Welcome to the Normandy Village Shop & Café

Welcome to The Normandy Village Shop & Café website.  We are a community venture, meaning that we are owned by the community, run by the community and for the benefit of the community.

Shop: Monday to Saturday 9:00am to 5:30pm
(on Saturday we close at 4pm)

Full Cafe Menu: Monday to Saturday 9am to 2pm.

Coffee Shop continues after full cafe closes until 4pm.

We’re always looking for people to work with us – there’s so much to do.

Latest News​

First Anniversary

On the 29th June, we were proud to celebrate the first anniversary of our opening. Last year we began by open ending the café three

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14 July 2024

Our Vision

Our vision is that we provide a shop and café which is owned by our community, managed by our community, for the benefit of our community. It will be a fresh, attractive and environmentally friendly focal point for the village.

We aim to sell local produce alongside everyday items to cater for your household day to day needs and to also provide those special treats!

As well as this, we provide a community meeting place that welcomes all our customers, whether they be residents or any of the many other visitors to the village, typically including running and walking groups, cyclists and dog walkers. from around the Guildford area and from further afield.

The Build

We know everyone's been waiting for the Build to complete - and it's felt like age - to us as well ! But in fact ground was only broken in May 2022 and the whole build phase took only fourteen months from start to finish.

Service & Products

We are selling a wide range of convenience store products as well as local fresh produce. Want to buy your newspaper, drop off your dry cleaning or book a delivery - these are some of the services we hope to be able to offer…

Volunteer Now

We need more volunteers TODAY! there are a wide variety of tasks you could help with. Simply email us to let us know how you can help us. Whether it's for just one hour or for more, every minute of your time will be much appreciated.

Feedback

We want to make sure we're providing you with the best service we can, and that we're providing the products you want to buy, so please email any feedback through our Contact form.

Events & Volunteer Meetings

We run regular events for our volunteers for them to get together and for us to share ideas to improve our service. We have a great set of volunteers and we'd love you to join us!

Get Involved

Do you have some spare time, do you want to make new friends? Visit this page and see what type of tasks our volunteers can do and sign up via email or look out for our updates on this website and on our Facebook site.

What is a Community Shop?

Community shops differ from normal retail shops in that they are owned by the community, run by the community and for the benefit of the community. That means that, rather than aiming to make profit for a retail organisation, they run to keep the store and cafe open and to pass on any additional profit to support other projects for the community. So, when you invest in a community shop, and use the shop and café, you are not only keeping the business going but you’re helping yourselves and your neighbours in supporting valuable local facilities.

As with many community shops and pubs, we are members of the Plunkett Foundation, who have been working with rural communities since 1919, and who have helped in establishing many of the community shops that exist today in the UK.

You can find out more about them on the Plunkett Foundation website  www.plunkett.com

Did you know we are now part of a huge family of over 370 community shops in the UK!

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