Didcot (/ˈdɪdkɒt, -kət/ DID-kot, -kət) is a railway town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, located 15 miles (24 km) south of Oxford, 10...
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Didcot power station (Didcot B Power Station) is an active natural gas power plant that supplies the National Grid. A combined coal and oil power plant...
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Didcot and Wantage is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster...
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Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway...
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Didcot Parkway is a railway station serving Didcot, a town in Oxfordshire, England. The station was opened as Didcot on 12 June 1844 and was renamed Didcot...
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Great Western Main Line (redirect from Reading-Didcot)
introduced as follows: London to Reading (October 1861), Reading to Didcot (December 1856), Didcot to Swindon (February 1872), Swindon to Thingley Junction, Chippenham...
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Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Didcot and Wantage since 2024, elected with a 39.8-per-cent share of the vote for...
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Didcot Town Football Club are a football club based in Didcot in Oxfordshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association...
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(secondary coordinates) Didcot is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Didcot had a population of 85...
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suffered an explosive decompression. While the aircraft was flying over Didcot, Oxfordshire, an improperly installed windscreen panel separated from its...
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England and Co. for the Sandy and Potton Railway and now preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre. The locomotive was built in 1857 by George England and Co...
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Ed Vaizey (redirect from Ed Vaizey, Baron Vaizey of Didcot)
Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, Baron Vaizey of Didcot, PC (born 5 June 1968) is a British politician, media columnist, political commentator and barrister...
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1994. Upon returning to England in 2000, the engine awaited restoration at Didcot Railway Centre, its new base, which took volunteers 16 years to complete...
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Winchester (Chesil) railway station (redirect from Winchester railway station (Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway))
the first six years after the opening of the line, the terminus of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (DNSR), until the line was extended to...
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The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (DN&SR) was a cross-country railway running north–south between Didcot, Newbury and Winchester. Its promoters...
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castles had double headed together. Following arrival at Didcot both engines were taken to Didcot Railway Centre and put on display alongside classmates...
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Class No. 4942 Maindy Hall, and was largely constructed at Didcot Railway Centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, where it is now based. Described as "building...
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inspectorate role supporting the Inspector Explosives (Army). With headquarters in Didcot, the regiment has sub units geographically based throughout the UK to provide...
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preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre. It was restored to working order in 2002 and remained in service on demonstration trains at Didcot until 2011 when...
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Swindon Works in May 1936 and named after Dryslwyn Castle. It is owned by the Didcot Railway Centre. 5051 was built at Swindon Works in May 1936 and was named...
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Didcot North, Didcot Northbourne, Didcot South, Hagbourne, and Wallingford. The new constituency included Wantage, Wallingford, Faringdon and Didcot which...
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based outside the district at Abingdon-on-Thames pending a planned move to Didcot, the district's largest town. The areas located south of the River Thames...
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Didcot Girls' School (also known as DGS) is a secondary school with academy status for students in Didcot, Oxfordshire and the surrounding rural area...
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River Thames were historically part of Berkshire, but, in 1974, Abingdon, Didcot, Faringdon, Wallingford and Wantage were added to the administrative county...
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Museum Churchill and Sarsden Heritage Centre Cogges Manor Farm Combe Mill Didcot Railway Centre Dorchester Abbey Museum Greys Court Hook Norton Brewery Museum...
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Didcot North East (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats David Rouane* 1,471 55.7 +29.9 Liberal Democrats Andrew Tinsley 1,237 46.9 +14...
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White Horse in South Oxfordshire, England. The Park is located between Didcot and Abingdon in Science Vale UK, a cluster of significant growth, innovation...
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6023 was then bought by the Great Western Society (GWS) and moved to the Didcot Railway Centre in March 1990 for its restoration to continue. The restoration...
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Oxfordshire OX OX09 OX9 Thame Oxfordshire OX OX10 WALLINGFORD Oxfordshire OX OX11 Didcot Oxfordshire OX OX12 Wantage Oxfordshire OX OX13, OX14 ABINGDON Oxfordshire...
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Conservative Life peer Prime Minister's Chief Strategic Advisor Lord Vaizey of Didcot 1 September 2020 Conservative Life peer Former MP for Wantage (2005–2019)...
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