Abingdon

The Mouse hole café, located in the basement of Abingdon Town Hall, is turning 60 this weekend!

The café is open 10AM- 4PM Saturday 19th January and to celebrate its birthday all hot drinks will be only 60p!!

So come along and join the celebrations.

Every third Saturday of the month starting in February 2019. Why not come and listen to local expert talk about interesting topics at the museum! Every third Saturday of the month, three talks will take place at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Each will last 30 minutes and be about a different subject or object in the museum collection.

Please check the museum events programme for themes and time for each talk day.

These are FREE talks and no booking is required.

The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Cllr Margaret Crick, is hosting this year’s Charity Dinner on Friday 1st March 2019.

The event is being held to raise money for her two Chosen Charities: Be Free Young Carers and Abingdon Carousal.

The tickets are £45 pp and will include a 3 course-meal and entertainment for the evening.

Details below for the event -

Date: Friday 1st March 2019

Time: 7:00PM - 11:30 PM

Venue: Coseners House, 15-16 Abbey Cl, Abingdon, OX14 3JD

Ticket Price: £45                      

Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council are once again organising the popular “Music in the Park” event.  Music in the Park has taken place in the Abbey Grounds every year since its inception as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012, attracting large crowds with 3,500 wristbands being made available in the spring. This year Music in the Park takes place in the evening of Saturday 1st June, following on from the popular daytime event, Fun in the Park.

Recycle Your Christmas Tree!

This is a reminder that as usual, now that the Christmas festivities are concluded, you can bring your Christmas tree to the Market Place to be recycled into woodchip.

This annual event takes place on the Saturday after Twelfth Night and this year is scheduled for Saturday 5th January from 9am to 3pm. This service is provided by the Town Council.

The woodchip produced will help to line our woodland pathways and provide compost for allotments and flowerbeds.

The 1960s extension to Abingdon’s Guildhall – known as the Abbey Hall – is being brought back to life with a launch date this December.  The building will be transformed with state-of-the-art projection and surround sound equipment, cinema seating and a finely-stocked bar. Named ‘The Abbey Cinema’, the new venue will be kicking off a run of new releases just in time for Christmas, including Mary Poppins Returns, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Robin Hood and Wreck it Ralph, alongside festive favourites such as It’s a Wonderful Life, The Grinch & Nativity Rocks!.

The annual Mayors Over 70's Christmas Party has now sold out!

There are no longer any tickets available and we are very sorry for any dissapointment this may cause, but for those of you who managed to grab a ticket the Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Cllr Margaret Crick, is really looking forward to welcoming you to this festive event!

People who have difficulty paying their energy bills might be able to take advantage of the Warm Home Discount, a new kind of grant offered by the government and energy suppliers. 

The Warm Home Discount is a scheme that provides people on low incomes with a single discount of £140 on their winter electricity bill. (You might be able to get the discount applied to your gas bill instead - contact your supplier to find out.) 

The discount will not affect your Cold Weather Payment or Winter Fuel Payment.

The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Councillor Margaret Crick, is hosting the annual over 70's Christmas Party with tea and entertainment for Abingdon-on-Thames’s older residents on Monday 17th December this year.

Do you live in Abingdon-on-Thames? Are you 70 or over? Great! Then we'd love you to come along for the festive fun.

Motorists in the Vale of White Horse can enjoy free parking in district council car parks on certain days in the run up to Christmas.

The annual free parking tradition is provided by South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils to encourage people to shop locally for their Christmas presents.  The free parking days allocated to each area are agreed with the individual town councils depending on which day would best suit local traders. 

100th Commemoration of the World War One Armistice

Please see below a list of events organised by the Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council to commemorate the First World War Centenary. 

Community Grants Scheme

This is a reminder that Abingdon Town Council have a community grant scheme in place with a budget of £18,000 available for grants for the financial year commencing 1st April 2018 and applications may now be made for funding.

Last year grants were awarded from the Community Grants scheme to 23 different organisations.

Grant applications are considered by the Community Services Committee at its meetings, which take place four times each year. The next meeting takes place 11th December 2018 with a deadline for applications 20th November.

The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Cllr Margaret Crick, is hosting her charity Quiz evening in The Roysse Room, Guildhall, Abingdon at 7pm on Friday 30th November.

The Mayor is welcoming teams of up to six people to the Quiz night and the evening is in aid of her charities - the Over 70s Christmas Party, Abingdon Carousal and Be Free Young Carers.  

Tickets are available in advance for £12 pp to include a buffet. There will also be a bar available.

Abindon Museum presents: '1918: The Bloody Road to Victory' Friday 9th November 2018 
starts at 7.00 pm (doors 6.40pm) at the Amey Theatre.
Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon. 0X14 1DE

BBC historian Gareth Howell returns to recount the harrowing story of the end of the Great War.

What happened during the last year, to what extent did American assistance aid the European efforts, and what was the ultimate outcome of the war?

 

Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council are pleased to announce that from 21st October 2018, the Bus service 41 will be re-introduced.

This service is operated by Thames Travel and is based on the previous 41 service which stopped when the Oxfordshire County Council could no longer subsidise a lot of bus routes. Now Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council have funding for a year to bring the service back.

The Bus Serves South Abingdon on Monday to Friday. Please see link here for the timetable 

Please note that the Council meeting on Wednesday 17th October 2018 will be held in the Main Hall of the North East Abingdon Community Centre, Lindsay Drive at 7pm. This meeting is open to the public. Please click here to find link to the agenda.

From 6th October to 23rd December 2018 Exhibition open Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm.