Didcot Parkway railway station
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 Parkway on 29 July 1985 by British Rail, to reflect its role as a park and ride railhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station serving the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “DID”, “Didcot”, and “Didcot Parkway Railway Station”
- Address: Station Road, Didcot, OX11 7NR
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Didcot Railway Centre and Cineworld Cinema Didcot.
Didcot Railway Centre
Museum
Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway engine shed and locomotive stabling point. Didcot Railway Centre is situated 1,300 feet north of Didcot Parkway railway station.
Cineworld Cinema Didcot
Movie theater
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cineworld Cinema Didcot is a movie theater, which is situated 1,500 feet south of Didcot Parkway railway station.
Engine Shed Great Western Railway Heritage Centre
Industrial building
Photo: Forester2009, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Engine Shed Great Western Railway Heritage Centre is an industrial building, which is situated 950 feet northwest of Didcot Parkway railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coscote and Fulscot.
Coscote
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coscote is a hamlet in the civil parish of East Hagbourne, in the Berkshire Downs 1 mile south of Didcot. The hamlet was also previously referred to as Cokelscote.
Fulscot
Hamlet
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fulscot is a hamlet in South Moreton civil parish in South Oxfordshire, about 0.5 miles west of the village. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire. Fulscot is situated 1½ miles southeast of Didcot Parkway railway station.
Appleford-on-Thames
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Appleford-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the south bank of the River Thames about 2 miles north of Didcot, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire. Appleford-on-Thames is situated 2 miles north of Didcot Parkway railway station.
Didcot Parkway railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Didcot, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61122° or 51° 36′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.24252° or 1° 14′ 33″ westElevation
187 feet (57 metres)Operator
Great Western RailwayNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“DID”Open location code
9C3WJQ64+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 6605149662OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
6952440Wikidata ID
Q1929166
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Didcot Parkway railway station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “迪德科特站”
- Dutch: “station Didcot Parkway”
- Dutch: “Station Didcot Parkway”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ديدكوت پاركواى”
- French: “Didcot Parkway”
- French: “gare de Didcot Parkway”
- Italian: “Stazione di Didcot Parkway”
- Japanese: “ディドコット・パークウェイ駅”
- Japanese: “ディドコット駅”
- Polish: “Didcot Parkway”
- Romanian: “gara Didcot Parkway”
- Spanish: “Didcot”
- Spanish: “Estación de Didcot Parkway”
- Venetian: “Stasion de Didcot Parkway”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Parcffordd Didcot”
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