Llandegla Community Shop in Denbighshire

What a welcome sight for sore feet! We enjoyed fantastic coffee and scrumptious Victoria sponge cake when taking a well-earned break from walking Offa's Dyke Path. Damp hikers are very much welcome, and there are plenty of light lunch and calorific snack options in the lovely cafe area at the back of the shop, housed in a characterful school building. The staff are lovely, couldn't have been more helpful, and the cafe service was quick. There's a good range of essential lunch supplies in the shop, plus local produce (it's shame there wasn't enough room in my rucksack for any Welsh cheese and beer). Highly recommended! A fantastic community venture, lovingly and thoughtfully run.

Great cafe, staff lovely and friendly. great food enjoyed the breakfast and prices great too. Has handy shop aswell and lastly the BEST victoria sponge I've ever had. Will definitely be going back.

With no other places to stop for long stretches of the Walk, we came to Llandegla in heavy rain and was very glad to find this place. We had a great lunch, a good beer, got dry and could stock up on various items before moving on. Increasingly important that this place exists!

What a little hiddden gem! Such a great cafe and shop. Lovely, friendly staff and the food was generously sized and tasty. Will definitely be returnng. Well done to the community!

Great hidden gem of a cafe. Visited on a few occasions and was satisfied by the breakfast. Prices are great, and the shop is very handy too.

We never knew this place existed until we went on a random drive one day. So we ventured inside and discovered a unique and special cafe/shop, run by volunteers, who were very welcoming. It's the type of place you normally only see in fictional TV shows, but this one is real. The food is as good as homemade, the staff can tell you all about what there is to do in the local area, such as the well and the church across the road, which is well worth going in for a look (plenty to do inside too, but I won't spoil the surprise). To the community of Llandegla, you have really impressed us. We will be back :-)

It's not very often that you can experience a great community cafe and shop too as my friend and l did to today as recommended by her after we we went to the Trout farm in llanegla. You can get a very retro feeling that the young folk appreciated too when buying things from there as l witnessed today. Rock on you all in this ....

Lovely, friendly and helpful shop had everything we needed to get by and had soe lovely puzzles for sale.

Lovely lunch here today. Friendly volunteer staff. Thank you for your dedication to keeping the shop and Cafe running.

We had walked part of the Offa's Dyke path into Llandegla and came across the Community Shop. It was operating takeaway only but sat outside in the sun having a coffee and home made cake was just what we needed. Highly recommended, you can't miss it right opposite the church

Very nice shop which offers now take away coffee and biscuits. I was very happy to find a place to buy a coffee. As the weather was nice I enjoyed my coffee across the street. The staff is very friendly. Wi-Fi is also available.

Our cycling club regularly stops here when we're out from Chester. It's so good I design the routes to make sure we pass by! The staff are always welcoming and do a brilliant job of getting food and coffee out to a big group. Best sausage sandwich in the area and reasonably priced too.

During a trek down the Offa's Dyke, a fellow outdoor enthusiast and I got talking on a hilltop some 5 miles distant, to the north. He told me that there was a shop in Llandegla, which had an eatery therein. Being situated right on the Offa's Dyke trail, this was music to my ears at my route plan meant that I would be passing by around lunchtime. A great excuse to drop in during a fresh January day. Anyhow, I was very impressed with the set up. The location is in the heart oof the hamlet and cannot be missed. Contained within is a shop selling provisions, as well as a cafe. The cafe sells a wide range of fayre, including cake (my choice was the Victoria spongecake and a pot of tea. Both were excellent. The staff were lovely. In particular I had a good chat with Duncan, who is a great enthusiast. This shows in the professional way in which the premises are run. Beyoind cake, the selection includes home made hot food, a wide selection of cakes and soft drinks. Basically a high quality selection of things one would expect from a cafe. I must also say that the venue includes free wifi and has plugs where you can charge your devices. I throroughly enjoyed the visit, the chat and the experience. It only being in operation for some 3 years, the shop will not feature in Offa's Dyke guides printed pre-2017. However, in my view, this is a 'must visit' location being one of very few such places right on the path. Indeed, I was walking to Knighton and did not find any other similar places. I would recommend planning your route so that you visit the place for lunch or a cuppa or whatever. If there is camping nearby, the shop is well enough stocked to provide the provisions you need.

