Unit 24 – The Community Space (Bury Street) is now showing vehicles made and painted by Abingdon ArtistsĀ placed in front of the Abingdon buildings they made last year for Heritage Open Days. This year’s heritage theme, Routes – Networks – Connections, has inspired the new creations.
To mark its 180th anniversary the Old Ticket Office at Culham will be opening to the public over Heritage Weekend (Saturday 14 September and Sunday 15 September) between 09:00 and 17:00. This will provide an opportunity to see inside an original Brunel designed station building.
The railway line to Culham passes relatively close to Abingdon. Trains pass over the River Thames near the Thames Path and beside the footpath leading via Swift Ditch to Clifton Hampden. Network Rail completed repairs to the Nuneham Viaduct around a year ago after it was closed in April 2023 due to structural issues. You can see the repaired south bank in this picture.
Hopefully this time Culham Old Ticket Office will actually be open. It was supposed to be open over the Heritage weekend a few years back yet no-one ever turned up to open it and let people in. A group of us went home disappointed and having wasted time.