Security fences have gone up in front of the former St John Ambulance HQ off Caldecott Road in Abingdon. I can’t remember when I last saw it being used but it has been empty for a while now.
The St John’s Ambulance HQ first appeared in the 1969 Abingdon Directory (image above). Abingdon St. John Ambulance group operated a combined adult division, separate ambulance and nursing cadet divisions, and a Badger section for children under 11. They taught first aid to the public and maintained their own equipment and vehicles in the adjoining garages. The site has also served other community purposes. It was a polling station until 2019. There was a pre school there around 1990.
The land belongs to the Vale of White Horse District Council but appears to have a restrictive covenant — legal conditions limiting how the land can be used.
Could easily get a couple dozen flats on there….
It wouldn’t take VOWHDC long to change a restrictive covenant if it was to their, and nobody elses, benefit.