Key Changes in 2025
This annual roundup provides a snapshot of Abingdon’s changing town centre shop fronts. The map highlights key changes using colour codes:
Green: Vacant at the start of the year, now occupied.
Yellow: Business or name change.
Red: Occupied at the start of the year, now vacant.
Changes from 2007 to 2025
(Press on the year in the table below to see the larger picture for any year.)
| Year | Green (New Openings) | Yellow (Business/Name Changes) | Red (Closures) | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -4 |
| 2008 | 10 | 8 | 13 | -3 |
| 2009 | 9 | 6 | 6 | +3 |
| 2010 | 9 | 6 | 5 | +4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 7 | -1 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 5 | 5 | +5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | 4 | +3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 8 | -2 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 8 | -2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -1 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 | 3 | +6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -3 |
Welcome Back
* Added Ingredients
Welcome to New Businesses
* Boots Hearing Care
* Cay Khe (Vietnamese Restaurant)
* Delicatessen Cafe
* Elite Barbers
* Gathering Space Cafe
* Habibi’s Lebanese Grill
Goodbye to Businesses we Lost
Another High Street bank, the Nat West Bank closed their branch last year.
The others lost businesses are:
* Abingdon Supermarket
* JHoots Pharmacy (although a notice in the window says the closure is temporary)
* Lounge Cafe (owners retired and replaced by another cafe)
* Pablo Lounge
* Pappy’s Back A Yard closed because they were under an unstable building. Perhaps it will return.
* Santina’s Grill
Change to Existing Businesses
W H Smith became T G Jones
Utopia Beauty Salon moved to West St Helen Street
Mezzah House and La Baguette moved in with Cafe Aroma
(let me know of any mistakes in this annual roundup)
W H Smith became T G Jones. But still probably known by everyone as WHS.
Does that mean we are down 7 since you started counting?
That’s what I made it – that doesn’t sound too bad over an 18-year period, especially compared to some other towns. There are also a few other shops just outside the centre, in the Vineyard and around Coxeters for example. Like most places, though, there has been a steady trend towards services (cafes, barbers, opticians etc) instead of retail so we need to support those shops that we still have.
Happy New Year everyone – and especially to our local businesses.
Hester its not about numbers , its also about quality and there are very few quality shops remaining in the centre of Abingdon