Last year there were not the usual number of hanging baskets in town because of the drought, but this year they are back in profusion.

These ones next to the War Memorial might well have impressed the Britain in Bloom judges, but there will be no judges visiting Abingdon this year because of the recent floods. Town Council staff have been concentrating more on flood reparations than Britain in Bloom. Only the judging of private displays will go ahead.

This basket is next to Twitty’s Almshouse.