Back in May 2014, Greene King sold 275 pubs to Hawthorn Leisure, a new operator that was quickly expanding with the help of overseas investment. This winter the two Abingdon pubs that were part of that initial deal –
the Cross Keys
and the Saxton Arms in Abingdon, have boards in the windows to say they are closed.
One suspects more land development for houses and flats.
I said at the time this was a asset stripping exercise.
Never good to see pubs shutting, These days unless you are in a good location, offer food or something else its tough to survive.
land development? – who’d want to live on saxton road?
How rude, Rudi! Lot’s of people live on Saxton Road.
Nothing wrong with living in sacky, there’s some very good people there, just because they don’t talk with a plumb in their mouth doesn’t make them any less !
Thank you captain kaons shame on you rude. There are plenty of ” nice ” people living on Saxton road. And th associate roads around.
Very friendly bunch on Saxton Road, in the main.
Lots of people want to live there.
Shame on you, Rudi. What an appalling comment to make.