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The Award Winning Lion Corner Shop
The Lion Corner Community Shop, run by the community for the community, is located on the site of the former Lion Public House in Abberton & Langenhoe.
Opening Hours are:
Monday to Friday: 8.00am – 6.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday: 9.00am – 12.00pm
Bank Holiday opening is usually the same as a Sunday. The shop is closed on Christmas Day.
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Post Office:
The Post Office provides a visiting service each Friday afternoon at the Lion Corner Community Shop from 1.30pm - 3.30pm. This provides a full counter service, with the exception of dealing with Passport Applications.
Books of First Class and Second Class stamps are available for purchase from the Lion Corner Commuity Shop during opening hours.
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The shop is staffed by Volunteers. If you are interested in joining us please email volunteeralcs@gmail.com. The shop is run by Abberton & Langenhoe Community Benefit Society.
The Shop:
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maintains the product range of most convenience shops
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provides a welcoming community hub for the village
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helps to reduce social isolation
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provides voluntary work opportunities for village residents of all ages and capabilities.
The shop stocks a range of groceries, toiletries, cleaning products, pet foods, greetings cards, stationery and sweets. It sells fresh bread and cakes, eggs, fresh vegetables and salad items, chilled foods, frozen foods, soft drinks, sandwiches and snacks, wines, spirits and beers.
Many of our products are locally sourced. Coffee and tea is also available to purchase to take-away.
Newspapers also can be ordered for collection from the shop. If you wish to do this, please download our form and bring it to the shop. Find out more >>
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RESIDENTS OF ABBERTON AND LANGENHOE ARE INVITED TO
APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS OR
ACTIVITIES
Funding for Community Projects
RESIDENTS OF ABBERTON AND LANGENHOE ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES .
THE LION CORNER COMMUNITY SHOP WINS 2 AWARDS
The good work of volunteers at The Lion Corner Community Shop in Abberton and Langenhoe has recently been recognised at 2 award ceremonies. The Lion Corner Community Shop won the Employment and Training Category at the Denbury Plunkett Community Awards, a regional event held in Norfolk on 18 October 2022. The shop has recruited and trained more than 50 volunteers, given work experience to pupils at Langenhoe Community Primary School and work experience and opportunities to older school pupils, including volunteer experience as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
The Lion Corner Community Shop was chosen as one of 3 finalists in the national Plunkett and North Barnes Farm in partnership with Welbeck Land and Eton College Rural Community Business Awards ‘Volunteering’ category. They were awarded a well-justified Certificate at a ceremony at St Martin in the Fields, London on 18 November 2022.
VISIT BY LORD LIEUTENANT OF ESSEX TO LION CORNER COMMUNITY SHOP ON 30 APRIL 2022
Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst, visited the Lion Corner Community Shop in Abberton and Langenhoe on Saturday 30 April 2022 to meet the volunteers who run it.
Chairman of the Management Committee, Dr Simon Dougherty MBE, said: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant to the Lion Corner Community Shop to meet the volunteers who so generously give so much of their time to the shop. We are all very proud of the shop which, in addition to providing a convenient location for villagers and others from the local area to do their shopping, also provides a very important local community hub, thereby reducing loneliness and providing much support to local residents. We are indebted to the volunteers who work so hard to ensure that we open every day of the week, including Saturdays with a half day on Sundays.”
NEW DEFIBRILLATOR IN ABBERTON & LANGENHOE
Thanks to Abberton and Langenhoe Parish Council for kindly providing a Defibrillator for public use at all times. It has been installed outside the entrance to the Community Shop.
The cabinet has a coded lock to keep it secure. As the Defibrillator has been registered with the East of England Ambulance Service, the code to open the cabinet is available by dialling 999 and asking for Ambulance. During the opening hours of the Lion Corner Community Shop, the code is also available from the staff in the shop. The Defibrillator is completely automatic and very easy to use – you just have to follow the clear voice prompts.
This is the second Defibrillator in Abberton & Langenhoe – the other one is located outside Abberton & District Cricket Club at the far end of Fingringhoe Road, Langenhoe.
FROM PUB TO COMMUNITY SHOP
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Lion Corner Community Shop opened in October 2020. We need many unpaid volunteers to help in the shop on a regular basis and we ask you to apply. Full induction and training will be provided to successful applicants.
Volunteers are needed to assist in serving customers, general cleaning, maintenance, collecting produce from our suppliers and other important roles.
The Lion Corner Community Shop:
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stocks the product range of most convenience shops
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provides a welcoming community hub for the village
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helps to reduce social isolation
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provides voluntary work opportunities for village residents of all ages and capabilities
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is run by trained volunteers
Please contact Maggie Dougherty on volunteerALCS@gmail.com for an application form. If you need further information, please call Maggie on 07762 568 468.
You can find us at:
1 Lion Corner, Mersea Road, Langenhoe CO5 7LF
Call us: 07708 403292
