A look back at last month with pictures from the blog, including Abingdon Air and Country Show, Mayor Making, Artweeks and more.
Abingdon Blog Slideshow May 2018
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Guildhall work in progress
Work on the old part of the Guildhall is progressing. The Roysse Court Gardens are being dug up
The major benefits of the revamp include:
* Accessible toilets on the ground floor.
* Muniments room for the town’s archives with easy access and reading room.
* Improved reception area.
* Re-paving Roysse Court Gardens, including removing steps on the south side.
* Platform lift to old magistrates court.
I don’t think the fate of the old staircase has been decided yet. It was to be modified to allow a lift to the upper storey but then people protested that the staircase was a town treasure.
Surrounding Area Lovely
The boarded up Upper Reaches hotel was in the Abingdon Herald again last week, lamenting the continuing loss of a great place for people to stay. The surrounding area is lovely, and with the right people in charge it would work.
Meanwhile a Hilton Hotel is expanding in Abingdon next to the A34.
Bank Holiday Walks
The Friends of Abingdon organised some Bank Holiday Walks. There were four in the morning and four in the afternoon. In the morning (seen here) you could discover Abingdon Abbey, follow the steps of St Edmund of Abingdon,
circumnavigate the Abingdon Borough boundary from 1556,
or visit some alternative flowerbeds created by the Abingdon Carbon Cutters.
There were six alternative gardens: at Station House, in the Abbey Gardens (Pictured), beside the public toilets in the Abbey Grounds, by the kiosk of the Open Air Pool, alongside the new play area in the Abbey Grounds,
and the wild flower garden in the Abbey Meadow.