Route | Didcot and Chester Line |
Section | Didcot Parkway to former Handsworth Jn |
Maps | DCL Interactive • Local: Didcot , Kennington Jn , Oxford , Kings Sutton , Fenny Compton , Leamington Spa , Hatton , Tyseley , Birmingham , Aston , Winson Green , Perry Bar , Smethwick |
Details | Track Curvature • Elevation Profile |
Extent | 52M 1665y to 132M 1042y • 79.646 miles • 128.178 km |
Measured | 127.955 km (-222m, relative to reported extent) ⚠️ |
Neighbours | BCV , DEC , DWC , HHW , HSA , HSJ , LSC1 , MLN1 , NAJ3 , OWW , OXD , RBS1 , SJT1 , SKN , SSP , THA , TSB |
NR Regions | 🟧 Wales & Western • 52M 1665y to 75M 0010y 🟥 North West & Central • 75M 0011y to 132M 1042y |
LOR | 🟠 GW200 Didcot to Heyford (exclusive) 🟣 MD401 Heyford to Bordesley Jn 🟣 MD435 Small Heath South Jn to Stourbridge North Jn |
TRACKmaps | 🔴 Midlands & North West 🟠 Western & Wales |
Urban Areas | Oxford, Birmingham |
Administrative Areas and Nearest Places
From To Country Administrative Area 52 ●●● 81 ●●● England Oxfordshire 81 ●●● 83 ● England Northamptonshire 83 ● 83 ●● England Oxfordshire 83 ●● 84 ● England Northamptonshire 84 ● 92 England Oxfordshire 92 117 England Warwickshire 117 132 ●● England West Midlands From To Nearest Place District / County Proximity 52 ●●● 54 Didcot Oxfordshire - South Oxfordshire Near → Remote 54 56 ● Appleford-on-Thames Oxfordshire - Vale of White Horse Near → Remote 56 ● 57 Clifton Hampden Oxfordshire - South Oxfordshire Remote 57 58 Lower Radley Oxfordshire - Vale of White Horse Remote 58 59 ● Radley Oxfordshire - Vale of White Horse Distant → Remote 59 ● 60 ● Sandford-on-Thames Oxfordshire - South Oxfordshire Distant → Remote 60 ● 61 Kennington Oxfordshire - Vale of White Horse Near → Remote 61 61 ●●● Cold Harbour Oxfordshire - Oxford Near → Remote 61 ●●● 62 New Hinksey Oxfordshire - Oxford Near → Distant 62 62 ●●● Grandpont Oxfordshire - Oxford Near → Distant 62 ●●● 63 ●● New Osney Oxfordshire - Oxford Adjacent → Distant 63 ●● 63 ●●● Jericho Oxfordshire - Oxford Near 63 ●●● 64 ●● Walton Manor Oxfordshire - Oxford Near → Remote 64 ●● 65 Summertown Oxfordshire - Oxford Remote 65 66 ●●● Wolvercote Oxfordshire - Oxford Near → Remote 66 ●●● 68 Yarnton Oxfordshire - Cherwell Distant → Remote 68 68 ●●● Kidlington Oxfordshire - Cherwell Distant → Remote 68 ●●● 69 Oxford Spires Park Oxfordshire - Cherwell Distant → Remote 69 69 ●●● Thrupp Oxfordshire - Cherwell Near → Distant 69 ●●● 70 ●● Shipton-on-Cherwell Oxfordshire - Cherwell Near → Distant 70 ●● 71 ●●● Enslow Oxfordshire - Cherwell Adjacent → Remote 71 ●●● 73 ●●● Tackley Oxfordshire - West Oxfordshire Near → Remote 73 ●●● 74 ●●● Rousham Oxfordshire - West Oxfordshire Distant → Remote 74 ●●● 76 ● Lower Heyford Oxfordshire - Cherwell Near → Remote 76 ● 76 ● Steeple Aston Oxfordshire - Cherwell Remote 76 ● 77 Middle Aston Oxfordshire - Cherwell Remote 77 79 Somerton Oxfordshire - Cherwell Near → Remote 79 81 Clifton Oxfordshire - Cherwell Remote 81 81 ● Aynho Northamptonshire - South Northamptonshire Remote 81 ● 83 ●●● Kings Sutton Northamptonshire - South Northamptonshire Near → Remote 83 ●●● 84 Twyford Oxfordshire - Cherwell Remote 84 85 Warkworth Northamptonshire - South Northamptonshire Remote 85 85 ● Overthorpe Northamptonshire - South Northamptonshire Remote 85 ● 85 ●●● Calthorpe Oxfordshire - Cherwell Distant → Remote 85 ●●● 86 Grimsbury Oxfordshire - Cherwell Distant 86 86 ● Banbury Oxfordshire - Cherwell Near → Distant 86 ● 87 ●● Grimsbury Oxfordshire - Cherwell Near → Remote 87 ●● 88 ●●● Little Bourton Oxfordshire - Cherwell Distant → Remote 88 ●●● 89 ● Great Bourton Oxfordshire - Cherwell Remote 89 ● 90 ●●● Cropredy Oxfordshire - Cherwell Near → Remote 90 ●●● 92 Clattercote Oxfordshire - Cherwell Near → Remote 92 93 ●● Claydon Oxfordshire - Cherwell Distant → Remote 93 ●● 94 Wormleighton Warwickshire - Stratford-on-Avon Remote 94 95 ●●● Fenny Compton Warwickshire - Stratford-on-Avon Remote 95 ●●● 97 ●● Knightcote Warwickshire - Stratford-on-Avon Remote 97 ●● 98 ●●● Bishop’s Itchington Warwickshire - Stratford-on-Avon