A list of useful local links. First published on the parish council website. Transferred here October 2020 with agreement of the PC. Use comments field to suggest additions or corrections.
Real time information
- Check for Power Cuts
- Check Water Supply
- Fix my Street
- GaugeMap (river levels)
- Lightning
- Aircraft movements
- National Grid Status
- Earth: wind map
Local Services
- Firebrigade
- Police
- Ambulance
- Refuse Collection
- Holiday Arrangements for Refuse Collection
- Mobile Library
Local Government
- VoWH
- Oxford CC
- Oxfordshire Partnership
- Oxfordshire Rural Community Council
- SODC
- Didcot Town Council
- Future Didcot
Education
Schools in Harwell Parish
- Aureus School (GWP opening Sep 2017)
- GEMS Didcot Primary (GWP opening Sep 2016)
- Harwell Primary School
- UTC Oxfordshire (GWP)
Health and Social
- Counselling Directory: Find a counsellor or psychotherapist near you
- Dementia Support Service (Oxon)
- Domestic Abuse
- HousingCare.org : Information to help older people identify ways of improving their home environment, plus details of all UK sheltered housing and care homes, and specifically
- Job Centre office
- Jobted Career portal
- Life Coaching : Directory of professional life coaches
- NHS – (search for Doctors, Dentists etc)
- NHS List of local doctors
- Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
- Oxfordshire Counsellor Directory Find a therapist in Oxfordshire
- Registration Offices
- Retirement Homes and sheltered housing in and near Didcot
- Universal Credit advice
Local Buses
- Thames Travel X32 Chilton Village – Harwell – Didcot – Oxford / Oxford – Didcot – Harwell – Chilton Village
- Bus pass information
- Science Transit Shuttle (Campus users only)
Longer Distance Buses
Trains
Taxis
- Bobs Taxis Tel: 512121
- CJ Executive Cars Tel: 365254
- Go Green Taxis Tel: 811100
- Harolds Taxis Tel: 512345
- Pryors Cars Tel: 812346
- Star Cars of Didcot Tel: 07702 800 999
Roads
Flying
Journey Planning
Property
Didcot
- Didcot Town Council
- Didcot Events
- Didcot First
- Didcot First Events Listing
- Great Western Park Residents Association
Local Villages
Out and About
- Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot
- The Ridgeway
- Didcot Railway Centre
- National Trust
- Walk, Jog, Run
- Walking in England
Local Interest
- A starter page for local history
- Berkshire Record Office
- Harwell War Memorial
- Oxfordshire Wildlife & Landscape Study
- Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre – local environmental information and training
- Eye & Dunsden Community Orchard
- Abingdon and District Twin Towns Society
- Computing at Chilton: 1961-2003
- Oxfordshire Villages – photographs
- Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers – historical details of St. Mathews Church
- Berkshire Family History Society
- WikiTree: Harwell Geneology
Shopping
Harwell Weather
Funding and Grants
- Start with the OCC Funding and Grants page, which has links to many grant making bodies.
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