Travel

Rail

It takes around an hour and a half or under an hour on the fast train to reach Didcot from London arriving at Didcot Parkway station. From here it is just over 10 minutes drive to the event venue. Trains to Didcot parkway station here.

Operators include: Great Western Railway. Further information on train services can be found here.

You can also reach the venue from the rail stations via:

• Bus 
• Taxi

By bus it takes around half an hour to travel from Didcot parkway station to the Harwell Campus bus stop near the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. More information about bus services here.

Didcot has a taxi rank outside the train station, as well as several different taxi services in the area.

Road

Didcot is connected to the rest of the UK by its main road, the A34. This joins up with the M4 to the south of Didcot. There is also there A420, which goes from Swindon past Didcot to Oxford.

If you require any assistance planning your journey, please e-mail conferences@iop.org stating where you are travelling from and your preferred method.