{"id":35083,"date":"2026-02-23T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35083"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:20:17","slug":"the-homebase-signs-have-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35083","title":{"rendered":"The Homebase Signs Have Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026022352.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIt is hard to say exactly how the refit is progressing as the former Homebase store is transformed into a M&amp;S Foodhall at Fairacres Retail Park. Most of the activity happens out of sight. Contractors enter through a turnstile gate at the rear.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026022353.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nWhat is clear is that the Homebase signs were there a few days ago.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026022351.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nNow they are all gone.<\/p>\n<p>There are already M&amp;S Foodhalls in Oxford and Didcot, but this one has the advantage of being closer to the A34, making it convenient for passing trade as well as local shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>As for Homebase, all their stores have gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to say exactly how the refit is progressing as the former Homebase store is transformed into a M&amp;S Foodhall at Fairacres Retail Park. Most of the activity happens out of sight. Contractors enter through a turnstile gate at the rear. What is clear is that the Homebase signs were there a few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}