Platinum Jubilee Bun Throwing in Abingdon

There was a Bun Throwing in Abingdon-on-Thames to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

A special bun throwing event to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee took place in Abingdon-on-Thames at 5pm on Sunday 5th June 2022.

A call to action!

5,000 currant buns were thrown to the crowd in the Market Place and High Street below as part of the tradition that dates back to 1761.

Watch the window on the right hand side of this video for a superb bun throwing moment!

This was the 36th Bun Throwing in Abingdon since 1761. The town holds the event to mark, mostly, special royal occasions. It was the 16th bun throwing held in my lifetime and it's an event I've never missed.

Photos from the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Bun Throwing in Abingdon.

The buns in flight

One of the main rules of bun throwing

The calm before the storm

A view of the Market Place in the early afternoon

Bun info

The crowd beginning to form at around 4.15pm

The Morris Dancers entertaining the crowd

The rules were adhered to

A view of the crowd and the dignitaries before the bun throwing commenced

Buns in flight

I moved in for a closer view. I didn't catch any this time. Except for one I got caught bouncing off the top of my head!

Puddle buns

After the action. We were lucky to have dry weather for the event

A post-bun throwing view of the old County Hall

One of the clean-up crew

You'd never really know that the event had taken place just a few hours before

Except there were still some unclaimed buns under a car parked on East St Helen Street

And there was still a bun stuck on the spikes above the charity shop (aka Bragg's bike shop) on the High Street 

And the puddle buns were still there!

Abingdon Bun Throwing events - 1761-2022:

• 1761 Coronation of King George III
• 1810 Golden Jubilee of King George III
• 1821 Coronation of King George IV
• 1831 Coronation of King William IV
• 1837 Coronation of Queen Victoria
• 1856 Declaration of Peace at the end of the Crimean War
• 1863 Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra
• 1887 Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
• 1897 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
• 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII
• 1911 Coronation of King George V
• 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V
• 1937 Coronation of King George VI
• 1946 VE Day
• 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
• 1956 Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Abingdon
• 1966 Abingdon International Week
• 1974 End of the Borough of Abingdon
• 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
• 1980 The Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday
• 1981 Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer
• 1986 Marriage of the Duke of York to Sarah Ferguson
• 1987 40th Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II
• 1990 The Queen Mother’s 90th Birthday
• 1995 50th Anniversary of VE Day
• 1997 50th Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II
• 2000 Millennium
• 2000 The Queen Mother’s 100th Birthday
• 2002 Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
• 2006 450th Anniversary of Abingdon Charter/Queen Elizabeth II’s Official Birthday
• 2006 450th Anniversary of Abingdon Charter/Visit by Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal
• 2011 Marriage of Prince William to Catherine Middleton
• 2012 The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
• 2016 The Queen's 90th Birthday
• 2018 100 year anniversary of the Armistice
• 2022 The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Abingdon County Hall Museum kindly provided details of the Recorded Bun Throwings to 1997.

There have also been three unofficial Bun Throwing events in the town:

• 2012 World Bun Throwing Championships to find the town's best bun thrower
• 2014 Bun Throwing at Abingdon Fire Station to celebrate its 50th anniversary
• 2016 World Bun Throwing Championships to find the town's best bun thrower

Abingdon Bun Throwing - Sunday 5th June 2022

The next Bun Throwing event will be held in Abingdon to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee on Sunday 5th June 2022.

The first bun is due to be thrown from the top of the old county hall at 5pm.

There will be entertainment from a band and the town's Morris Dancers from 4pm.

The last bun throwing held in the town to date was in 2018 to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War. That bun throwing was the 35th event since 1761.

The town celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a Bun Throwing back in 2012.

Currant buns from the bun throwing that celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. A total of 6,000 buns were thrown on that occasion 

This will be the 16th Bun Throwing event in my lifetime. I've been to them all so far.

Visit the Abingdon Town Council website for more information on the jubilee events.