| Historically Didcot was situated in the County of | | | | and this still exists and runs north through |
| Berkshire and although both Oxfordshire and | | | | Ladygrove, a Didcot area close to Long |
| Berkshire are in the Thames Valley, Didcot has | | | | Wittenham. |
| now been relegated to the auspices and care of | | | | The first written historical records of this town |
| the County of Oxfordshire. The town is | | | | appear in the 13th century. At the time they |
| approximated 10 miles south of Oxford City, and | | | | called the town Dudcotte (so the name hasn't |
| is perhaps most infamous for the Didcot Power | | | | changed much). It only had a population of 100 |
| Station. | | | | people and not much going for it, so it remained |
| In the 1960's the Didcot Power Station was built | | | | that way for hundreds of years. In the Lydalls |
| to supply electricity to the national grid, which was | | | | road area, you will still find parts of the original |
| powered by burning coal. Some people who live in | | | | village, and the All Saints Church also still has parts |
| Didcot believe that the power station is an | | | | of it which date back to the 11th century. |
| eyesore, while others believe it is what gives the | | | | Although this village has grown into a town which |
| town its character. If you have ever watched | | | | now dwarves surrounding towns that were once |
| Inspector Morse, then you may have seen the | | | | much larger, it is still set in an inspiring countryside |
| power station being used as a backdrop in various | | | | of valleys and hills. One of the major attractions |
| scenes as this television series was filmed in | | | | to Didcot is the City of Oxford. Known |
| Oxfordshire. | | | | throughout the world as the "City of Dreaming |
| The town of Didcot, like many other towns in the | | | | Spires"! Some of the greatest minds in the world |
| UK, dates back to the Iron Age. The first | | | | received their inspiration from Oxford and it is |
| settlement was on the ridge but the surroundings | | | | quite unlike any other place in the UK. If you visit, |
| were mostly marshland. During Roman times they | | | | it is a must to see Blenheim Palace, the home of |
| dug a ditch in an attempt to drain the marshes | | | | Sir Winston Churchill. |