Abingdon Distillery is an independent craft distillery in the centre of Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. It is best known for gin and rum, and it is also working towards an English single malt. Where it is The distillery is in the historic Coxeter House building in Abingdon. Abingdon dates its history to 676 and claims to be the oldest inhabited town in the UK. A bottle shop is open Thursday to Saturday, with distillery tours on Saturday afternoons. How it began The founders