Didcot
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 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