Abingdon Pub Explorations

Staying local for a trip to the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon in a May heat wave.My plan was to visit somewhere a little bit different and include a few pubs that haven't appeared on the blog before. In fact, I'll wager a couple of these haven't appeared on any blog ever.I bucked my conventional start to the day by not rocking up at Wetherspoon's at 11am.Instead, I caught the number 35 bus from Oxford to Abingdon which takes the long way round over the speed bumps of Kennington, taking me to the village of Radley.The Bowyer Arms (Foxborough Road, Radley, OX14 3AE)Just around the corner from the train station, The Bowyer Arms is a mid-19th century pub that was owned by Morland from 1889 until 1999 when Greene King acquired the Ock Street brewery and their tied houses.The pub is named after Sir George Bowyer, a barrister and Liberal politician who was born in Radley Hall and would later inherit the family estate.The astroturf front garden didn't make for a great first impression,…