Milton Park
Business and technology park in Oxfordshire, UK
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Type | Business park / Technology park |
Location | near Didcot , Oxfordshire , England |
Coordinates | 51°37′23″N 1°17′31″W / 51.623°N 1.292°W / 51.623; -1.292 |
Area | 250 acres (1.0 km 2 ) |
Created | 2000 |
Operated by | MEPC |
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Milton Park is a 250-acre (1.0 km 2 ) mixed use business and technology park in Oxfordshire, England, operated by MEPC plc .
It is just south of the village of Milton , 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 centre for Johnson Matthey . [3] [4] The Vale of White Horse District Council offices are also in Milton Park. [5]
Pharmaceutical companies are represented by Evotec , Vertex Pharmaceuticals , Hypha Discovery, Immunocore among others.
Milton Park has 3,400,000 sq ft (320,000 m 2 ) of business accommodation, and houses the Milton Park Innovation Centre, a flagship innovation centre for fast-growing science and technology businesses. [6] The centre 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), [8] X32 (JR Hospital-Oxford-Milton Park-Didcot-Harwell-Wantage), [9] X36 (Didcot-Milton Park-Grove-Wantage), [10] 33 (Abingdon-Milton Park-Didcot-Wallingford) [11] and 99A/99C (Great Western Park-Milton Park). [12] There is a disused siding for rail freight, connected to the Great Western Main Line . [13] [14] The nearest train service is to Didcot Parkway station and Thames Travel runs regular bus services from the station to the business park. [15]
References
- ↑ "Planet IT wins contract with Crown Commercial Service" . Oxford Mail . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
- ↑ "Milton Park - Who's Here" . MEPC.
- ↑ "Johnson Matthey to open new battery application centre at Milton Park | Johnson Matthey" . matthey.com . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
- ↑ "Leading battery company lands at Milton Park" . Oxford Mail . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
- ↑ "Tax dodgers named and shamed by councils" . Oxford Mail . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
- ↑ "Milton Park - Milton Park Innovation Centre" . MEPC.
- ↑ "Milton Park sets out its vision for 2040" . Oxford Mail . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
- ↑ "X2/NX2" . Thames Travel. 3 January 2021 . Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
- ↑ "X32" . Thames Travel. 3 January 2021 . Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
- ↑ "X36" . Thames Travel. 3 January 2021 . Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
- ↑ "33" . Thames Travel. 3 January 2021 . Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
- ↑ "99A/99C" . Thames Travel. 3 January 2021 . Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
- ↑ "Google Maps" . Google Maps .
- ↑ Bridge, Mike (2010). Railway Track Diagrams - Western . Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. map 4A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7 .
- ↑ "Milton Park" . Thames Travel . Retrieved 24 July 2021 .