So here at Ilmington Community Shop, we’ve decided to play it safe through the summer. We will only be allowing up to four shoppers inside and we ask everyone to please keep sanitising their hands and respecting personal distance. In the cafe, you won’t have to track and trace, but we will leave the QR […]

So many of our visitors have a deep connection with Ilmington. Perhaps none more so than Alan Finch, who was evacuated to the village 80 years ago when he was only six. “I was here for probably two years and back home in Coventry for 1943 when the bombing raids had slackened off,” he tells […]

With local strawberries, cream and crème fraiche in store, what about digging out your favourite scone recipe and treating the family, or just yourself?! Share your favourite recipe for scones, Eton Mess, or any other fresh fruit and cream delight….

Whether it’s a pre-match BBQ or snacks to keep the energy up through the match, or matches, we’ve got lots of tasty treats ready in store! If it’s kicking off with Wimbledon then maybe an afternoon tea or strawberries and cream? A BBQ for the main event… or much needed supplies for those nail biting […]

We are already preparing the Ilmington Community Shop calendar for 2022, and are seeking brilliant shots of our village, taken throughout the past year. We need entries for spring, summer, autumn AND winter, please. Send only high resolution images that are your own work and are recognisable scenes from beautiful Ilmington in the Warwickshire Cotswolds. […]