{"id":35757,"date":"2026-08-10T22:50:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35757"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:50:43","slug":"a-few-things-to-do-in-abingdon-this-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35757","title":{"rendered":"A Few Things to Do in Abingdon this August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026081000.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nLooking at the town\u2019s noticeboards for things to do in August? There is not much in the way of drama or concerts since it is the summer holidays. But here are a few things I spotted.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026081001.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSteve Moodey is once again opening his garden to visitors at 53 Springfield Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1JF. To see his collection of tropical and rare plants, go between 10am and 5pm on Saturday, 22nd August. Entry is by donation to charity, with a plant sale and refreshments also available.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026081002.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAbingdon Baptist Church is holding a fun morning on Saturday, 15th August.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026081004.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nBridge House sometimes holds events to invite the community in, and there\u2019s one on 14th August. There will be music, stalls and entertainment from a circus act.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026081005.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nMake Music Abingdon has acts lined up at the Loose Cannon Taproom on 20th August.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026081003.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThis isn\u2019t actually an event, but a chance to submit your pictures of the wild spaces around Abingsdon\u00a0and see them in an exhibition at Abingdon County Hall Museum.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026081006.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nBut with temperatures rising again this week, Cakes at St Eths has been put back from 12th August to 1st September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at the town\u2019s noticeboards for things to do in August? There is not much in the way of drama or concerts since it is the summer holidays. But here are a few things I spotted. Steve Moodey is once again opening his garden to visitors at 53 Springfield Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1JF. To see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35757","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=35757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}