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Abingdon Town Council

Abingdon County Hall Museum

Views from the Roof

Address:      Abingdon County Hall Museum, Market Place, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3HG (temp office Abingdon Town Council)
Telephone:   01235-539794 or 01235-531378           email:   abingdon.museum@abingdon.gov.uk
 “...a sudden hurricane tore down trees and unroofed buildings...the lead on the Town Hall was raised and sank into its place again”
20th November 1773 
 County Hall from the airBun throwing and view from a window Abbey Chimney

VIEWS OF THE ROOF

The Museum is now closed until Spring 2012
Please see the The New Museum page for the latest update

 

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Here are the views from the roof, which you will be able to see again when we reopen.

The roof of the County Hall is accessed through the cupola at its centre.

The view ranges from the limestone hills of the North Berkshire Ridge, between Abingdon and Oxford, to the ancient Ridgeway track on the chalk downs in the South and West.

Some notable sites in Abingdon and the surrounding area include:

๏ The Market Place (North)

Roof View North

๏ Old Abbey House and the site of Abbey Church (East, behind Gateway)
๏ St Nicolas’ Church (East)
๏ Abbey Buildings and 13th Century Chimney (Shown Above Right) (East) Roof View East

๏ 19th Century Berkshire County Gaol (South)
๏ Didcot Power Station (South)
Roof View South
  
๏ St Helen’s Parish Church (West)
๏ Former Morland’s Brewery Tower (West)
Roof View West

Visual guides are available, to provide further information about these, and other, locations visible from the roof.

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