Hesket Newmarket Community Shop

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Welcome to our community shop

If you’d like to get involved, we’d love to hear from you!

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The Hesket Newmarket Shop Society are very proud to have raised the money to buy our village shop, and save the business and building for the community.

Thanks to the hard work and incredible support of our shareholders, our community, our funders and investors the dream has finally become a reality.

We took over the management of the shop and post office in early February 2026, and plan to open our tearoom this spring. In the meantime, we’re serving fresh coffee and hot pies to go.

We’re open 8-5.30pm Monday to Friday, and 8-1pm on Saturday.

The Post Office hours are 9-5.30pm Monday to Friday, and 9-1pm on Saturday.

Our next event is the Hesket Food Fair on Saturday 16th of May 10am to 4pm in collaroration with our friends at The Old Crown and The Brewery.

You can support our community by:

Buying from the shop and using the post office

Donating to the Society

Volunteering in the shop, post office or tearoom

Joining or supporting the Management Committee to steer the development of the business

This is your shop — and together, we’ve made it happen!

Public meetings

We have had 10 public meetings since the beginning of the project. Catch up with all of them here:

2024

Meeting 1 (March), Meeting 2 (April), Meeting 3 (May), Meeting 4 (June), Meeting 5 (August), Meeting 6 (October), Meeting 7 (December).

2025

Meeting 8 (February) , Meeting 9 (April), AGM June 2025, Meeting 10 (November).

Meet our community

Pat

Pat is a retired teacher and is heavily involved in many aspects of village life, frankly a lot of us do not know if she ever sleeps!

Read Pat’s story

Diane

Diane has worked in the shop for over 27 years. She is Hesket’s very own font of all knowledge, and true friend to everyone.

Read Diane’s story

Diane

Diane has been delivering letters for 30 years having started in this area on April 5^th 1995 and she really loves her job.

Read Diane’s story

As the saying goes ‘you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’.

We need your support to ensure this vital lifeline stays open and remains a service to both locals and tourists. All money raised via donations, shares and fundraising will go towards securing this vital community asset.

Get involved

There are plenty of ways you can get involved. You could buy some shares, offer your skills, share your ideas, volunteer or donate. Every small act will take us a step closer to keeping a shop in our community.