Hesket Newmarket Community Shop

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**We need your help to keep our shop and Post Office open!**

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Our well used and popular shop in Hesket Newmarket is facing changing times.

Our village shop and post office in Hesket Newmarket is in danger of closing due to the retirement of the current owner and subsequent sale of the premises.

In the present climate it is unlikely that anyone would buy it as a going concern, our dilemma being that this valuable asset would then be lost to the community.

There has been a shop and post office in the village for about 200 years, but if we don’t do something about it quickly, we risk it being lost to us forever!

Facts and figures

Our Business Plan sets out the funding requirements and financial projections for the next 5 years.

Business Plan

Public meetings 2024

We have had 5 public meetings since the beginning of the project. Catch up with all of them here:

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

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. The Society opens for membership via our Share Offer on Tuesday 18th June. 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.