Abingdon Abbey Buildings

Abingdon Abbey Buildings The beautiful Medieval Abbey Buildings and Unicorn Theatre are a unique venue for weddings, occasions and performances.

The Abbey Buildings are open, and free of charge, May - September. The Unicorn theatre is open all year round for performances. The beautiful Medieval Abbey Buildings are a unique venue for theatre, wedding receptions, concerts or other special occasions and are open for visitors in summer.

๐ŸŽจ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ?We're looking for a freelance...
10/06/2026

๐ŸŽจ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ?

We're looking for a freelance ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ to help deliver creative projects as part of the The National Lottery Heritage Fund supported Abingdon Abbey Buildings restoration project.

Working with local communities, schools and volunteers, you'll help create artwork inspired by the history, stories and future of the Abbey Buildings, including a major public artwork for the project's site hoardings during the restoration works.

We're particularly interested in hearing from practitioners with experience of participatory, community or heritage-based arts projects.

โฌ‡๏ธ Download the recruitment pack via the ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ below for full details and application information.

๐Ÿ™ Please share with your networks.

๐Ÿ“† ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜†

Embrace your heritage, for it shapes our future. ๐ŸŒ Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery pla...
09/06/2026

Embrace your heritage, for it shapes our future. ๐ŸŒ Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players, we can honour the past and preserve its stories for generations to come.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ (๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป)Brought to you by Studio Theatre Club Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Wind...
08/06/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ (๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป)

Brought to you by Studio Theatre Club

Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor comes to life at Abingdon's historic Unicorn Theatre this month, as Sir John Falstaff discovers that scheming doesn't pay when sharp-witted women are one step ahead. Expect mischief, laughter, and a very humbled knight.

๐ŸŽญ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ | ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ๐—บ | ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป

๐ŸŽซ Link in comments below for tickets.

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! These drawings show our vision: a welcoming new foyer and a transformed, accessible ground floor. Thes...
04/06/2026

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! These drawings show our vision: a welcoming new foyer and a transformed, accessible ground floor. These designs are being finalised now โ€“ we can't wait to share more details as they develop.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ? A lift? Year-round events? Let us know in the comments! ๐Ÿ‘‡



With thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐Ÿ“œ "๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ โ€“ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช...
28/05/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†

๐Ÿ“œ "๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ โ€“ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ."

The Abbey Buildings have witnessed 900 years of history โ€“ but their future depends on you.

๐Ÿ’› By donating today, youโ€™re not just saving stones; youโ€™re safeguarding Abingdonโ€™s heritage for generations.

๐Ÿ”— Support us now via link in comments.

We've raised a staggering ยฃ5.25m โ€“ but we need your help for the final chapter. ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ยฃ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ! Every single donati...
26/05/2026

We've raised a staggering ยฃ5.25m โ€“ but we need your help for the final chapter.

๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ยฃ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ! Every single donation gets us closer to completing the restoration, delivering community programmes, and securing this site forever. Be part of Abingdon's story. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.



With thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund

๐ŸŽถ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น & ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐ŸŽถGet ready for a night of phenomenal musicianship as we host a rising force in UK ...
19/05/2026

๐ŸŽถ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น & ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐ŸŽถ

Get ready for a night of phenomenal musicianship as we host a rising force in UK roots music for our Music at the Unicorn series.

๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜

๐Ÿ“… Thursday, 4th June
๐Ÿ“ St Helen's Church, Abingdon, OX14 5EH

๐Ÿ”ฅ Since forming in 2019, True Foxes have performed over 700 shows (and counting!). This acclaimed Alt-Country/Americana cousin-duo from Cornwall is winning hearts across the UK and beyond with their electrifying harmonies and authentic songwriting.
Experience their rapidly growing sound in the perfect acoustics of our temporary church venue.

Doors Open: 7:00 PM | Music Starts: 7:15 PM
๐ŸŽซ Tickets: ยฃ15: Available via link in comments, or in person from our friends at Frend and Co, 29 Broad St, Abingdon-on-Thames, OX14 3LH.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of passion and storytelling from one of the hardest-working acts on the circuit.

Please note: For 2026, our full Music at the Unicorn concert series is being presented from our temporary home at St Helen's Church while enhancement works take place at The Abingdon Abbey Buildings. We remain your Unicorn Theatre and can't wait to welcome the series back home in the future.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†โœจ "๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด โ€“ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ."Don...
14/05/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†

โœจ "๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด โ€“ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ."

Donate to the Abbey Buildings Preservation Fund and be forever part of this monumentโ€™s legacy. Every contribution, big or small, makes you a patron of Abingdonโ€™s past and future.

๐ŸŒฑ Give now & plant roots in history: [Donation Link in Comments]

Within these ancient walls โ€” where monks once walked in quiet contemplation โ€” something quietly powerful is unfolding th...
12/05/2026

Within these ancient walls โ€” where monks once walked in quiet contemplation โ€” something quietly powerful is unfolding this May. ๐Ÿ–ค

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ is a free MA Photography Exhibition ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, and weโ€™re honoured to host it here at Abingdon Abbey Buildings.

Shot entirely in black and white, this moving collection turns the lens on alternative therapies โ€” on stillness, presence, and the deeply human need to slow down and reconnect. In a world grappling with a mental health crisis, these images feel less like photographs and more like a breath of fresh air.

Come and experience the exhibition. Explore the interactive therapy elements. Let the space hold you for a moment.
๐Ÿ“… 16 May | ๐Ÿ•š 11:00โ€“15:00

Free entry โ€” cash donations warmly welcomed.

These medieval stones have always been a place of sanctuary. That story continues. โœจ

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