Excellent range of produce, not expensive like you would expect a village shop to be. Best thing about this shop are the people who work there. Made us feel so welcome we are so sad to leave

Friendly cafe and shop. Reasonable prices. Pick up a cheap book by giving a donation. Even pick up a locally made thai meal! Very much a community based operation, which locals and travellers alike can enjoy.

The northern section of Offas Dyke has few coffee shops to call at and certainly none as good as this one serviced by the local community. There were the usual rage of hot drinks and a lovely range of savouries and cakes but also a shop with food and medical provisions and ice lollies! . The voluntary staff were lovely and eally helpful and a good spot to compare notes with other walkers. A must for Offas Dykers and right on the trail!

A welcoming cafe with fresh coffee and home made cakes. Limited selection when we called but perfectly adequate. Good place behind the cafe to store your bike if you’ve cycled there. The prices are about average for coffee and cake but we were a little surprised when a modest service charge was added to the bill when we paid as we were leaving.

Nice cafe setting but found the tone and conversation delivered from an individual staff member to be borderline rude, not sure if he was trying to be funny but it was not appreciated.

The village of Llandegla is very pretty and we started our 5 mile walk from here after a visit to the well and the church. We finished our walk in the community café. They have delicious soup and scrumptious cakes and very friendly people.

This is a friendly, helpful, community-owned shop and café serving excellent tea, cakes, snack lunches and so on right on the Offa's Dyke Path. The café at the back is plain but clean and efficient; and the shop/post office at the front sells almost anything you might want part-way through a long-distance hike. Lovely. Keep up the good work!

Came here after a day mountain biking to get some milk and rolls for our weekend camping but we’re tempted by the cafe. Lovely greeting and a really personal touch, plus great cakes and coffee made this a really pleasurable experience.

A community cafe is a great idea in the first place, but to add to that the staff were absolutely lovely, the cakes delicious and the pasties enormous. Half way through an 8-hour walk on Offa's Dike we couldn't have found a bettre break point

A very relaxed morning coffee stop. I'd heard about the cafe and called in en route to Bala. What a gem. Excellent ground coffee and delicious home made scone. Friendly service and a second hand book stall to browse afterwards. It deserves to succeed.

We visited this café at the end of a lovely day's walk from Llangollen as part of our Offa's Dyke odyssey. A delightful and very welcome surprise; we knew the local pubs had closed, and had not expected to find a cup of tea anywhere nearby. The staff/volunteers were friendly and the café was active and busy with local customers. We also called in briefly at the start of our next day's walk, to pick up some provisions in the village shop.

Every time I visit I get a lovely welcome, the beans on toast are excellent, backed up by great coffee. The staff are always willing to top up water bottles etc. Excellent venture that deserves support!

My son & his friends found this place when we were camping in Llandegla. We thought we would try it for breakfast before we headed home. Fantastic breakfast, everything cooked fresh with local produce. Definitely worth a visit

Having driven through Llandegla countless times, I can't believe I missed out on this gem. It's really easy to find with a large (free) carpark nearby. The shop/cafe is run by a community of volunteers, and everyone my friend and I met today was really friendly, chatty and welcoming. They even recommended what coffee was best black, and slightly cheaper. The tea and coffee was delicious and very well priced, and the building is bright but cosy. There are crafts and second hand books for sale, and the shop was really well stocked. So impressed, and I have been waxing lyrical about it to everyone. This is now my number 1 halfway meeting point for family and friends! Diolch yn fawr. Lynne.

We were delighted to discover this gem when the local cafe was closed down and the pub was not open until the evening. Great tea and toasted sandwiches and a good selection of cakes were available. The service (all volunteers) were marvellous. Well worth the small detour

We stayed at the schoolhouse next for for 6 nights. We used the dry cleaning service, the shop and also had breakfast - this place is a real gem! Breakfast was amazing, the staff couldn't have been more helpful or friendly. We will definitely make a point of visiting again. The staff here work voluntarily so if you are passing by or through Llandegla, please pop in, if only for a coffee; this wonderful place relies on everyone's support.

We have passed through the village hundreds of times and decided to break our journey for a cake and coffee. A delightful shop run by volunteers on the path of Offas Dyke. Will definitely be stopping here again. Lovely staff.

We were travelling to west Wales when we needed to find somewhere for lunch. The shop was perfect.

