Abingdon continues along the conversion to charity shop/ coffee chain - cafe - restaurant - pizza joint (now PHut, Doms, PapaJ, Ask & PE), despite the council making all car parks free for the first two hours. Most smaller independents are going/gone (including a bike shop) - apparently in the face of the high business rates. A main unit of the refurbed precinct didn't fill for ages, in the end becoming a superdrug (moving from <100metres away), which is directly next door to a Boots, across the way from yet another pharmacy.