New Speed Indicators Installed Around Abingdon

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Abingdon residents may have noticed the recent installation of seven speed indicator signs at various locations around town. These solar-powered devices, equipped with built-in batteries, will collect data on vehicle speeds, which can be analysed.

Several signs have been positioned near the town’s entry points, including Drayton Road and Oxford Road, where the speed limit is 30 mph. The speed indicator at Abingdon Bridge is situated in the recently implemented 20 mph zone.

Certain speed indicators, along extended road sections, such as Copenhagen Drive and Audlett Drive, both 30 MPH, can be manually rotated to check speeds from either direction.

St Ethelwolds Garden – July 2024

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July is typically the peak of summer in the UK, and at last there are warm days for sitting outside in your garden or the garden at St Ethelwolds. The St Ethelwolds garden is bright with colour particularly when the sun shines.

The garden looks peaceful and inviting and a place where people come to relax. Its fame has spread beyond Abingdon. Yesterday I met some people from Reading, visiting Abingdon who knew of the garden.

On one wall is the fragrant Summer Wine climbing rose.

Some of the bees in the garden live in the garden’s own bee and insect hotel.

Down in the wild flower area are a mass of blooms with insects hovering between flowers.

The vegetable and fruit garden at the bottom has herbs, beans, courgettes, lettuce, berries, rhubarb and more.

A couple of new businesses in Abingdon

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Clarks shoe shop in Bury Street has reopened its doors! After closing on April 20th, the shop has returned under new management. Local residents can once again enjoy the convenience of a shoe store in Abingdon. With the new school year just around the corner, the shop is well-positioned to meet the demand for footwear.

A new independent pizza shop has recently opened its doors on Ock Street. Taking over the former Pizza Hut location, which closed in June 2023, the new eatery is welcoming customers.

Abingdon Town Noticeboard: Committee Papers

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The Abingdon Town Council noticeboard is usually a colourful mix of community event posters and council committee updates. Lately, however, committee papers have dominated. I did find some things of interests:

There is the consultation by the Vale of White Horse District Council on redrawing district council boundaries. In Abingdon that will mean instead of having 5 wards with 2 councillors each, the district council will be three wards (Abingdon North, South, and East) with 3 councillors each. Comments can be made until 16th September. See Have your say on a new political map for vale of white horse district council/.

Abingdon could be loosing a Nail Bar. Its entrance is the doorway between Costa and Starbucks. It was the first Abingdon Nail Bar but now there are several and it could become a flat.

Regarding the Old Gaol development which included plans for three retail spaces to complement the flats. Currently, one space houses Costa and another serves as a dentist. The proposal under consideration suggests converting the remaining unit into flats. However, the Town Council’s Planning Committee argues for maintaining the original agreement.

The Thames Water Reservoir consultation ends on Wednesday, 28 August 2024 (apologies I said 28th July by mistake) . See: https://www.thameswater.co.uk/news/reservoir-public-events-start.

The post box on the Market Place is sometimes used to post What’s On posters. This Saturday the Oxford Welsh Voice Choir are performing at St Helens.