The traffic islands of Abingdon have been transformed in recent years. This is due to Abingdon wanting to do well in the annual “Britain in Bloom” competition. We enter every year in the Thames and Chiltern large Town category. Last year we were joint winners with Bicester (pronounced bister).

The Abbott of Abingdon is the result of the Abbey Press sponsoring the traffic island near Tesco for one years “Britain in Bloom. “

You can see that currently he has a belt of tinzel. During the Christmas festivities somebody dressed him up amd the tinzel still remains.