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Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary)
Oxford's 15th-century Divinity School was the Hogwarts hospital wing, and Duke Humfrey's Library above it the Hogwarts library.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Didcot
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Didcot
Didcot is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Harwell, 35km from Burford.
Didcot is in England, United Kingdom, with about 29,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Harwell, about 4 km away.
Didcot ( DID-kot, -kət) is a railway town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, located 15 miles (24 km) south of Oxford, 10 miles (16 km) east of Wantage and 15 miles (24 km) north west of Reading. Historically part of Berkshire, the town is noted for its railway heritage, Didcot station opening as aRead more
junction station on the Great Western Main Line in 1844.
Today the town is known for the railway museum and as 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).
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What is there to see near Didcot?
Within an hour or so of Didcot: Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary) (16 km), Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase) (16 km), New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene) (16 km), Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Didcot?
The nearest famous roads are Crystal Palace Circuit, Goodwood Festival of Speed and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Where is Didcot?
Didcot is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Harwell.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,341
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.6093, -1.2421
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Didcot
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase)
The college's hall inspired the Hogwarts Great Hall set, and its 16th-century fan-vaulted Bodley staircase appears as the entry where McGonagall greets first-years.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene)
The cloister and its ancient holm oak are where Mad-Eye Moody transfigures Draco Malfoy into a ferret in Goblet of Fire.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey)
The Jacobethan country house in Hampshire that is Downton Abbey itself; the estate opens to visitors for parts of the year.
32 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Bicester Heritage
A former RAF bomber station transformed into the UK's hub for historic motoring excellence with specialist workshops and regular Scramble events.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Burford
A Cotswold wool town whose broad high street drops steeply to a medieval bridge over the Windrush.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Burnham Beeches (Robin Hood, Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow)
The ancient pollarded beech woodland close to Pinewood Studios is one of Britain's most-filmed forests.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Bibury
Charming Cotswolds village famously described by William Morris as the most beautiful village in England, home to the iconic Arlington Row.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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