I wanted to do some caches now that ive achieved over 200.
I am trying to do a circuit of cache so they are mangeable to walk around, which also could link up to other caches.
for me this is the start of the journey of caches.
There are near by car parks, which you can walk from.
The cache is found just off the path on something metal and silver. Be care you will be near a road, no need to go on to the road though.
Railway
The Great Western Railway, engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, reached Didcot in 1839. In 1844 the Brunel-designed Didcot stationwas opened. The original station burnt down in the late 19th century.
The railway has run through Didcot since 1 June 1840, when the Great Western Railway extended its main line from Reading to Steventon. During this period a stagecoach transported passengers to Oxford from Steventon. A few weeks later the line was extended to Faringdon Road station near West Challow, and eventually to Bristol. On 12 June 1844 the line from Didcot to Oxford was opened and Didcot station was opened at the junction. The original intended route would have taken a line from Steventon to Oxford via Abingdon, but Abingdon's townspeople objected to this idea. Otherwise, it is unlikely that Didcot would have evolved into the town it is today, as its initial growth was prompted by the coming of the railway.
Army.
The Didcot Ordnance Depot was only meant to be temporary but by 1919 had become a huge complex covering some eight square miles with its own rail network.
In 1923, a Government committee decided the Depot at Didcot would become permanent. Its status was raised and it was renamed Central Ordnance Depot, Didcot.
Workers were transferred from Greenwich to run it.
In 1925, houses were built in Foxhall Road, Wantage Road and Glyn Avenue, providing homes for this influx of workers, and living quarters were built at Vauxhall Barracks for military and civilian workers.
The Broadway shops appeared in response to the influx of new residents.