As we enter a period of annual staff leave, there may be a few days of closure in our volunteer-run café. We will be reopening at 10.30am on Friday morning. Please look out on social media for possible days of closure next week. The community shop will continue to open as advertised and these are […]

This is the final week of our little Compôtition at Ilmington Community Shop. We want to see your homemade plum preserves and taste your apple compotes! Thursday is the cut-off date for entries, sweet or savoury, and the recipe is up to you. Although we hope you’ll buy some ingredients from us, it’s not compulsory. […]

Please note that Ilmington Community Cafe will be closed this Saturday, as we just don’t have enough cafe-trained volunteers to open. If you fancy joining our shop and café volunteer team, we’d love to have you, so please come and see us in store. We particularly need more weekend volunteers and are happy for you […]

…and we’ll be sharing pictures of our Community Shop Farmers’ Market on our Facebook page over the next few days. In the meantime, thank you to everyone who attended and those busy souls who made it happen. Never has homemade lasagne been served by so few to so many.

There are makers too: makers of spirits, beer and jam; makers of soap, cards and chocolate – and Ilmington’s very own maker of beautiful home accessories, Clare Sharratt. Clare turns Harris Tweed and linen into stunning cushion covers and gifts, with country themes that are perfect for an autumn fair. And she does it all […]