Museum · Didcot · Oxfordshire

The Signalling Centre

You can find The Signalling Centre, a museum, in Didcot. Its neighbours on our list number 7 within 5 km. Add Didcot Railway Centre, 100 m away, to a visit.

Where

In Didcot

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Didcot

Inside Didcot

The Signalling Centre is inside Didcot’s built-up area, with 7 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

The year in Didcot

Expect highs of 18–23°C in Didcot from May to September.

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

The Signalling Centre

Museum.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Didcot

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

Plan your visit

Hours, entry and address

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Finding The Signalling Centre

Numbered points are the places near The Signalling Centre, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Home to 34,600 people, Didcot is the largest of these 8. The list runs from its own town outward.

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 · 2.1 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 The Signalling 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	2.1 km northwest of it	659	10
Harwell	2.9 km southwest of it	3,067	8
West Hagbourne	2.9 km south of it	263	6
Sutton Courtenay	3 km northwest of it	3,055	10
Long Wittenham	3.1 km northeast of it	824	9
Milton Hill	3.5 km west of it	448	8

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Choose from 28 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

MuseumDidcot Railway Centre100 m away 2

Historic houseThe Abbey, Sutton Courtenay3.8 km away 3

CastleWallingford Castle8.6 km away 4

Abbey or prioryAbingdon Abbey6.7 km away 5

MuseumPendon Museum3.3 km away 6

Museum · English HeritageAbingdon County Hall Museum6.8 km away 7

Historic houseGarsington Manor13 km away 8

MuseumWallingford Museum8.2 km away

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

Your questions on The Signalling Centre

Where is The Signalling Centre?

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

What is The Signalling Centre?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit The Signalling 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 The Signalling Centre?

Within 15 km: Didcot Railway Centre (100 m), The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay (3.8 km), Wallingford Castle (8.6 km) and Abingdon Abbey (6.7 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 (8)

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

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