Didcot Garden Town

Our last Advisory Board was held virtually on 26 April.

During the meeting, we reported on our meanwhile projects and annual report - more on that below.

Advisory Board

Our latest Parish Council Sounding Board was held on 29 March.

During the meeting we held several polls including the idea of a walking and cycling infrastructure project.

Here's the results . . .

We also held our Residents' Sounding Board on Monday 24 May.

Thank you to everyone who came to the meeting and to all of those that made it a success!

We are just looking at all the amazing information from the chat and are excited to be able to share the outcomes from this meeting soon.

Didcot Garden Town Annual Report

We're really pleased to be able to share our annual report with you.

This reports lets you know what we have been up to over the last year and what we have delivered.

Click on the report to the right to read it in full.

Vale of White Horse District Council has leased the tennis courts and multi-use games area to the Boundary Park Sports Association.

The sports association has opened the new and exciting facilities to local groups and the wider community for various activities and games. 

We hope these new facilities will help get people out and about to keep active.

Our councils have also opened all three community centres on Great Western Park. 

The Northern, Southern and District Community Centres are now available for residents and groups to hire with priority bookings given to groups helping to support Covid-19 responses. 

This is great news for the community! Providing accessible facilities throughout the garden town remains a priority.

Welcome to the Litter Bug Detectives Trail

Win a scooter by creating a new Air Quality Superhero

£114,015 grant awarded to Didcot Railway Centre 

Didcot Railway Centre has received £114,015 from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The money will go towards helping the historical site to recover from the pandemic and encourage local residents and visitors to return. 

The largely open-air living museum is operated by a registered charity, the Great Western Society, which celebrates its 60th Anniversary this year. 

MEPC, owners of Milton Park, has unveiled plans for a Bee House - Oxfordshire’s newest and largest co-working space.

The new building will house 51 office suites along with The Hive café, business lounge, meeting and exhibition space, a 150-seat conference space, booth seating and breakout areas.

Outside, MEPC will build provide parking and ample electric vehicle charging points.

This new business venture will help to create 10,000 new high value science and technology jobs and respond effectively to the climate emergency.

The Bee House is part of Milton Park’s 2040 Vision, and with works having already started, its set to be ready to open by February 2022.

Johnson Matthey, who are based at Milton Park, is making huge improvements in battery performance at their state-of-the-art Battery Technology Centre.

It is hoped that this type of advancement will make adopting electric vehicles more convenient for motorists, and, create more jobs in the sustainable technology sector, something that aligns closely to the garden town principles.

Johnson Matthey announces new net zero targets as it opens new state of the art Battery Technology centre in Didcot Garden Town

Cleaning operatives wanted on Great Western Park.

Are you, or do you know someone looking for part time work?

The district councils are looking for two part time cleaning operatives for the three community centres on Great Western Park.

The deadline to apply is 28 May.