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    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 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 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 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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    (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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    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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    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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    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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  • British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Didcot and Wantage since 2024. Glover was elected with a 39.8% vote share as the...
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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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    suffered an explosive decompression. While the aircraft was flying over Didcot, Oxfordshire, an improperly installed windscreen panel separated from its...
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  • west of Didcot. It is on the site of a former Ministry of Defence depot between the A34 and Didcot power station. Although closer to Didcot, it lies...
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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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    station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. Compton was the largest station between Newbury, Berkshire and Didcot, Oxfordshire,...
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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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    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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    district of Oxfordshire, England, to the east of Harwell and the west of Didcot. Historically it was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • South Oxfordshire Henley and Thame Didcot and Wantage (part) Containing electoral wards from Vale of White Horse Didcot and Wantage (part) Oxford West and...
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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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    up to every hour between Didcot, Harwell Campus and Wantage, the connector X36 service up to every 30 minutes between Didcot, Milton Park and Wantage...
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    miles (3 km) south of Abingdon-on-Thames and 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Didcot. Historically part of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of Oxfordshire...
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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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    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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    parish at the foot of the Berkshire Downs about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it...
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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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  • 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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