Remote 98 ●●● 100 ● Deppers Bridge Warwickshire - Stratford-on-Avon Near → Remote 100 ● 102 ●● Harbury Warwickshire - Stratford-on-Avon Near → Remote 102 ●● 102 ●● Chesterton Green Warwickshire - Stratford-on-Avon Remote 102 ●● 104 Tachbrook Mallory Warwickshire - Warwick Remote 104 104 ●● Whitnash Warwickshire - Warwick Distant → Remote 104 ●● 105 ●●● Sydenham Warwickshire - Warwick Adjacent → Remote 105 ●●● 106 Royal Leamington Spa Warwickshire - Warwick Remote 106 107 Milverton Warwickshire - Warwick Distant → Remote 107 107 ●● Emscote Warwickshire - Warwick Distant → Remote 107 ●● 108 Cliff Hill Warwickshire - Warwick Near → Distant 108 108 ● Warwick Warwickshire - Warwick Near 108 ● 109 The Cape Warwickshire - Warwick Near → Remote 109 109 ●● Hampton Magna Warwickshire - Warwick Distant → Remote 109 ●● 110 ● Budbrooke Warwickshire - Warwick Near → Distant 110 ● 111 Hatton Warwickshire - Warwick Near → Remote 111 111 ●● Hatton Green Warwickshire - Warwick Distant → Remote 111 ●● 112 ●● Hatton Warwickshire - Warwick Adjacent → Distant 112 ●● 112 ●● Great Pinley Warwickshire - Warwick Distant 112 ●● 113 ● Shrewley Warwickshire - Warwick Near → Remote 113 ● 114 ● High Cross Warwickshire - Warwick Near → Remote 114 ● 115 ● Finwood Warwickshire - Warwick Near → Remote 115 ● 115 ● Bushwood Warwickshire - Warwick Remote 115 ● 116 ●●● Kingswood Warwickshire - Warwick Adjacent → Remote 116 ●●● 117 ●●● Chessetts Wood Warwickshire - Warwick Adjacent → Remote 117 ●●● 118 ● Darley Green Solihull Adjacent → Distant 118 ● 118 ●● Norton Green Solihull Near → Distant 118 ●● 119 ● Dorridge Solihull Adjacent → Distant 119 ● 120 ● Bentley Heath Solihull Distant → Remote 120 ● 121 Monkspath Solihull Remote 121 122 ●● Solihull Solihull Near → Remote 122 ●● 122 ●●● Sharmans Cross Solihull Remote 122 ●●● 124 ● Kineton Green Solihull Distant → Remote 124 ● 125 Acocks Green Birmingham Distant → Remote 125 125 ● Stockfield Birmingham Distant 125 ● 126 ● Tyseley Birmingham Near → Distant 126 ● 126 ● Greet Birmingham Distant 126 ● 127 Small Heath Birmingham Adjacent → Distant 127 127 ●● Sparkbrook Birmingham Near → Distant 127 ●● 128 Spring Vale Birmingham Near → Distant 128 128 Bordesley Birmingham Near 128 128 ● Deritend Birmingham Near 128 ● 128 ●●● Digbeth Birmingham Near → Distant 128 ●●● 129 ●● Birmingham Birmingham Near → Remote 129 ●● 129 ●● New Town Row Birmingham Remote 129 ●● 130 Hockley Birmingham Near → Remote 130 130 ●● All Saints Birmingham Adjacent → Near 130 ●● 131 Gib Heath Birmingham Adjacent → Distant 131 131 ● Merry Hill Sandwell Near → Distant 131 ● 131 ●● Black Patch Sandwell Near 131 ●● 132 ● Soho Sandwell Near → Distant 132 ● 132 ●● Sandwell Sandwell Distant
Milepost | Principal Features (More…) | Connections |
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53 | DIDCOT PARKWAY | |
53 | Chester Line Jn | MLN1 |
53 ●● | Didcot West Curve Jn | DWC |
53 ●●● | Didcot North Jn | DEC |
55 | APPLEFORD | |
56 ● | CULHAM | |
58 ● | RADLEY | |
61 | Kennington Jn | THA |
63 ●● | OXFORD | |
64 ●● | Oxford North Jn | OXD |
66 ● | Wolvercot Jn | OWW |
72 ●● | TACKLEY | |
75 | HEYFORD | |
81 | Aynho Jn | NAJ3 |
82 ●● | KINGS SUTTON | |
85 ●●● | Banbury Depot Jn | |
86 | BANBURY | |
94 ●●● | Fenny Compton South Jn | SJT1 |
105 ●●● | Leamington Spa South Jn | |
106 | LEAMINGTON SPA | |
106 ● | Leamington Spa North Jn | LSC1 |
108 | WARWICK | |
109 ● | WARWICK PARKWAY | |
112 | HATTON | |
112 | Hatton Station Jn | HSA |
112 ●● | Hatton North Jn | HHW |
116 ● | LAPWORTH | |
118 ●●● | DORRIDGE | |
120 ●●● | WIDNEY MANOR | |
122 ● | SOLIHULL | |
124 | OLTON | |
125 | ACOCKS GREEN | |
125 ●●● | Tyseley South Jn | BCV , TSB |
126 | TYSELEY | |
126 ●● | Small Heath South Jn | BCV |
127 | SMALL HEATH | |
127 ●● | Bordesley South Jn | BCV |
128 | BORDESLEY SNOW HILL | |
128 ●●● | BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET | |
129 ● | BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL | |
130 | JEWELLERY QUARTER | |
132 ● | THE HAWTHORNS | |
132 ●● | former Handsworth Jn | HSJ |