Added Ingredients is moving back into its old home – bringing with it a wide range of wines and food.

Ove the past couple of years, the premises has been home to two different beer sellers, each running their own bar. The most recent, time-shared the space with Martin, who displayed and sold his photographs of Abingdon and other subjects.

Now Jill and Added Ingredients are back in the shop, selling wines and food once again – at least until the new year, possibly longer.

The Broad Face in Abingdon, which closed in August while seeking new management, has now reopened. A new team took over and the pub has been open again since Monday — with live music this evening.

The Old Anchor Inn also closed for a few days but is open again tonight.

There’s a new caffé on Bath Street, adding another touch more Italy to the street. (In Italian, caffè  means coffee, but it’s also used to refer to a coffee shop or café.) Delicatessen Caffè has been open for about three weeks and offers freshly made bagels with a variety of fillings, stone-baked pizzas, pasta dishes, croissants, puddings, and all the usual hot drinks. You can find out more at delicatessencaffe.co.uk.

Across the road, another shop is being worked on. Three weeks ago, a sign in the window promised a ‘Grand Reveal — Opening Soon: TEN 10.’ That may or may not be a clue, but the balloons that decorated the window have now gone as more fitting out continues.

On Stert Street, another business is ‘Opening Soon’. The sign in the window shows a gold monogram with the letters ABC, and below are the words ‘Aesthetics By Clouds.’ It looks likely to be an aesthetics / beauty clinic.

At midday on 24th September 2025, the NatWest branch on Abingdon Market Place closed its doors for the final time. It is one of 55 NatWest Branches closing in 2025.

The closure also ends the personal contact many customers valued with familiar faces of staff. Staff have either been redeployed to Oxford, taken redundancy, or accepted early retirement.

The closure also means the loss of the branch’s ATMs. The indoor machine was unusual in allowing withdrawals of just £5, and the external one was popular with drivers for its easy access. The branch’s cash machine allowed cash deposits. Local businesses and people will now need to bag their change and take it to the Post Office.

Soon after the doors shut, a van arrived and took down the NatWest signage, removed the external ATM and sealed the nightsafe.

The building is not listed and has mostly been a bank with offices upstairs since it was first built in 1885-6. It replaced an earlier London and County Bank building.