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Abingdon-on-Thames is a vibrant market town with a population of over 33,000. Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council is a parish council under the Local Government Act 1972 and is the successor authority in terms of parish functions to the Abingdon Borough Council. The Town Council is responsible to the residents of Abingdon-on-Thames for a wide range of services. In this section of the Abingdon-on-Thames website we outline these services, as well as information about council meetings, committees, councillors, budget spending and the civic calendar.

The Council’s Vision is “to develop an inclusive community so that Abingdon is the place where everyone wants to live and where the wellbeing of residents is prioritised.  In developing this community, the town will be one which is environmentally sustainable, vibrant, resilient and safe.” This is core to delivering and developing our services. The Council has adopted four key strategic objectives in order to acheive this Vision:

1 To respond effectively and speedily to the climate emergency.

2 To develop a resilient, sustainable town which will provide a home for residents now and in the future.

3 To manage the Council’s assets efficiently and effectively to meet for the needs of the community now and in the future.

4 To work with community partners to support those who are vulnerable and in need and to create opportunities to increase social inclusivity.

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Crowds of people looking at the stalls and walking through the park

Crowds enjoy Fun in the Park

The people of Abingdon-on-Thames took advantage of the sunny weather, and turned out in force to the town’s annual family day. Held in the Abbey Grounds, on the site of Abingdon’s historic abbey, several thousand people enjoyed the mixture of stalls, entertainment and children’s activities laid on by the Town Council.As always, the many thriving clubs and societies in the town were well represented with stalls ranging from the swimming club, to the green gym, to the town twinning society, to name a few. Our military community stationed at Dalton Barracks were also well represented and the junior assault course they were hosting was particularly popular. LATEST NEWS: tickets for tonight’s Music in the Park sold out

 

Fun in the park!

Abingdon-on-Thames Great Family Day – Saturday 1 June 2013

Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council is once again hosting a great day for all the family which will consist of day and evening activities, shows, entertainment and fireworks – starting at 11am with Fun in the Park.  The council has been working in partnership with the Oxfordshire Play Association to make this annual event bigger and better. 

There will be a wide variety of FREE activities for all the family – such as Go-Karts, Climbing Wall,   Try-a-Sport, Play Bus, Skate Park, Circus Skills; Mobile Children’s Centre, Nature Play, Ziggy’s Soft Play Area and loads more.    Entertainment will consist of music and a dance festival which will take place on the large dome covered stage.  A dedicated Youth Area has also been set aside which includes a Youth Bus, Skate Park, Mural/Graffiti Wall and other youth related activities. 

FREE ADMISSION!  FREE ENTERTAINMENT! FREE ACTIVITIES!

Abingdon-on-Thames’ abundance of clubs and societies will also be present to offer games, raffles and sales to promote and raise funds for their organisations; along with locally handmade products from our trade stalls.

The outdoor heated pool will be open all day and FREE for all the family to use. 

The Guildhall will be opening its doors for everyone to view and enjoy its fabulous historic rooms – they will be offering FREE entertainment and activities and a chance for you to browse and buy at the Fun Day Country Market.

Fun in the Park is about the whole family, giving them an opportunity to spend quality and affordable time together – put the date in your diary now so you don’t miss out on one of Abingdon’s biggest family events ever!    Fun in the Park will finish at 3pm in readiness for

Music in the Park where the gates will re-open at 5.30pm.  The Town Council are hosting this event and has a great programme of family entertainment; starting at 6.15pm which will consist of:

6.15pm – 7pm – Green Onions – the UK Blues Bros Tribute Band

7.05pm – 7.35pm – Back by popular demand – Albie J Smith as Michael Buble’/Bruno Mars tribute act.

7.40pm – 8.25pm – Local band Prisoners of Katrina, doing rock covers and originals.

8.30pm – 9pm – Elkie – female solo artist from London singing popular songs from the last four decades.

9.05pm – 10pm – Abingdon Town Band, Solo Opera Singer Angela Lawrence and Abingdon Ladies’ Community Choir.

Abingdon Town Band will finish the evening’s entertainment with a rousing rendition of the Proms joined by local opera soloist Angela Lawrence and Abingdon Ladies’ Community Choir.

The Family Day will finish with a grand finale firework display by local lad Karl Shead from Spyrotechnics.

As you can see there is a wide range of musical entertainment to make sure that all ages enjoy the evening. Food and drink are also available at the many food outlets on site (including an outside bar). There are also children’s roundabouts and toddler Inflatables’ (charges will apply for the evening’s rides and activities).  We want to give as many people as we can the opportunity to join us, so we are offering Music in the Park at an extremely competitive price of  £5 for an adult and £2 for a child aged between 5-17 years old (under 5’s free).

Wristbands are available from Abingdon Town Council offices, Old Abbey House, Abbey Close OX14 3JD Mon-Fri 9am–5pm and Saturday 10am-3pm.  We will also be selling wristbands on the Market Place on Saturday 25 May from 10am – 1pm.  Due to the sell-out at last year’s Jubilee events, and to avoid disappointment, the public are advised to purchase wristbands as soon as possible. 

Both events are being sponsored by Yates Lettings, Abingdon-on-Thames. 01235 524099

Busy Market Place

New Super-site for Abingdon-on-Thames

Taking advice from our visitor economy specialists, and responding to calls from residents and community groups, Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council has been leading a major new project to give the town one website which can encompass much of the activity going on in the town. The new super-site will combine the websites that were previously run separately by the Town Council, the Choose Abingdon Partnership, the Guildhall, the County Hall Museum and Abingdon Business Alliance. In addition the site will have a network of in-depth articles about the history of the buildings and streets of the town that will grow as more and more items are added by the historical researchers of the Abingdon Area Archaelology and History Society.

The town diary will be easy to find on this site with one calendar into which the Guildhall, Market Place and all other events can be input. To find out how to put your event on the calendar, just click here.

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