If you have been to Perth in Western Australia then you may well have seen this village. It was first opened on 1st March 2003 and since then is continually being added to.

The Abingdon miniature village web site says “Abingdon Miniature Village is named after the town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, 10 klms south of Oxford on the River Thames and is the oldest continually inhabited town in the UK. Buildings such as the Abingdon County Hall, Church of St Nics and Old Anchor Inn pub have been meticulously reproduced in miniature.”

All three are pictured here, but if you are down that way you will also discover many more buildings including Anne Hathaway’s Cottage – the birthplace of William Shakespeare.

It is rather like the miniature world created at Pendon museum six miles from the real Abingdon in the village of Long Wittenham. In the museum buildings from all over the 1930s Vale of White Horse have been built on one huge Railway layout. Opened in 1954, it is still growing.