Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council honours its commitment to retain a cinema in the town centre

The Council is happy to announce that it has, today, sold the Abbey Hall to the Abbey Hall Cinema Ltd after completing the necessary formalities. This will allow the cinema operators both to continue to run the cinema and to provide significant improvements to the building which the Council was unable to afford.

In addition, the historic Guildhall will now have access to a new kitchen which will enable residents to enjoy a far wider range of events in the Guildhall’s beautiful and historic rooms.

Both of these developments are in accordance with the council’s policy to revitalise our town centre both in the day and the evening.
“We have worked very hard to ensure a thriving cinema in the centre of Abingdon. The transfer of Abbey Hall to Abbey Hall Cinema Ltd will now give the cinema operator confidence to carry out their ambitious investment plans,” said Cllr. Oliver Forder, Chair of the Abbey Hall Working Party.

“We have been assiduous in working through the legalities to safeguard the Guildhall and the publicly owned areas around the building, whilst allowing the cinema to go from strength to strength.”
The legal documents for the sale were formally signed at an Extraordinary Council Meeting held on Tuesday 12th May.