..you might be surprised how many Scottish products appear in Ilmington Community Shop! If you’re after a wee dram, we’ve got Bell’s Whisky and Famous Grouse. If you love your Scottish shortbread, you’ll adore Dean’s Shortbread presentation tins: each one adorned with the famous Steven Brown Highland Cow. We stock Scottish smoked salmon, Nairn’s biscuits […]

Would you like to join an informal group for a cuppa and a chat? Here at Ilmington Community Café we are relaunching our friendly Games Club, a chance to laugh and play and meet new friends. Come along on Wednesday 19th January at 2pm – in fact, the third Wednesday of any month! You don’t […]

It’s marmalade making season once again and Ilmington Community Shop is bursting with the the fruits of Spanish sunshine. Seville oranges are back, and we are running our Great Ilmington Marmalade Challenge once again. Bring us your jar of homemade, unlabelled marmalade for the chance to win a delicious bottle of fruit gin by Spirit […]

…a slice of spiced orange cake and the stunning view from Ilmington Community Café. “It’s a favourite café, a favourite walk and a lovely view!” says Bob from Studley. You can sit inside, of course. But if you prefer to stay al fresco, we have the terrace and we have the blankets. Bring your own […]

It’s one of the friendly groups at Ilmington Community Café and it’s open to all, even if you haven’t read the book. This month’s choice is Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. The novel is set on the coast of North Carolina in the 1960s and 70s: a time and place where a girl […]