A HEREFORD coffee shop has recently celebrated 20 years providing food and drink to the community.

The Tupsley Community Coffee Shop, based at Hampton Park United Reformed Church, opened on October 9, 2002.

At the time, a small group from the two churches of St Paul's C of E and Hampton Park URC decided to open the facility as somewhere for the community to gather every Wednesday morning.

It has been providing the people of Tupsley with somewhere to meet and chat ever since.

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Apart from the enforced closure during the pandemic, it has opened every Wednesday between 10am and noon at Hampton Park United Reformed Church.

It rapidly became a much appreciated facility where every Wednesday morning local residents could drop in for a cup of good coffee or tea, make and meet friends, and have a good old chat.

The shop said it has always prided itself on its welcoming and relaxed atmosphere.

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Hilary Ellis, who was one of the original team and still helps at the shop said: "When we started, we never dreamed that it would be so popular and it is so rewarding to see that it continues to be so much appreciated by the local community"