Local News and Updates
- 5th September 2012
The once-loved pub shut its doors nearly two years ago and the new tenant, Dushan Salwathura (who runs The Broad Face) plans to bring the building back to it's old popularity and prominence as the gateway to Abingdon.
- 4th September 2012
The Crown and Thistle Hotel on Bridge St., Abingdon-on-Thames has recently been bought by Oakman Inns and Restaurants, who also own the Akeman in Tring, the Old Post Office in Wallingford, the Red Lion in Water End, the Kings Arms in Berkhamsted, and the Blue Boar in Witney.
- 20th August 2012
A new Oxfordshire food start-up is now well underway, having secured more than the required investment and a great deal of community support
- 16th August 2012
Twelve locks along the River Thames will benefit from investment over the winter period (September to March), with the biggest projects being undertaken at Iffley, Abingdon and Old Windsor locks, where a total of £1.3 million will be spent replacing lock gates and repairing and reinforcing the lock chambers.
- 19th July 2012
10 suggestions for things to do and see in Abingdon and the surrounding area with children over the summer holidays - come rain or shine!
- 9th June 2011
The Unicorn School in Abingdon has been accredited with Eco-Schools’ Bronze award.
- 9th March 2011
I've just discovered the Barclay Academy of Complementary Health in Abingdon....
- 26th February 2011
To mark the first birthday of the new retirement village at Letcombe Regis, Richmond Villages is hosting a special ‘Birthday Open Day’.
- 5th December 2011
Pupils from The Unicorn School years 4 and 5 classes have teamed up with engineers from Faringdon Community College to build robotic dogs using Lego ‘Mindstorms’ kits to complement this term’s creative curriculum entitled ‘The Rise of the Robots’.
- 7th March 2011
Abingdon £1bn reservoir plan rejected by government