Didcot, Oxfordshire

Didcot is a town in Oxfordshire about 10 miles (16 km) south of Oxford. Until 1974 it was in Berkshire but was transferred to Oxfordshire in that year.

This clever postcard is a montage of different photographs of Didcot signposts.  In the centre at the bottom there is a small picture of the Didcot Power Station.

Didcot Power Station is (was) a combined coal and oil power plant (Didcot A Power Station) and a natural-gas power plant (Didcot B Power Station) that supply the National Grid. They are situated immediately adjoining one another. The combined power stations feature a chimney which is one of the taller structures in the UK and six hyperbolic cooling towers, which can be seen from much of the surrounding landscape. 

This structure is very apparent when travellers approach Didcot although the power station had won architectural awards for how well it blends into the landscape.  To some residents (like Lita who sent this postcard) the power station is a familiar sight and will be missed when the explosive demolition of Didcot A occurs in late July 2014.

This postcard came on 29 June 2014 from Lita A. (Postcrossing Direct Swap).