JET, Abingdon

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The Joint European Torus, or JET, is an operational magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK. Based on a tokamak design, the fusion research facility is a joint European project with a main purpose of opening the way to future nuclear fusion grid energy. At the design stage JET was larger than any such machine then in production. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°39'33"N, 1°13'35"W

Address

Road 8, Culham Science Park, OX14 3DBAbingdon United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1235 528822

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JET – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Abingdon County Hall Museum, Thames Path, St Helen's Church, All Saints' Church.

2.5 miW
History museum, Historical place, Museum
Abingdon County Hall Museum, Abingdon
64 min walk • Abingdon County Hall Museum is a local museum in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. The museum is run by Abingdon Town Council and supported by Abingdon Museum Friends, a registered charity. It is a Grade II listed building.
1.1 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Thames Path
29 min walk • The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier at Charlton, south east London. It is about 184 miles long. A path was first proposed in 1948 but it only opened in 1996. The Thames Path's entire length can be walked, and a few parts can be cycled.
2.5 miW
Romanesque architecture, Church
St Helen's Church, Abingdon
64 min walk • St Helen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon on the bank of the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The church is thought to occupy the site of the Anglo-Saxon Helenstowe Nunnery.
2.2 miSW
Church
All Saints' Church
57 min walk • The Church of All Saints, Sutton Courtenay is the Church of England parish church of Sutton Courtenay, England. Extant since at least the 12th century, the church has been Grade I listed since 1966. It is in the centre of the village, near the northeast corner of the village green.
2.5 miW
Romanesque architecture, Church
St Nicolas Church, Abingdon
63 min walk • The Church of Saint Nicolas is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon in the English county of Oxfordshire.
2 miNE
Park, Nature and wildlife
Harcourt Arboretum, Oxford
52 min walk • Harcourt Arboretum is an arboretum owned and run by the University of Oxford. It is a satellite of the university's botanic garden in the city of Oxford, England. The arboretum itself is located six miles south of Oxford on the A4074 road, near the village of Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire, and comprises some 150 acres.
2.4 miW
Boat rental, Tours, Outdoor activities
Abingdon Bridge Marine, Abingdon
61 min walk • Abingdon Bridge crosses the River Thames at the town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. It carries the A415 road from Abingdon to Dorchester, Oxfordshire, over the reach of the Thames between Culham Lock and Abingdon Lock.
1.5 miS
History museum, Museum
Pendon Museum, Abingdon
39 min walk • Pendon Museum, located in Long Wittenham near Didcot, Oxfordshire, England, is a museum that displays scale models, in particular a large scene representing parts of the Vale of White Horse in the 1920s and 1930s.
2.5 miSE
Bridge
Little Wittenham Bridge
64 min walk • Little Wittenham Bridge is a footbridge across the River Thames in England near Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. It is just downstream of Day's Lock on the reach above Benson Lock and connects Little Wittenham to Dorchester.
2.2 miW
Bridge
Culham Bridge, Abingdon
56 min walk • Culham Bridge is a medieval bridge crossing a present backwater of the River Thames in England at Culham, Oxfordshire, near the town of Abingdon.
1.4 miN
Park
Nuneham House
36 min walk • Nuneham House is an eighteenth century villa in the Palladian style, set in parkland at Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire, England. It is currently owned by Oxford University and is used as a retreat centre by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University.

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How to get to JET by public transport?

The nearest stations to JET:

Train

Culham (15 min walk)