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Looking for somewhere to grab a light bite, we came across this amazing little community run cafe/shop. Delicious light bites - cakes, tea cakes, even had a couple of gluten free options. Friendly and helpful servers and lovely and quiet

Super yummy pasties! Make sure you get there as they open as they sell out fast! Run by volunteers

Super selection of local food plus post office. Great cakes and coffee and brilliant service from community volunteers - lovely location with great walks adds to the charm of this place

We were staying in the village and popped in to the shop for some milk and stopped for a lovely coffee and cakes. Staff well volunteers were all friendly and helpful. We loved how this was community run and great value

Great pasties, ice cream and the lovely, lovely people that volunteer to run it. What more could you want as a visitor to Llanmadoc? Thank you Hot and Bothered ladies.

What a fantastic little shop this is. Such a great range of stock and the volunteer staff are wonderful. A real asset to the village. Be sure to make a contribution.

I've been to Fishguard for years and find it a miserable place, harried by traffic throughout. The Art Gallery shows virtually one artist- does he own the place? Worst of all, unique in my experience, the Public Toilets charge 40p - in this impoverished town. Only one good thing- The Gourmet Pig- a delicious rabbit and bacon pie and many surprising delicacies. Move on to Newport!

A limited range of food, but all locally sourced and good. Pasties, cakes, scones and of course Welsh cakes. Limited indoor seating. Friendly staff and a great location. Some off road parking at the back

Really friendly staff, all social distancing observed. A good range of home cooked food, and supplies, well priced, good parking, ideal for the hungry walker, and locals alike. I can highly recommend a visit.

Great little store with variety of snacks, fruit and cakes etc, easy to park in foreground....not expensive...great little s top before heading to the rest of the Gower and excellent beaches.

A much welcome stop on a cold and windy bike ride at this community run shop/cafe/Post Office. The staff are volunteers and very friendly and the cakes and pasties are made locally. There is an eco friendly ethos too so ticks lots of boxes in my book.

Wonderful home cooked food in a lovely location served by local volunteers Excellent range of local produce in the small shop

Sought this out, as love community run ventures, this no exception. Warm welcome for food, home made cakes, supplies. Helpful information, great video of area, plus viesw over bay, brilliant

Was pleasantly surprised to find the shop in the village when we arrived. We stayed in this gorgeous village for a week and with the nearest supermarket at least 20 mins away this was perfect. Ran by the community it was buzzing and had all you need for a week away. Lots of local produce and staples. Also acts as a coffee shop and was always buzzing. We even passed one evening and they must have had something on. Lovely people and a great thing to do, especially in a village to keep people connected.

A great little community shop well stocked and nice to see the locals involved, the cakes looked good but didn’t sample on this occasion

A curious little place, charming with lovely staff, perfect to grab a few essentials. Great selection of welsh cheeses and incredible scones that were almost as big as our faces.

Great selection of lovely homemade cakes and pasties. Plus pretty much everything else you might need

Nice village run shop and coffee shop. Plenty of homemade cakes and light snacks. Seating inside or outside . Dogs allowed in the seating area outside.

Great little community shop, small but got most essentials including papers, bread and milk and run by volunteers

We came across the Llanmadoc Community Shop while driving through the village on the way to Cwn Ivy and Whiteford Sands. Luckily the sun was shining so we were able to site outside and enjoy our tea and cake. Really friendly and welcoming staff, and a great selection of homemade cakes. Good value and a really nice to stop. Definitely recommend.

While we were holidaying in Llanmadoc we used the Community Shop almost daily. Staff were friendly and helpful and the cake was excellent! Good local

Called in for afternoon tea and was very impressed. Welcoming staff and a great selection of homemade cakes and teas, coffees, hot chocolate or cold drinks. The tea room is inside a very well-stocked village shop, selling lots of fresh, local products- including, meat, veg, eggs, honey, alcohol, etc. Parking on the road outside. An absolute gem- highly recommended!

Locally run by villagers. Home made pasties, cakes etc. and local produce. Outside or inside seating. Always enjoyable.

