…with National Coffee Day and National Coffee Week all falling around now. So we’d like to raise a cup to local company Monsoon Estates Coffee, whose roastery is on the Alscot Estate near Stratford-upon-Avon. Chris Howard and Anne Parker developed their love of good coffee while living in Europe and Australia. Their hand-roasted coffees have […]

These lovely young people are Ilmington’s one and only “floorball” team, showing off their new kit with the shop logo emblazoned on it. Pupils from Ilmington School play in a local league of junior schools that feed into Chipping Campden School at senior level. “Thank you so much for your extremely generous donation to Ilmington […]

This beautiful photograph was taken by a volunteer arriving for work this week at Ilmington Community Shop. The early shift, from 7 to 9am, is a favourite for some volunteers. They appreciate the peacefulness of the morning: baking bread and croissants, taking in deliveries of milk and fresh local vegetables, laying out the daily newspapers. […]

…a chance to celebrate the abundance of foods which make up a meat-free diet. In the UK, 3.1 million people are now vegetarian or vegan, around 6% of the population and more than ever before. Here at Ilmington Community Shop, we stock hundreds of non-meat options: fantastically fresh fruit and veg; plant-based alternatives and a […]

Emma and Crendon relax with the morning papers, Cappuccinos and a breakfast flap jack. “If we only buy one, I know you’ll steal some of mine!” says Crendon. The couple are staying with relatives in Ilmington and are getting married in Cornwall next year. We hope they get a day as glorious as this