Didcot: South Oxfordshire Railway Town With a Power Station Gap and a Science Campus
Didcot sits in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, about 10 miles south of Oxford. The population is around 27,000 and growing rapidly with new housing developments. The town essentially began with the Great Western Railway, which established a junction here in 1844. The Didcot Railway Centre preserves the GWR heritage with a collection of steam locomotives, a working engine shed, and a section of broad gauge track. Didcot Power Station, a coal-fired plant with six distinctive cooling towers, dominated the skyline from 1970 until its demolition in 2014 and 2019. The Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, about three miles to the south, is one of the largest science campuses in Europe, housing the Diamond Light Source synchrotron and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
The town centre along Broadway has been the subject of expansion plans and new retail development. The Orchard Centre handles covered shopping. Didcot Parkway station is on the Great Western Main Line, with fast trains to London Paddington in about 40 minutes and to Oxford in 15 minutes. The A34 runs just to the west, connecting to the M4 to the south and the M40 via Oxford to the north. Wallingford and Wantage are nearby market towns. For those considering adult companionship in the south Oxfordshire area, Didcot's fast Paddington service and A34 access connect it to Oxford, Reading, Swindon, and London.
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Didcot sits in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, about 10 miles south of Oxford. The population is around 27,000 and growing rapidly with new housing developments. The town essentially began with the Great Western Railway, which established a junction here in 1844. The Didcot Railway Centre preserves the GWR heritage with a collection of steam locomotives, a working engine shed, and a section of broad gauge track. Didcot Power Station, a coal-fired plant with six distinctive cooling towers, dominated the skyline from 1970 until its demolition in 2014 and 2019. The Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, about three miles to the south, is one of the largest science campuses in Europe, housing the Diamond Light Source synchrotron and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
The town centre along Broadway has been the subject of expansion plans and new retail development. The Orchard Centre handles covered shopping. Didcot Parkway station is on the Great Western Main Line, with fast trains to London Paddington in about 40 minutes and to Oxford in 15 minutes. The A34 runs just to the west, connecting to the M4 to the south and the M40 via Oxford to the north. Wallingford and Wantage are nearby market towns. For those considering adult companionship in the south Oxfordshire area, Didcot's fast Paddington service and A34 access connect it to Oxford, Reading, Swindon, and London.
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