Adaptability to changing times ensured longevity for family business trading since 1901
Tucked away off the Market Place, Amps Wine Merchants maintains a prominent position in Oundle as the oldest family-run business in town. Originally trading from its Market Place shop as…
Bakery favourites at Cookies
In a peak-global economy, the future is localism, and is best represented by Cookies, a quintessentially British bakery in the centre of Oundle. Cookies opened in Raunds in 1995, and…
Traditional butchers are on trend
The distinctive, vintage tiled shopfront of Seven Wells Family Butchers lends reassurance this is a shop with a pedigree. In, fact, there has been a butchers on this site for…
New boys in town offer a First Class cut and shave
While there is plenty of choice for women who use hair and beauty services in Oundle, now men have a new destination for traditional men’s grooming. First Class Turkish Barbers…
A trip to Kikisams never gets old
For children growing up in Oundle over the last 20 and more years, Kikisams has long been a favourite shop filled with the magic of playtime, brimming with toys to…
Customer service is key to Coleman’s success
Colemans stationers and the Oundle Bookshop are two irreplaceable shops in Oundle. The Coleman family have been running their chain of stationery shops in Northamptonshire for 50 years. John Coleman…
Restore brings new wellness centre to Oundle
A new wellness centre at the Wharf in Oundle has opened opportunities for people to explore holistic pathways to better health and wellbeing. The Restore Wellness Centre has a suite…
Community impact award for Air Ambulance shop
In December the Oundle branch of the Air Ambulance Charity Shop received the Community Impact Award 2018 from the Air Ambulance Service for its work in the community. There are…
Barnwell village community group rallies to save shop
Amid plans for the sale of their village shop, Barnwell residents have formed the Barnwell Village Shop Community Group to investigate the feasibility of supporting, developing and sustaining a community…
New Oxfam Music and Book Shop
Oxfam’s new Books and Music shop was opened on Thursday, April 18 by Oxfam Oundle’s longest serving volunteer of 35 years, Sheila Mills, who cut the ribbon at the opening…
