Milton Park is a mixed use business and

technology park A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park”, "technopark", “technopole", or a "science and technology park" (STP)) is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters the growt ...

in Oxfordshire, England, operated by MEPC plc. It is just south of the village of Milton, about west of

Didcot Didcot ( ) is a railway town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and the Historic counties of England, historic county of Berkshire. Didcot is south of Oxford, eas ...

. It is on the site of a former Ministry of Defence depot between the A34 and

Didcot power station Didcot power station (Didcot B Power Station) is an active natural gas power plant that supplies the National Grid. A combined coal and oil power plant, Didcot A, was the first station on the site which opened in 1970 and was demolished betwe ...

. 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 Alamy (registered as Alamy Limited) is a British privately owned stock photography agency launched in September 1999. Its headquarters are in Milton Park, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It has a development and operations centre at ...

RM Education RM Education is the principal division of RM plc, a British company that specialises in providing information technology products and services to educational organisations and establishments. Its key market is UK education including schools, col ...

Halliburton Halliburton Company is an American multinational corporation responsible for most of the world's hydraulic fracturing operations. In 2009, it was the world's second largest oil field service company. It has operations in more than 70 countries ...

and

Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, Routledge, F1000 (publisher), F1000 Research or Dovepress. It is a division of Informa ...

, offices of eBay Classifieds Group, ITV, Planet IT, and distribution depots for DHL and UPS. Manufacturing includes a battery manufacturing centre for

Johnson Matthey Johnson Matthey is a British multinational speciality chemicals and sustainable technologies company headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History Early years Jo ...

. The

Vale of White Horse District Council Vale of White Horse District Council is the local authority for the Vale of White Horse, a non-metropolitan district in the south-west of Oxfordshire, England, that was created on 1 April 1974. Political control At the first elections in 1973 f ...

offices are also in Milton Park. Pharmaceutical companies are represented by Evotec,

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Vertex Pharmaceuticals is an American biopharmaceutical company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was one of the first biotech firms to use an explicit strategy of rational drug design rather than combinatorial chemistry. It maintains headqu ...

, Hypha Discovery, Immunocore among others. Milton Park has of business accommodation, and houses the Milton Park Innovation Centre, a flagship innovation centre for fast-growing science and technology businesses. The centre plans to expand to a working population of 20,000 people by 2040.

Transport

Milton Park is served by Thames Travel bus services X2 (Oxford-Abingdon-Milton Park-Didcot), X32 (JR Hospital-Oxford-Milton Park-Didcot-Harwell-Wantage), X36 (Didcot-Milton Park-Grove-Wantage), 33 (Abingdon-Milton Park-Didcot-Wallingford) and 99A/99C (Great Western Park-Milton Park). There is a disused siding for rail freight, connected to the Great Western Main Line. The nearest train service is to Didcot Parkway station and Thames Travel runs regular bus services from the station to the business park.

References

External links

*{{Official website Business parks of England Economy of Oxfordshire High-technology business districts in the United Kingdom Vale of White Horse 2000 establishments in England