Milton Park

Milton Park
Type Business park / Technology park
Location near Didcot, Oxfordshire, England
Coordinates 51°37′23″N 1°17′31″W / 51.623°N 1.292°W / 51.623; -1.292Coordinates: 51°37′23″N 1°17′31″W / 51.623°N 1.292°W / 51.623; -1.292
Area 250 acres (1.0 km2)
Created 2000
Operated by MEPC

Milton Park is a 250-acre (1.0 km2) mixed use business and technology park operated by MEPC plc. It is just south of the village of Milton, Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Didcot. It is on the site of a former Ministry of Defence depot between the A34 and Didcot Power Station. Although closer to Didcot, it lies within the Abingdon postcode area.

Occupiers

Milton Park is home to 7,500 people and 250 organisations. It includes the head offices of Alamy, RM Education, Halliburton and Taylor & Francis, offices of ITV and distribution depots for DHL and UPS.[1] Milton Park has 3,400,000 sq ft (320,000 m2) business accommodation, and houses the Milton Park Innovation Centre, a flagship innovation centre for fast-growing science and technology businesses.[2]

Transport

Milton Park is served by Thames Travel bus services X2 (Oxford-Abingdon-Milton Park-Didcot-Wallingford),[3] X32 (Oxford-Milton Park-Didcot-Harwell-Wantage) and 32A (Abingdon-Milton Park-Didcot-Harwell-Wantage).[4] There is a disused siding for rail freight, connected to the Great Western Main Line.[5][6] The nearest train service is to Didcot Parkway railway station and MEPC runs a regular shuttle bus service from the station to the business park.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Milton Park - Who's Here". MEPC.
  2. ↑ "Milton Park - Milton Park Innovation Centre". MEPC.
  3. ↑ https://www.thames-travel.co.uk/timetables-fares/oxfordshire-and-reading/x2
  4. ↑ https://www.thames-travel.co.uk/timetables-fares/oxfordshire-and-reading/x32-32a-x34
  5. ↑ https://www.google.co.uk/maps/
  6. ↑ Bridge, Mike (2010). Railway Track Diagrams - Western. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. p. 4A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Milton Park - Travel". MEPC.


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