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Seen from 3 miles distant on Chilton Road

"The three southern cooling towers of Didcot A were demolished by explosives on Sunday 27 July 2014 at 05:01 BST"

Byway bearing right to Hobbyhorse Lane with Didcot Power Station cooling towers in the distance

Looking across Hobbyhorse Lane to the northern cooling towers and chimneys of Didcot Power Station.

A water hole in the Didcot Desert. The whole area currently looks like this as old gravel pits are used for dumping. They are not just backfilling, they are building new hills. I'm sure it will all look lovely when its finished.

Didcot A closed in March 2013 and is to be demolished after 43 years service. Didcot A was a 2,000MW coal-fired power station which opted out a European Union Large Combustion Plant Directive in 2008, and RWE npower decided not to fit flue... (more)

The power station was the scene of a tragic accident in February 2016 which resulted in the deaths of four men who were employed in the demolition of part of the site. The day after this photo was taken, the body of one of the men was... (more)

The Ordnance Survey rivet benchmark is described on the Bench Mark Database at Link

Some of the pits here are now lakes and some are used for landfill.

Looking southwest towards the Didcot B power station from the northern entrance to the power station site, on the Hanson Way cycle route which skirts the north and east sides of the site. Almost a year ago, on 18 August 2019, the northern... (more)