]
Military
The British Army's Vauxhall Barracks is located in Didcot but is scheduled for closure.[3]
Transport
Didcot is close to the main A34 road. 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.[4]
Shopping and leisure
Didcot has the Orchard Shopping Centre and the Cornerstone arts centre. [5]
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.[6]
References
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9039000/9039922.stm
- ↑ http://www.harwellcampus.com/about/about-harwell/
- ↑ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14870881.Oxfordshire_barracks_to_be_sold_off_by_Government/
- ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/DID.aspx
- ↑ http://www.southernoxfordshire.com/didcot.php
- ↑ http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/visitor_information/opening.html