Abingdon Four Pillars Hotel, Abingdon

Advantages: Excellent service, good food, reasonable location, friendly owners
Disadvantages: None I am aware of

...There is approximately 20 places in the car-park, which is situated behind the hotel and accessed through a narrow opening between the hotel and the next-doors property. COSTS AND PAYMENTS Single rooms (B&B) start from £62.50 Double rooms (B&B) start from £68.50 Four poster bed - (B&B) only 1 - £95 The hotel also runs special deals at weekends from £137 per room for two nights (check with them) The hotel takes all forms of credit card payments and obviously cash, and was also quite happy to open a company account for us. WHERE CAN I FIND IT? 180 Abingdon Road, OXFORD, OX1 4RA Tel: 01865 724536 Fax: 01865 794909 Details on the AA site at http://www.theaa.com/hotels/2296.html SUMMARY A very nice and welcome surprise, spotlessly clean with exceptionally friendly owners who treated us like long lost friends, would we go back again, I think I can... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful City
Disadvantages: Anti-motorist attitude

...I have just received a surprise motorist's welcome to Oxford and become a victim of the mis-leading car park signage.Travelling up Thames Street from the Abingdon Road end, with the intention of parking in the large surface level car park, a sign directed me to turn right. I promptly did so and found myself at the junction with Speedwell Street. The only sign at this point is one warning of two way traffic on Speedwell Street. Since the main car park was on my left, I turned in that direction, to find myself by-passing the car park and trapped between pedestrian barriers with no place to turn. With no safe option but to continue, I found myself at the traffic light junction with Castle Street with a sign beyond the junction warning me that this was a bus only zone and was observed by cameras. There was no option at this point... Read review

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Advantages: Large selection of records, knowledgable staff, able to order pretty much anything
Disadvantages: Not always as cheap as some of the big chains, almost on the edge of the town centre

...Spinadisc Records is the best record shop in Northampton. It belongs to part of a small chain which also shops in Coventry and Rugby but this isn't really a bad thing because it enables the Northampton shop to order in records that one of the other shops has got, cutting down on the time you'd have to wait if they ordered it directly from the suppliers. It's a CWNN shop which means that it tends to carry material from more bands than more mainstream shops such as HMV or Virgin. They have an extensive range of CDs and quite a few tapes and vinyl records too, and with these they cater for every musical taste from classical to hardcore to trance. If you're wanting to shop there, the shop can be found at the top of Abingdon Street opposite St. Giles Street.... Read review

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