The Heritage Weekend Information Stall will be in the centre of the Market Place for you to pick up trail leaflets and find out more about Open Properties and displays around the town.

10am-4pm Saturday 14th September

10am-3pm Sunday 15th September

Routes and connections by rail - the lost station and branch line of Abingdon.

Exhibition in Unit 24, Bury Street

Saturday 14th September and Sunday 15th September. 10am - 4pm

Heritage Weekend brings together an eclectic selection of displays from local organisations. 

The network of paths, roads and waterways around Abingdon sustained trade and travel for a thousand years before the coming of the A34. 

Compare maps from two hundred years ago, and spot the changes to the Abingdon streetscape evident in Victorian photographs.

Roysse Room, Abingdon Guildhall.

Saturday 14th September and Sunday 15th September. 10am - 4pm

On Sunday 16th, revel in the car-making heritage of Abingdon as over 20 vehicles, most of them MGs made in the Abingdon factory, arrive in the Market Place. 

Sunday 16th 10am -2pm

The Vicus and Pario Gallico

Join us at the Abbey Buildings for a great day for all ages, experiencing the way Iron Age Abingdonians went about their daily lives. Re-enactments, crafts, demonstrations in one of Abingdon's oldest buildings.

Saturday 14th September 10am - 4pm

Abbey Buildings, Checker Walk, OX14 3JB (2 minutes walk from the Market Place.)

An exciting art competition taking place across the weekend.

Join Abingdon Artists on Saturday 14th September to paint or draw a view of Abingdon in an open competition.

There will be prizes of over £200 including £100 for the people’s favourite.

It is for over 16s and there will be a charge of £10 payable on the day of which all the profit will go to local charities.

The work will be displayed at the end of the day’s session for judging and viewing by the public. Artists are welcome to leave the price and contact details for anyone interested in buying the piece.

Dr James Wright, from Radio 4 and The Great British Dig on Channel 4, will be presenting his new book.

Tickets £10. Booking essential.

Thursday 12th September 

12 noon to 3pm

The fabulous Brio trainset that will be available for kids to play with on Saturday and Sunday could also belong to your family by the end of the weekend!

The Heritage Weekend Treasure Hunt is a simple family quiz that will get you round to see everything and, if filled in correctly, is your entry form for our prize draw.

It costs £2 to enter by picking up a quiz sheet from one of our exhibitions. Submit your answer into our Treasure Hunt box and wait to see if yours is the correct answer drawn out of the box on Sunday at 3.30pm.

Spot the Fun Facts question boards and see if you can find the answer in one of our venues. 

Some Heritage Properties are open this year around the town centre so that you can see the secrets of their interiors as well as the fine exteriors - some of them are only open for visits on this one day in the year so it's an opportunity not to be missed.

For individual property details and opening times please click on the link below.

Join local archaeologist for a guided tour following the traces of Abingdon's Iron Age Oppidum and discover the archaeology underneath the town centre. 

11am on Sunday 15th September 

A free event suitable for 12+

BOOKING ESSENTIAL by going to Museum reception in person or emailing our team at abingdon.museum@abingdon.gov.uk

or phoning 01235 523703

There will be 10 places for this walk which will take around one hour. Start is the Museum front entrance. End will be Civic Car Park. Please wear adequate footwear.