After a terrible meal at the Crown we adjourned to the Community Shop where we found warm friendly staff, hot coffee and yummy cake.

This community shop and cafe was lovely. The staff were all brilliant. The stock in the shop is good and dogs even get a little treat.

Our first visit to Llandegla village centre, which is tucked away off the main road. A local saw us scrutinizing the village tourist information and notice board, and, presumably thinking that we looked a bit chill on a November afternoon, suggested that we might like to look in on the community shop which could offer a warm drink.

This really puts Llandegla on the map as one of the most enterprising villages along the Offa's Dyke Path. It was a very friendly place to stop for tea and cake as a break along the walk - but it's obviously a lively hub for many others and has a well stocked shop as well as a good menu.

We were staying next door at Bellringer's Cottage and it was extremely handy and the ladies were so nice.

A small village establishment run by volunteers. A perfect place for the fresh food and essentials, postcards, fresh local food, bread, wine, etc. and we then discovered the tea room/cafe in the back!

The shop is excellant, literally packed with everything that you would need includng and like us, those looking for supplies for a day's walking on Offa's Dyke. Fresh bread, good deli and pasties Staff were excellant and accessible opening hours. Well worth a visit.

Used the shop whilst staying in holiday cottage. Well stocked with a good range to choose from. Staff lovely,helpful and friendly service. Had lunch in the cafe good service and food. Great caramel slice.definitely recommend a visit.

Lovely little community cafe with very friendly staff. Had lovely pot of tea and thick slice of bara brith with lots of butter. Plenty of choice of cakes all locally made. Also had sandwiches, toasties and breakfasts.

We stopped here for provisions while walking the Offa's Dyke Path, and also had coffees and (excellent) cakes in the attached coffee shop. An enterprising initiative by a small village, the quality was excellent, as was the welcome we received.

Visited after cycling and got a few provisions in. Well stocked little shop. A little expensive but expected out in the sticks. Also had a little cafe which looked pleasant but did not get the chance to use as only stayed local for a night.

I dropped in there on my Offa's Dyke Path trek & couldn't have welcomed more. The lady is a very seasoned traveller herself & was just so helpful, I really appreciated it. I could leave my backpack there while I explored the town, I charged all my equipment and had the most delicious bacon & egg bap. I also bought a great piece of date & walnut cake & she gave me another sort of cake which was delicious as well. What impressed me most was the fantastic hospitality. Thanks Llandegla. Cheers, Anne - Australia.

Me and my husband visited on Sunday. A warm welcome by John, mature lady and young lady serving food. We ate and drank and chatted to the locals. The shop and tea room is run by volenteers and we had a lovely morning. Thank you will be back

As it says on the can a lovely community shop/cafe very friendly and the guy told us staff are volunteers much more personal touch .

After a walk, three of us returned to the small car park in Llandegla and found the Community cafe, just yards away. The Community shop and cafe were open in the late afternoon - great - we ordered a mix of brownies and lemon cake, with pots of tea and coffee capochino. The cakes were delicious: I bought extra brownies to take home where others enjoyed them also. The pot of tea was great, and my friends enjoyed their coffees. The shop and cafe are parts of an old school and so the cafe has a high ceiling with plenty of space.The menu includes main meals. The atmoshere was relaxing - there are settees and books to read and leave if you wish. The people who run this cafe help made the relaxing time , They were friendly, helpful, and went the extra mile, when, I had to phone a few days later to ask if anyone had picked up a ring (which I misplaced). The lady (apologies for not recalling her name) spent time looking for this ring and phoned me when the search found nothing. A day later, I found the ring in a deep pocket. Nethertheless, thank you to the cafe owners. We also bought locally made beer which had plenty of flavour. This shop/cafe is a community gem.

I'm lucky enough to live near to this lovely cafe. The smell of home made cakes greets you as does the warm welcome from the volunteers that run this none profit community owned establishment.

a new local shop and coffee shop , opened 4 weeks ago, is ran by the local villagers of Llandegla, they are all very friendly, help with local information on walks, cycle routes, B&B;'s and local pubs, resturants and campsites. The coffee shop is very inviting with and is very accomadating for those with children, well behaved dogs, and has amentities available as well,. all the cakes are produced locally and are home made with a good variety and also provide gluten free cakes too.