Called into this shop twice whilst on holiday on the Gower. First time just to buy some local veg and ice cream. Second time for coffee and cake (actually our intention was to have had a cream tea but they'd run out). Veg and ice creams were excellent. So were coffee and cake. But to crown it all fresh scones arrived whilst we were having our coffee. Scones looked so good and big we had them to take away so had our cream tea. Couldn't fault this shop excellent home made food and great friendly atmosphere. A must visit when on the Gower.

Went there three times whilst walking the WCP. We had morning coffee and afternoon tea. Both were amazing and great value. Good produce. Charming staff who are genuinely happy to serve you. It's a great model To turn around the death of the high street. Congratulations.

What a gem. Wonderful community run shop with a warm welcome and very reasonable prices.

Popped in for a few groceries and decided to stay for coffee. Lovely selection of homemade cakes and savoury pasties also cream teas at reasonable prices. Lovely tables outside where we enjoyed the sunshine and village ambience, wonderful staff who are all local volunteers.

A great additional to the village particularly as it is run by volunteers. A great range of available products.

Worth a detour for lunch or a cup of tea and homemade Welsh cakes- they are made from a family recipe passed down through generations. They are not too sweet. You can get pies and pasties too. The shop is staffed by volunteers all willing to chat and tell you the best places to visit. Long may it continue.

We visited the shop for a cup of tea and could not have been more delighted with the welcome, the tea and the scrumptious cake. Even the dogs were given the most wonderful attention and treats!

What a wonderful find! A local shop run by volunteers selling as much local produce as possible. The home made pasties and cakes are amazing.

Great little shop and cafe. Stopped here for a cuppa and a cheese and leek pasty (can recommend those!). Nice range of home made postcards for sale. Quite a revelation.

Amazing facility in a remote corner of beautiful Gower. Run by welcoming, friendly & helpful volunteers it serves good (not posh) coffee and excellent cakes alongside various other food. Plus there is a well stocked (for the location) shop and post office plus clean accessible loo with baby changing facilities. It shows what a community can do if it works together and is 100% worth a visit and your support.

Homemade cakes are amazing, all local produce sold here as well as branded items and a part time post office, joes ice cream too. amazing little place run by volunteers.

Whilst camping in the local area I used this shop several times to stock up on the essentials and also for having something to eat and drink from the café. Excellent value cream teas, £3.25 for two fresh scones, cream and jam and a pot of tea. A great little hub of the community.

Always offers a warm welcome and a refreshing cuppa and cake or snack after a long walk. Friendly volunteer staff and superb home baked cakes on offer. Is also a quite well stocked shop for the essentials.

Went to the shop to pick up a few supplies, it stocks just the basics but we found what we needed. Had an excellent coffee and cake and sat outside. They obviously have a very good cake maker and the volunteers were happy and helpful.

This is a community shop that operates on reduced hours. Not open at all on Sundays. It is also a cafe selling tea and cakes. You can purchase very basic foodstuffs from here and local craft beer and cider. Considering that the nearest shop is nearly five miles distant I feel it could stock more goods but I guess they know their market

We popped in for coffee and cakes and couldn't have been more pleased with the fare. My partner had a superb coffee and walnut cake and I had the best Bakewell tart I have ever eaten !

Excellent little village store friendly staff nice choice of produce local and more mainstream bits and peices good choice of local beers and ciders, serves coffee and tea and very nice generous portions of home made cakes

Tasty homemade food. Very handy for supplies of camping nearby. Friendly staff who I think are volunteers nice local art for sale

We needed a couple of items and bought some tasty curried vegetable pasties to eat while on our walk. Cakes looked lovely and are made locally. Parking spaces are at the back and there are some tables and chairs at the front. Staff ere friendly and helpful. A good community enterprise!

A nice place to stop for coffee . There are few other options in the area most days. Proper ground coffee and very tasty. Well recommended

super village shop, includes home made and home grown produce very helpful staff includes a cafe for better weather times!"!

A smallish community cafe that provides quality homemade food.If you are on a budget,you may find prices are a little high.Later in the day,fresh food (pasties,cake etc)could run out,so visit early.A friendly atmosphere with views overlooking the Loughor estuary.Ample seating inside,with outside seating at the front and around the back for better views.

We stopped here for a coffee after walking over the common from Llangenith. We received a warm welcome from the volunteers who run the shop, and ending up breaking our 'no cake today' vow within seconds of spying the table laden with homemade produce. We also ended up taking home a bag of welshcakes...thank you - we will be back!

