Travel
UTC Oxfordshire recruits students from a 15 mile catchment area that includes Oxfordshire, Newbury and Reading.
UTC Oxfordshire is based in Great Western Park on Greenwood Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6BZ.
If you would like to check your eligibility for free home to school transport please check the Oxfordshire County Council website here
There are a number of ways to travel to the UTC:
BY BUS
Thames Travel provides a number of bus services from surrounding towns and villages to Didcot:
GREEN TRANSPORT
We actively encourage students to use environmentally friendly modes of transport, such as car sharing and the use of cycles. If you choose to cycle, ample cycle racks are available.
BY TRAIN
First Great Western run a regular stopping service between Oxford and Reading which stops at Didcot Parkway. The UTC is just over a mile’s walk from the train station.
Train stations:
Oxford Reading
Radley Tilehurst
Culham Pangbourne
Appleford Goring & Streatley
Didcot Parkway Cholsey
BY CAR
UTC Oxfordshire is a short drive from the A34 heading north towards Oxford or south towards the M4, junction 13. Approaching from the east (Nettlebed, Wallingford and Watlington), join the A4130 towards Didcot. When you reach Broadway, follow signs to the B4493. From the west (Farringdon, Lambourn and Wantage), join the A417 towards Harwell/Didcot before joining the B4493.