Milton Park

Milton Park is a 250-acre (1.0 km2) mixed use business and technology park operated by MEPC plc.

For the neighbourhood in Montreal, see Milton Park, Montreal.
Milton Park
TypeBusiness park / Technology park
Locationnear Didcot, Oxfordshire, England
Coordinates51.623°N 1.292°W / 51.623; -1.292
Area250 acres (1.0 km2)
Created2000
Operated byMEPC

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 offices of Alamy, RM Education, Halliburton and Taylor & Francis, offices of eBay Classifieds Group, ITV, Planet IT,[1] and distribution depots for DHL and UPS.[2] Manufacturing includes a battery manufacturing center for Johnson Matthey.[3][4] The Vale of White Horse District Council offices are also in the Milton Park.[5]

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.[6] The center plans to expand to a working population of 20,000 people by 2040.[7]

Transport

Milton Park is served by Thames Travel bus services X2 (Oxford-Abingdon-Milton Park-Didcot-Wallingford),[8] X32 (Oxford-Milton Park-Didcot-Harwell-Wantage) and 32A (Abingdon-Milton Park-Didcot-Harwell-Wantage).[9] There is a disused siding for rail freight, connected to the Great Western Main Line.[10][11] 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.[12]

References
  1. "Planet IT wins contract with Crown Commercial Service". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  2. "Milton Park - Who's Here". MEPC.
  3. "Johnson Matthey to open new battery application centre at Milton Park | Johnson Matthey". matthey.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  4. "Leading battery company lands at Milton Park". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  5. "Tax dodgers named and shamed by councils". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  6. "Milton Park - Milton Park Innovation Centre". MEPC.
  7. "Milton Park sets out its vision for 2040". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  8. https://www.thames-travel.co.uk/timetables-fares/oxfordshire-and-reading/x2
  9. https://www.thames-travel.co.uk/timetables-fares/oxfordshire-and-reading/x32-32a-x34
  10. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/
  11. Bridge, Mike (2010). Railway Track Diagrams - Western. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. p. 4A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  12. "Milton Park - Travel". MEPC.
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