Category Archives: Events

Preston Road Jackpot


Every Tuesday at Preston Road Community Centre, doors open at 7pm, and its eyes down at 8pm for Bingo that finishes just before 10pm. There is room for more tables if more people come along.

Also at the centre on 7th April the Abingdon Wine Circle have their monthly meeting and the theme will be wines from Catalonia, including a very unusual orange wine.

Return of Model Railway Show – Morland’s Row Barge still showing


The 2022 Model Railway Show is on this Saturday. The event was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 and returns in 2022. All the details can be found at https://admrc.org.uk/exhibitions/abingdon-exhibition-2022

There are two more weeks to visit the Morland’s exhibition at the Abingdon Museum (up to 27th March). It includes THE OLD ROW BARGE sign from the Vineyard in Abingdon.

Wallingford also had an inn called THE ROW BARGE.

Henley still has an inn called the ROW BARGE.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has a Row Barge that was well used during the flotilla during the Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

Jubilee Excellence Market


The team who organise the Local Excellence Market have been invited to take part in a large event at Abingdon Airfield on 4th June. The event will be a lot more than a market. See https://www.abingdoneventspartnership.co.uk/jubilee-market.

The Town Council are also planning events to celebrate the Queen’s 70th anniversary from Wednesday 1 June to Sunday 5 June 2022 at Rye Farm Meadows in Abingdon.

I don’t know yet when they have the bun throwing.