…but this week we just don’t have enough volunteers to cover our manager’s annual leave. We are really sorry for any inconvenience caused. The café will be closed this week, reopening on Tuesday 20th September at 9.30am. Please note, the shop is open as usual and we may be able to make takeaway drinks, so […]

As a mark of respect to Queen Elizabeth II, our country’s longest-serving monarch, we have decided to cancel the event we had planned this weekend. There will no longer be a barbecue lunch tomorrow at Ilmington Community Café. Thank you all for your understanding.

We are creating a book of memories and condolence at Ilmington Community Shop. Please come and share your stories with us. Watercolour of Queen Elizabeth II by one of our favourite local artists, Naomi Hands-Smith, @riverswanofavon. Naomi captured the Queen in a series of wonderful, whimsical pictures for her Jubilee year

…and we hope you’ll come and help us enjoy the Last of the Summer Sausages! There’ll be chicken, beef and veggie burgers too, along with salads, beer and wine to raise a toast to the end of the summer. No tickets needed, but bring your own picnic chairs and blankets. First orders from 12 noon […]

Book Club @thecafe has been reading a novel by Birmingham-born author Susan Fletcher. Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew is the story of Vincent van Gogh’s final days in a remote asylum in Provence, seen through the eyes of the warden’s wife. We’ll be book-chatting in our Community Café at 2pm tomorrow […]