Bledington Community Shop & Cafe in Cotswold

This busy cafe is known for great coffee, friendly service and now has a lovely new cafe area. Great cakes too! Good coffee stop when on a walk in the area.

Not our first visit, but a return trip on a visit to family in neighbouring village. We were delighted to find this brilliant shop and cafe expanding to offer an even wider range of local and everyday products, but also a bigger cafe and more outdoor seating. The extension is almost finished, but the very friendly team continue to offer one of the best welcomes, great quality shopping and delicious pastries, cakes and my partner’s favourite..Cornish pasties and sausage rolls. Thank you all for the great welcome back.

I don't know why it has taken us so long to find this wonderful shop and cafe. Its success in the community speaks for itself as it is now in the process of being extended and building work is continuing apace. Meanwhile it is fully functioning and we have stopped several times, with our little dog, to enjoy coffee and snacks. The staff are so welcoming and nothing is too much trouble. Also the excellent displays of food and fresh vegetables make it impossible to leave without buying something to take home. Other Cotswold villages should take a leaf out of Bledington's book and create a similar hub in their community. Full marks to all concerned. We will return again and again. From the Oxfordshire Doglover

My family and friends discovered the wonderful Bledington Community Shop & Cafe while wandering. We enjoyed some lovely tea. The woman who were working the shop were exceptionally welcoming and helpful!

Perfect little gem in a Cotswold village serving teas coffee and cold drinks with savoury and sweet snacks. Always a warm welcome.

Charming place with great products at reasonable prices. Fantastic coffee and service. If you are looking for a great place to go, this is it!

Some of the best homemade pecan pies and cakes. Quaint n pretty, warm and friendly people. Stumbled on our walk along the country side.

Wow what an amazing find whilst out for a walk. The manager and volunteers were friendly. They made me a delicious chai latte with a large slice of homemade apple cake. The shop was full of lovely local foods and village gifts. I purchased a mug and tea towel. Will definitely be back.

A beautiful and quiet spot for a drink! We came at 9am and sat in the sun with our drinks. Friendly and speedy service. Very nice coffees, and a lovely little farmshop to look around too, where we bought some bits to take home. Thank you for a lovely morning!

This shop and café is a little gem in Bledington. My husband and I were staying close by for our anniversary, and the volunteers gave us really helpful tips about places to visit during our weekend. We popped in one evening to get some snacks and mentioned we’d probably come by for breakfast the next morning.. when we came back they’d remembered which croissants we said we like and had done some extra especially! Brilliant service, lovely produce and massive cups of tea!

Questo piccolo emporio- caffè, gestito da volontari, è una simpatica risorsa per chi si trovi in giro per le Cotswolds e giunga, quasi per caso, nel minuscolo e accogliente villaggio di Bledington. Sarete sempre accolti con un sorriso.

Sweet all-purpose shop with groceries, produce, personal products, wines, greeting cards, and more. Plus a cafe and cake shop with yummy offerings that you can enjoy in covered outdoor seating or take out. Perfect place for afternoon respite. There’s even a community cabinet for free items (see photo). Hours as of writing: Mon-Sat: 8-5 Sunday and Holidays: 9-4

Nach einer Wanderung von 8 km kehrten wir hungrig und durstig im Blendington Shop und Café ein und bestellten Pies, Kuchen, Kaltgetränke und Kaffee. Die Angestellten im Shop waren sehr freundlich und brachten uns den köstlichen Kaffee auf die Terrasse wo wir Platz genommen hatten. Alles hat sehr gut geschmeckt, insbesondere der Eton Cake und der Kaffee der aus einer lokalen Rösterei stammt. Der Bandington Shop ist ein Community Enterprise und sehr zu empfehlen.

Lovely shop and cafe. Stopped for coffee on the way out of town. Wonderful looking vegetables and bakery goods.would be a good place to get picnic items.

Called in just before 3 pm. Enough time to order before the cafe shut at 3 pm. Very nice assistant made 10 cups of tea and coffee . Good sized cups . Plenty of milk. Many thankd

Spotted the cafe while on a long bike ride around the Cotswolds. So glad I stopped! Delicious food, gorgeous hot chocolate and charming staff. The place was spotless. Definitely worth a detour to if you're in the area.

We found the Bledington Community Shop and Café very usefully situated after we had taken a long and terrifically muddy detour down to Bledington during a circular walk around Adlestrop. We were served an exceptionally delicious hot chocolate, and when it comes to hot chocolate we know what we are talking about as we order hot chocolate everywhere, in places far and wide. We both agreed that the Bledington's hot chocolate was amongst the tastiest we have ever had, so however you made it on 1st November, please don't make the smallest change to the process and ingredients! The staff of the Bledington Café also supplied us with tea, cakes and a small pizza. The café tables are in a tent which houses the Bledington Book Swap. The Bledington Community Shop and Café is a most interesting establishment, which also collects food donations for the North Cotswold Food Bank. Well worth a visit.

What a great find, locally sourced, excellent quality produce. Friendly and helpful service. we didn't use the cafe but all the cakes looked yummy.

This is a great country village shop with local produce and an unexpectedly well curated wine selection. We heard how the village worked to fund and build their community shop and cafe to give villagers and visitors a place to shop and meet. It clearly works, the place has a great vibe, with volunteers serving behind the counter and making fabulous barista coffees and homemade cakes. Popular with walkers on the Oxfordshire Way and cyclists, with good outdoor covered seating.

A community run shop/ café in a village of 400 or so. Custom-built, modern construction very close to main trainline to London (Kingham station). Had a very pleasant sausage roll and flat white coffee. All run by volunteers; started Nov 2019. Well worth a visit. And you can feel good by supporting this rural community. Win-win :)

Visited the lovely Community Shop and Cafe, where the volunteer staff were welcoming and made a great coffee. Excellent variety of food and wine so you can stock up without having to drive to a larger town. If you're nearby call in and experience country hospitality at its best.

Great Coffee, Cake & Shop..... I’ve been following the Shop on Instagram and so as we were passing, I suggested to my Husband that we popped in - glad that we did. Great coffee and homemade cakes. The Millionaires Traybake was divine. The Shop is really well stocked and has a good variety of products. The Shop is staffed by the local community, great initiative.

This splendid new community shop and cafe is well worth a visit. The coffee is really good and properly trained baristas! And some genuinely local food producers supplying the shop.

Popped into this brand new shop and cafe for breakfast with my mother in law. We had lovely warm almond croissants and fresh coffee, both were delicious and great value for money. Really love the community spirit of this place where most of the staff...

This small architect designed shop and cafe has been built and is staffed by local volunteers. It provides good coffee and snacks in a friendly environment and stocks many basic essentials as well as interesting foods from local suppliers. It's a fun place to stop...