Good for a small village shop. Friendly staff. Stocks a reasonable range, but don't expect a supermarket.

You will be spoilt for choice when you visit the Shop, in good weather you can sit outside as we did with our dog. The Bakewell tart is excellent.

This is a fine example of what can be done by residents of a small village who show adventure, creativity and willingness to serve. This shop, post office and tearoom has everything one would need to avoid going to the supermarket some miles away.

A superb community shop. The staff were very welcoming and friendly. There is a good range of groceries and local organic veg and ale/ciders as well as a lovely tea room within the shop. The cream tea and gluten-free coconut macaroon were delightful.

So good we kept returning .... good food at a reasonable price and everyone was so lovely also a post office and you could pick up anything you may need very handy Thanks

The shop is the only one in the village. Thus it has been most handy. Everything one needs from a local shop plus homemade cake. Run by friendly locals in the middle of the village.

What a little treasure we found! Fantastic choice of cakes but also many savoury items available to buy and eat in with a lovely view across the hills to the sea and also a very good shop. Nothing was too much trouble, very friendly staff.

The perfect stop for a fresh cuppa and slice (huge!) of homemade cake. I had coconut & lime, partner had rich fruit cake. Generous pot of tea, plenty of hot water. Easy to park. Friendly welcome

Dropped in after a long shoreline walk. Great tea and homemade cake but so much more. Staffed by village volunteers this cafe / shop / post office caters for all tastes, local and visitors alike. Well worth checking out.

Excellent choice of homemade cakes including one gluten free. Fresh products- bought 5 minute old rhubarb!A refreshing cuppa after the climb up from the beach!Friendly staff.

Really lovely shop and cafe with such a nice community feel. The cakes were all homemade and delicious as well. Very impressive when you consider they are all volunteers who run it, they do a great job.

A local shop and cafe run by volunteers from the community. An excellent selection of cakes but if you want to try the pies and sausage rolls you apparently have to get there early; we arrived early afternoon hoping to get a bit of lunch and there was only sweet stuff on offer (the scones were sublime though!)

Nice local and fresh food on offer, as well as a full cafe with tasty looking cakes. Community run by volunteers, very welcoming

had eaten here a few years ago so when I returned to Llanmadoc I wanted to try again. Sadly it looked as if they had closed down. However I quickly discovered that in fact they had moved and I was able to share this little gem with my family.The staff are very welcoming. The cakes are to die for and there are all sorts of other goodies to be had. definitely worth a stop

When a community helps to run a local shop it gives it a special atmosphere and that is what we found here. Good humour, helpfulness and a well stocked shop including fresh vegetables and yummy cake. Post Office too. We enjoyed our coffee on the front in the sunshine.

Well done to all the folk who make this so welcoming, spotlessly clean and well-stocked with local produce and homemade cakes and essentials- likeike local veg and locals beers??? The hot drinks and cakes are very welcome before, during or after a walk. Handy too to have a Post Office. came a couple of years ago and it has improvrd even more.

Called here to buy a forgotten birthday card and could not believe how well stocked this shop was. From dry ingredients to locally produced vegetables, eggs etc .It is totally run by volunteers and the two people serving could not have been more helpful. Card purchased also bought home made sausage roll which was delicious ( wish I had bought more)Also have an outdoor seating area so you could eat your way through the array of delicious looking homemade cakes and drink a cup of tea or coffee.Well used by locals and visitors and plenty of walkers.Deserves to succeed and be well supported.

Called in while waiting for the bus following a coast path walk. Friendly staff. Cafe with excellent cakes and sandwiches as well as shop selling some local produce.

My boyfriend and I popped by the shop to have a pastry but unfortunately it was very late and they'd all gone. Instead, we bought vegetables and we were allowed to make our own salads. We desperately wanted to stay for desert and the cakes looked delicious. Pierre got a delicious peanut butter and chocolate cake when I had one of the best scones ever! Thanks to all the wonderful team and in particular to Christine for her enthusiastic, very kind and warm temper! We'll be back!

Excellent village shop and post office with wide range of fresh food and vegetables. Nice little area to eat one of their excellent cakes with a good cup of tea or coffee and very adequate parking to the rear.

