{"id":34787,"date":"2025-12-29T21:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34787"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:37:48","slug":"abingdon-town-centre-shop-changes-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34787","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Town Centre Shop Changes in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Changes in 2025<\/strong>
\n\"2025
\nThis annual roundup provides a snapshot of Abingdon’s changing town centre shop fronts. The map highlights key changes using colour codes:
\nGreen<\/span>: Vacant at the start of the year, now occupied.
\nYellow<\/span>: Business or name change.
\nRed<\/span>: Occupied at the start of the year, now vacant.<\/p>\n

Changes from 2007 to 2025<\/strong>
\n(Press on the year in the table below to see the larger picture for any year.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nGreen (New Openings)<\/th>\nYellow (Business\/Name Changes)<\/th>\nRed (Closures)<\/th>\nNet Change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2007<\/a><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/a><\/td>\n10<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/a><\/td>\n9<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n+3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/a><\/td>\n9<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n+4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/a><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/a><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/a><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/a><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/a><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/a><\/td>\n10<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n+5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/a><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/a><\/td>\n7<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n+3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/a><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/a><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/a><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/a><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/a><\/td>\n9<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n+6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/a><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/a><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Welcome Back<\/strong>
\n* Added Ingredients
\n<\/p>\n

Welcome to New Businesses<\/strong>
\n* Boots Hearing Care
\n* Cay Khe (Vietnamese Restaurant)
\n
\n* Delicatessen Cafe
\n* Elite Barbers
\n
\n* Gathering Space Cafe
\n* Habibi’s Lebanese Grill
\n<\/p>\n

Goodbye to Businesses we Lost<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another High Street bank, the Nat West Bank closed their branch last year.<\/p>\n

The others lost businesses are:
\n* Abingdon Supermarket
\n* JHoots Pharmacy (although a notice in the window says the closure is temporary)
\n* Lounge Cafe (owners retired and replaced by another cafe)
\n* Pablo Lounge
\n* Pappy’s Back A Yard closed because they were under an unstable building. Perhaps it will return.
\n* Santina’s Grill<\/p>\n

Change to Existing Businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n

W H Smith became T G Jones
\nUtopia Beauty Salon moved to West St Helen Street
\nMezzah House and La Baguette moved in with Cafe Aroma<\/p>\n

(let me know of any mistakes in this annual roundup)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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