Category Archives: tourism

Abingdon Links in London 5 – Little Abingdon

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Little Abingdon
There are two Abingdon Roads in London. I plan to visit the other, somewhere south of the river, in due course, but Abingdon Road W.8 looks a good place to live – being just off the Kensington High Street, with Hyde Park and the Royal Albert Hall only five minutes walk away.
Little Abingdon
The adjoining road Abingdon Villas also has some nice properties.
Little Abingdon
Take Abingdon Court, built in 1903. Or you could live in Abingdon Gardens, Abingdon Lodge, or even Abingdon Mansions.
Little Abingdon
Should you want to go out for a meal in the evening then you can do no better than go to The Abingdon.
Little Abingdon
I looked in the window of Harpers and Harrison, one of two estate agents on the Abingdon Road, W.8 , and see that you can get a short term let for £725 a week : that includes double bedroom, large kitchen / dining room, reception etc … Available until June 2012.

“Shorter Lets may be considered…”

I wonder if they would consider a let of one week. That would work out as quite reasonable for a weeks holiday on what is a very select road in central London.

Choose Abingdon Partnership One Year On

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Choose Abingdon Partnership
This evening the Choose Abingdon Partnership gave a presentation on what they have been doing since their creation almost a year ago. Choose Abingdon is a partnership along the lines of Didcot First and Bicester Vision – whose aim is to promote the town. So far Choose Abingdon has …

1. Set up the community shop. The current premises is about to be let, and so Scottish Widows who own the shop have offered Choose Abingdon an alternative premises.

2. Set up the Choose Abingdon Local Food and Craft Market with the help of Carbon Cutters. The first one will be on Saturday 23rd October.

3. Set up the Choose Abingdon Loyalty Card with sponsorship by Miele. The launch will be this coming Saturday.

4. Promoted Abingdon through the Whats On in Abingdon leaflet which has come out quarterly.

5. Designed new tourist maps for the town – which will soon appear instead of the current faded specimens.

We were shown a two minute video as a sampler of the 6 hours of Abingdon life that that has been professionally recorded. This and a growing photo library will be aimed at promoting Abingdon up to the Olympics.