Unlisted Roadworks Cause Congestion

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Over the last couple of days, traffic congestion has been seen on Oxford Road, Radley Road, and The Vineyard in Abingdon. The bus stop at Our Lady’s Abingdon is also temporarily suspended. While one.network is typically a reliable source for roadworks information, none of these roads are listed. The delays are likely due to ongoing SGN (gas) mains work in The Holt, as the four way traffic lights also includes the Holt. In which case the works in the Holt are scheduled from January 27th at 11:00 AM to February 7th at 11:59 PM.

Please Help Yourself: plants, pots and fittings

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For the last three years, a plant and flower seller has used the gated space between Richard Coxeter Ltd and Coxeter House.

Recently, signs have invited people to take what’s left for free — plants, pots, and fixtures and fittings.

Most of the better plants have already gone.

Do you remember how, before the current business, Richard Matthews used the same plot every Monday, Friday, and Saturday as an outdoor flower stall. That was for about 40 years. Their main shop is in Sutton Courtenay.

Kings Gate Play Area opens as Infrastructure Projects Progress

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The new play park and multi-use games area at Kings Gate have opened and are proving popular. This photo was taken on a school-day morning, during quieter hours.

Contractors are completing the final section of the cycle and pedestrian path over the River Stert, which will connect Aldi, the Kings Gate estate, Tilsley Park, and the Abbey Fields development.

On the roads, work has yet to resume on the Oxford Road roundabout. However, preliminary work on the long-awaited south-facing slip roads for the A34 at Lodge Hill is set to begin. According to a BBC report, a site compound will be built off the Oxford Road from 10th February, with vegetation and trees being cleared. Oxfordshire County Council estimates that the main interchange works will be completed by summer 2026.

For those seeking more details, a public information event will be held at Long Furlong Community Centre on 21st March, from 14:00 to 18:00.

In a smaller project, Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council is planning to replace the town entry signs. They need moving beyond the new houses, and some of the existing signs have not weathered well. (It’s still only one hour of free parking in the town centre. The ‘1’ covering the ‘2’ must have peeled off.)

New Juice Bar – possibly a first for Abingdon town centre

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A new juice bar, opened on February 1st, 2025, at Coxeters Yard, bringing a healthy addition to the town’s bars. It may be Abingdon’s first specialist juice bar (although someone out there may remember others), and is part of tradition of juicing dating back decades, and centuries.

Juice bars have been around since the 1970s, and increasingly popular since the 2010s, emphasising healthy ingredients, detox benefits, and fun flavours. The new bar continues this trend with juice mixes like Remedy, Health Kick, and Tropical Blast, alongside shots called Ginger or Turmeric and smoothies with names like Strawberry Split and Cacao Bomb.

Juicing may seem like a modern health trend, but its roots go back to at least 150 B.C. The Essenes, a Jewish sect known for writing the Dead Sea Scrolls, mashed pomegranates and figs for their health benefits. That may have been called Essenic Elixir.