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Didcot Railway Centre

Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Our list has 28 more places within 15 km; first among them is The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, at 3.8 km. Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages.

Photo: Didcot Railway Centre, Taken January 2005 by William M. Connolley with a nikon 5700 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Didcot

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Didcot

Inside Didcot

Didcot Railway Centre is inside Didcot’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

Warmest in Didcot are May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°63 mm

Feb9° / 2°43 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May18° / 7°49 mm

Jun21° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 12°46 mm

Aug22° / 12°54 mm

Sep19° / 10°47 mm

Oct15° / 7°67 mm

Nov11° / 4°68 mm

Dec8° / 2°59 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Didcot, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Didcot. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Didcot’s full climate →

About

Didcot Railway Centre

Railway museum in Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

In Didcot, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Didcot
Official site: didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The area around Didcot Railway Centre

The map puts Didcot Railway Centre in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns that list Didcot Railway Centre

Didcot is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (34,600 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Didcot

34,600 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km south of it

East Hagbourne

856 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km northwest of it

Milton

659 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km southwest of it

Harwell

3,067 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Didcot Railway Centre is	People	Places to visit
Didcot	It’s in town	34,600	13
East Hagbourne	1.9 km south of it	856	5
Milton	2.2 km northwest of it	659	10
Harwell	2.9 km southwest of it	3,067	8
Sutton Courtenay	3 km northwest of it	3,055	10
West Hagbourne	3 km south of it	263	6
Long Wittenham	3.1 km northeast of it	824	9
North Moreton	3.6 km east of it	332	10

Make a day of it

Pair Didcot Railway Centre with these

The 28 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

Historic houseThe Abbey, Sutton Courtenay3.8 km away 2

CastleWallingford Castle8.6 km away 3

Abbey or prioryAbingdon Abbey6.7 km away 4

MuseumPendon Museum3.2 km away 5

Museum · English HeritageAbingdon County Hall Museum6.7 km away 6

Historic houseGarsington Manor13 km away 7

MuseumWallingford Museum8.2 km away 8

MuseumDorchester Abbey Museum6.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about Didcot Railway Centre

Where is Didcot Railway Centre?

Didcot Railway Centre is in Didcot, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Didcot Railway Centre?

Railway museum in Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Didcot Railway Centre?

May to September are the warmest months in Didcot, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Didcot Railway Centre?

Within 15 km: The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay (3.8 km), Wallingford Castle (8.6 km), Abingdon Abbey (6.7 km) and Pendon Museum (3.2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Didcot Railway Centre: Taken January 2005 by William M. Connolley with a nikon 5700, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay: Olivia Morgan Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wallingford Castle: Pitou250, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Abingdon Abbey: Claire Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pendon Museum: William Grimes at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Abingdon County Hall Museum: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Garsington Manor: Henry Taunt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Wallingford Museum: Photograph by David Hemming, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dorchester Abbey Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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