Dropped in for coffee and cakes - nice little cafe area, excellent cakes and cafetier of coffee with hot water to top up so 3+ cups each worth.Tight entry to car park with telegraph pole!Support the local community - give it a try.

This little community shop is a little treasure tucked away in a side road in Llanmadoc, a small village on the Gower peninsula. It's not a place for meals, but great for tea and scones, a friendly chat and soaking up the local atmosphere (gossip!).I am slightly biased because my mother-in-law sometimes "works" there - I'm going to get into SO much trouble for those quotation marks!

Support this lovely community run cafe. Staffed by local people. Friendly atmosphere. It's a great place to meet people but has limited opening hours.

I would defenitely recommend this shop/ cafe in the village of Llanmadoc. The have a good selection of groceries, fruit, cards, gifts etc. and a splendid selection of home made cakes. The staff couldn't be more helpful, and we enjoyed a well earned afternoon tea after a long walk.

Lovely coffee, and superb cake!! Run by local volunteers,really friendly, and a great local amenity.

Delightful, so pleased to find this shop in the heart of the village . Thoroughly enjoyed our coffee , and we selected a coffee , walnut slice of cake from their extensive range of home made cakes . Purchased home made welsh cakes to take with us . Most impressed with the commitment and friendly welcome extended to us by the staff , would whole heartedly recommend a visit there

This community shop is friendly and serves simple but wonderfull refreshments alongside a shop and post office. Great commitment to local produce which I like. Some of the staff volunteers are bilingual so nice for my family to be able to converse in welsh. The free wifi is as good as you will get in rural Gower.

Stumbled upon this place after seeing their adverts for cream teas on the way. Parked at the bottom of the lane and walked up. What a great place. We had a cream tea each for £7. Home made scones and Tiptree jam. Best cup of tea I had had in ages and lots of hot water for a top up. Cakes looked lovely. Run by the community and its a Post Office and little shop with lots of goodies.

Lovely local shop run by local people. Well worth a visit even just for the cake !It stocks most things you need when camping, basic food stuffs but loads of locally grown veg and home baked breads.

After being let down by the Cwm Ivy Cafe (they were shut when being advertised as open), we came across the Llanmadoc Community Shop. What a brilliant find! They served the most wonderful cup of tea, and had an amazing of top quality cakes to choose from - we were spoilt for choice. The staff (or perhaps volunteers) were very friendly and the service was excellent. Two cups of tea and two slices of first class cake came to just over £5 - fantastic value for money.

Great to see a community shop in the Village. We supported it by buying locally made marmalade and pasties pizzamilk etc.

This really was a fantastic find, situated in the village of Cwm Ivy a short walk from the Whiteford Sands car park. The shop has a few spaces in its car park to the rear or otherwise you can park on the road outside. The shop, which is run as a village enterprise sells a variety of locally grown and brewed produce at very reasonable prices. The Welsh Cakes were certainly the cheapest I have seen. They also have a café with an excellent selection of cakes (I recommend the Peanut Butter Tiffin) including gluten free, with hot and cold drinks. You can either sit inside the café to eat or in the small garden outside watching the world go by.

This is a shop with Post Office and Tea room run by the local community. The shop has all the essentials you will need and also has parking at the back of it. The Tea room serves lovely homemade cakes which you will only want to keep going back for. We would have had one of their cream teas but we kept getting back from our walks too late and they had either run out or had closed. Teapot size very generous had lots of cups of tea from ours also seating outside as well as inside. Very helpful and friendly would highly recommend.

This shop is right in the centre of the village, very friendly and you can have a coffee whilst picking up a few essentials, buying stamps, posting letters, buying plants etc, it was lovely.

A visit to the Llanmadoc community shop is a must not just because it sells all the essentials you might need on a holiday in Gower or to have a nice coffeee but also because the people who run it as a coop are a good example of what the future of business could be: ethical, profit optimising rather than profict maximising, social and set up to serve the community. Well done to the people of Llanmadoc!

