The Abbey Baptist Chapel down Checker Walk has been closed over the summer undergoing building work.

The entrance area used to look quite different. It is being remodeled, while inside more space has been created for a bigger balcony, as well as better toilet facilities down below.

The Abbey Baptists have been meeting in the Roysse Room at the Guildhall over the summer but should soon be back in their own building, even though there is some external work to do.

The Abingdon Anglo-German Club also normally use the Abbey Baptist building and will soon return.

Founded in 1982, the club’s aim is to stimulate interest in Anglo-German cultural and social pursuits. Their first talk of the season entitled Beethoven’s Piano Music: the sublime, the Comic, the Transcendental and the merely Human will be at the Salvation Army Citadel.