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Didcot is a railway town and civil parish in the administrative county of Oxfordshire, England, 10mi south of Oxford, 8mi east of Wantage and 15mi north west of Reading. Didcot is noted for its railway heritage, having been a station on Brunel's Great Western Main Line from London Paddington, opening in 1844.Today the town is known for its railway museum and power stations, and is the gateway town to the Science Vale: three large science and technology centres in the surrounding villages of Milton (Milton Park), Culham (Culham Science Centre) and Harwell (Harwell Science and Innovation Campus which includes the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory). The town was historically part of Berkshire until 1974 when there was county boundary change due to the Local Government Act 1972.