New signage to boost walking, cycling and connectivity across Didcot
Published Monday 7 September 2026
New information and visitor signage is being installed across Didcot to improve awareness on walking and cycling routes to connect communities across the town.
The new signs aim to help residents and visitors find their way around Didcot more easily, as well as encourage sustainable travel and strengthen connections between neighbourhoods, facilities and open spaces.
A total of forty-nine wayfinding signs will be installed, with the first thirty going in from this week, 7 to 22 September. The signs will be placed across the town including locations across Ladygrove, Great Western Park, and the Jubilee roundabout.
Three types of signage will be installed:
- Totems (tall, freestanding structures with maps of town and local areas)
- Fingerposts (traditional directional signposts)
- Waymarkers (small directional markers placed along public paths)
The new signs will all be made from sustainable and recycled materials and where possible, any signage being replaced will be recycled.
Cllr Anne-Marie Simpson, Cabinet member for Planning Policy (including Garden Communities) at South Oxfordshire District Council said: “This new signage will help people to find their way around the Didcot Garden Townareamore easily and confidently.
“To enhance the experience of those living in and visiting Didcot and local business parks, we are encouraging people to walk and cycle more by improving connections between different areas of the town, local commuter routes and key tourist destinations. Making it easy for them to know where they are and where they’re heading.”
Cllr Helen Pighills, Cabinet member for Communities at Vale of White Horse District Council said: “After reviewing signage that was already in Didcot it was clear that much of it was out of date, not accessible and in need of some TLC. This project has created sustainable, clear and recognisable signage that we hope will help connect some of the newer developments such as Great Western Park with older parts of the town and can then be replicated as new developments are built and areas such as Milton Park expand in years to come.
“With these new signs we hope to also encourage residents to walk and cycle more around Didcot, which will help boost their wellbeing and support our work to tackle climate change with fewer cars on the roads.”
The Didcot Garden Town team have been working with Oxfordshire County Council’s highways department and Great Western Railway to identify the best locations and the most suitable signage before installation.
The new wayfinding project for Didcot has been funded by £50,000 CIL (developer contributions) from Oxfordshire County Council and government funding allocated to the Didcot Garden Town programme.
The idea for the signage came from the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils Didcot Garden Town programme’s “Wayfinding Strategy”, which was set up to create a coordinated approach to signage, mapping and navigation across the town.
The councils are working alongside local housing developers and Milton Park to continue the signage as areas develop. Oxfordshire County Council will use the designs from these signs on the routes that will be part of the HIF1 improvements so that there is a lasting legacy to project across the area.
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