Lovely home made cakes & proper tea ! such a selection to choose fromIdeal for walkers but maybe if your driving parking a problem when busyShop worth a look around too staff very helpful

Community shops are usually fantastic places to grab a cake and a cuppa and this was certainly no exception to the rule. There is parking for a few cars round the back, but it's a tight squeeze due to a telegraph pole that should be moved. There must have been a dozen options ranging from bakewells to lemon marscapone cake to almond and rhubarb slice, all of which looked fresh and tempting. There was plenty of seating either inside or out front in the small garden. A pot of tea, a caffetiere of coffee and 2 cakes was c£7. The shop has a good selection of provisions, but they had run out of fresh bread and were waiting for the delivery van to arrive the afternoon I visited. The shop is also a post Office, but this is mornings only.

This is a lovely cafe and village shop run by volunteers. Mid afternoon on Bank Holiday Monday there was a good selection of locally home made cakes and pasties. Service was excellent and volunteers friendly and helpful providing useful advice on local walks and car parking.

Bought ice cream and some locally made cake, lovely. modern shop lay out with local produce, friendly staff.

If there is a better place in Wales to stop for tea and home-made buns I'd like to know where it is. Beautiful location, great simple food, and friendly helpful volunteer staff. Simply put, it couldn't be better.

Driving through the beautiful Gower Peninsula I came across this cafe/shop completely by chance. Friendly and clean with a marvellous view from the back windows. The atmosphere was welcoming and although I only stopped for the local Joes ice cream I could see the shelves were stocked with high quality foods and the coffee and cakes looked tempting. Would definitely return and highly recommend. Must be a huge boon to nearby campers and caravaners.

I love just done the road from this shop, and the staff, Beverages and food are absolutely wonderful!! And it suits all the of times I need!

Been to the community shop on 2 occasions both independently and as part of a group of cyclists. Very well run shop and cafe, run by volunteers who were very helpful, informative and friendly. Cafe and shop very reasonably priced, lovely views of the gower coast and a very friendly atmosphere.

No visit to Llanmadoc or the local area is complete without a visit to the village's community shop-cum-café. And you must sample the cafe's home-made cakes and pastries. Marvellous!

It's this kind of community spirit that brings people together. The food is homemade and excellent. The tea room is lovely and the staff friendly...well done Llanmadoc!

I visited here whilst working down the road, we had some lovely real coffee and nice cake, all a very good price, a nice selection of cakes too! the staff where friendly and welcoming!!

We called in for coffee as we were passing through the village and were most impressed by the quality of the cakes on display and the coffee served. The cafe area has a distant view of the north Gower coast and the lovely ladies working there provided a friendly service. The shop sells basic supplies as well as a small but excellent range of quality local produce which make good gifts for visitors to take home - eg laverbread and barra brith.

A super find to enjoy local and other produce. Coffee and a varied choice of cake to be enjoyed in this convivial Post Offce, general store with local information available

Great views from the community shop, homemade cakes, pasties, groceries, tea and coffee and the post office! we love it here.

WOW!! What an amazing find. Stopped in Llanmadoc to visit the 13th century church and saw a sign for cream teas. Friendly, helpful ladies served us with one of the best cream teas I've had in a long while, and I'm from Devon!! A small shop accompanies the post office and tea room and stocks a delightful array of local goodies. It was an absolute delight to spend time here.

An old shop moved to a new location with great views overlooking the estuary there are teas & coffee available but if you visit you have to try some of the various amazing cakes on offer all made locally with most just a couple of doors down just don't be in a hurry. The shop also sells a great deal of local produce at reasonable prices well worth a stop off.

This volunteer-run shop, with café and post-office, is a fantastic example of community spirit and the village is right to be proud of it. It had a lovely atmosphere, and the staff were very friendly. The home-made produce (pasities, sausage rolls, sandwiches, cake) was delicious. We bought ours to take-away for lunch and they happily put it straight into our lunchboxes to avoid wasting take-away packaging which would only have gone straight in the bin. The post-office is open for an hour a day and money can be withdrawn there, which is useful considering the lack of cashpoints on the Gower. I'm so pleased we discovered this wonderful place, and I hope to return there in the future.

A great community run cafe and shop. We were made very welcome. The cafe is very clean and well run by the ladies who work there. It is a fairly new building and has a very pleasant feel to it. great freshly baked cakes.

Called here twice and bought a few things. Particularly liked the homemade pasties, which were made by local village folks. Attractive looking cakes too .Friendly volunteers’ serving