The Ox Pub, on the Oxford Road in Abingdon, became a Tesco Express about four years ago.
Since that time another convenience store, called the Best One, has managed to continue trading two doors away. But in the last few days the Best One has changed to a Bargain Booze.
The December 1st theme for City Daily Photo is Shop Window. The shop keepers in Stert Street, Abingdon, came outside their shop windows to watch the Christmas Extravaganza parade on Saturday.
White Horse Exotics is a new shop selling exotic pets, and everything you need to keep an exotic pet. Masons is one of three Masons in Abingdon – and a very well established business. The Stert Street shop sells wool and upholstery fabrics.
Pandora will be opening in Bury Street next week and have been fitting out the shop, previously used by Valentina – who moved to a larger premises across the way. Pandora are well known for their customisable charm bracelets. Robert Gatwood on the Market Place also stocks Pandora jewelery.
Nearby, the shop at the Market Place end of Bury Street is being worked on to create the new Wildwood Restaurant.
There was a recent report by the Vale of White Horse District Council saying Empty shops in Abingdon have been cut by half. They say only 4.4 per cent of Abingdon’s shops are empty in 2015 compared with 8.8 per cent in the same survey last year.
One ex-pub on Stert Street is being converted into a shop, and there is a rumour that a well established Abingdon Chemist will be moving there.
It has been rumoured for a while that the large new empty unit in Bury Street will soon have a new occupant.
Superdrug will be moving from their current premises to the new unit. In planning application P15/V2508/FUL they are looking for approval for a new shop front.
When the new units were built the general understanding was they would attract some new big names to Abingdon. Now New Look have moved across into one, and Superdrug are moving into the other. Good to see the commitment of these two companies to Abingdon – even if things have not gone quite to plan.