Chipping Sodbury Tourist Information Centre

06/11/2026

Good morning, Chipping Sodbury!

On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of meeting Dom & Lydia from Prime Furniture Bristol, based in our friendly neighbouring town of Yate!

They're raising money & awareness for men's mental health charities Andys Man Club & Yate Men's Shed. Seeing as we don't have a dedicated furniture shop with us we thought it would be good to showcase them & raise awareness for their cause.

£15 from every sofa & bed sold is going towards their fund & they are also holding an in-house raffle & bake sale on Saturday 28th November, before embarking on a marathon where 4 of them will be carrying a sofa the full distance of 26 miles on Sunday 29th November! The link to their fundraiser will be in the comments. They're also asking people to write a message on a little heart that will go in their window. Raffle tickets are £1 or £5 a strip.

Dom, the owner, started Prime Furniture from his home garage during Covid selling his own furniture & sourcing preloved items to upcycle, before moving to a warehouse in Bedminster for 2 years. They then moved to Yate Shopping Centre in June 2023.

Lydia is someone many of you will recognise as she used to run Ice n Easy that sadly left our high street. Lydia took a year out & is now the social media manager & has been with Prime Furniture for just over a year. They also have another member of staff called Scott.

They specialise in lounge & bedroom furniture, along with preloved upcycycled furniture, too. Their beds are made to order here in the UK & their sofas are sourced from the same suppliers as the big home furniture stores but without the price.

They're open Monday - Saturday, from 10am - 4pm.

Thanks for your support & always liking our posts, it was lovely to meet you both, we think your shop is fantastic & we wish you all the best for your fundraiser. Good luck & don't forget to pivot - Pivot!! (Little Friend's joke there 😅)

Have a good day, everyone. 😊

05/11/2026

Good morning, Chipping Sodbury!

Please scroll down & see the below post from our Chipping Sodbury Clock Tower Fund regarding our "Question of Time" quiz night that was held last Sunday at our town hall. Please do like & share the post, too. Thank you.

It was an absolutely brilliant night & we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. It was brilliant to see so many of our fantastic townspeople taking part & the sense of community was really strong & lovely to see.

We'd like to thank Jo Cox from Toodle Pip Media & our fabulous The Boot Inn, Chipping Sodbury for inviting me along & being part of their team, it was such a fun night. Please read the post to see the fantastic amount that was raised. 🤗

We're open until 4pm today, 10am - 4pm Friday, & 10am - 2pm on Saturday.

Have a great day, everyone. 😊

04/11/2026

Good evening, Chipping Sodbury!

Yesterday, we popped along to see our new business that opened this week; Broad Store!

Based in what was Ian's Fruit & Veg on Broad Street that had been left empty for a while, we met business owner Shvan & staff member Firhs.

Shvan is from Bristol & has lived here since a child after coming here on his own fleeing the war in Iraq in the early 2000s. Shvan is a South Gloucestershire registered taxi driver by night & also owns a similar shop in Bristol along with a successful restaurant, too.

Broad Store is a modern convenience store selling a wide range of snacks & drinks, toiletries, cleaning products, bread, milk, eggs & a large selection of vapes. They also plan on selling a large selection of fresh fruit & veg once their outside racks are ready that will go on the pitchings outside their shop.

Shvan is well aware of the history of our town & the reputation that some of these types of businesses can bring. They will not be selling alcohol & have had specific training regarding the selling of ni****ne products & energy drinks to minors, & will be operating a strict identification policy to anyone they suspect may be underage. They've been visited & briefed by our local Police, & are well aware of their responsibilities & expectations of our townspeople.

The refit of the shop has been done superbly & it is now very bright & spacious inside. They even repainted the shop front last minute, from the original colour of yellow they were going to have, to a shade of grey that they felt was more suitable & in keeping with the other shops in our great historical market town.

Their opening hours are Monday - Saturday from 8am - 10pm, & they will be experimenting with Sunday hours going forward to cater for demand.

We welcome Shvan & Firhs to our town & we wish them all the best! 🤗

Good night, everyone. 😊

04/11/2026

Good morning, Chipping Sodbury!

We're open from 10am - 1pm today & our Chipping Sodbury TIC & St John's Church Christmas cards are selling extremely well, so well that we've ordered another 50 packs! Depending on how well they continue to sell will determine whether we order any more, so if you want to ensure you have some, please do come & get them sooner rather than later, to avoid disappointment.

Our Chipping Sodbury 2027 calendars are also selling extremely well. Priced at £7 each or 2 for £12, once they're gone, they're gone, so do also pop in & get yours while you can.

We're sure you've all seen the absolutely stunning poppy cascade that currently adorns our fabulous The Moda House. 5836 individual poppies were embroidered by Jo & her customers from our fantastic The Wool Cellar with the aim of raising money for the Royal British Legion. We have a QR code & a donation bucket for any of you who would like to make a donation, thank you. 🙏

Have a great day, everyone. 😊

03/11/2026

Good evening, Chipping Sodbury!

Earlier today we visited a fellow Tourist Information Centre in Chepstow!

The Chepstow TIC, Chepstow Tourist Information Centre, is run by the local council & sits in a purpose built building just outside the town centre, that was built in the early 1990s & sits at the foot of Chepstow Castle & next to the Chepstow Museum. We met Leah, who also runs her own homemade ceramic business that can be found here Leah Roberts (on Instagram), & Louise, who were both lovely & friendly & made us feel very welcome.

They kindly displayed some of our Chipping Sodbury leaflets & we took some of theirs that are now on display in our TIC, next to our friends in Visit Tetbury, Visit Cirencester - Local Information Centre & Chippenham Museum.

They open 6 days a week but adjust their hours over the winter. They open Mon -Sat from 10.30am - 4.30pm from 1st April - 31st October, & from 10.30am - 3pm from 1st November - 31st March. They have a great selection of souvenirs & tourist information & an in-house cafe, as well! They get many tourists & a large majority come from the USA, Australia, France & Germany.

Leah & Louise didn't want their picture taken, which we respect, but it was lovely to meet you both & we'll see you again next year when we'll revisit to explore the wider town & museum. 😊

We then went to Chepstow Castle Castell Cas-gwent / Chepstow Castle & met a lovely lady called Eleanor, who managed to get us in without a fee so that we could take some photos. 🤗

Chepstow is a Norman Castle built in 1067 & it was absolutely magnificent! We couldn't fit the photos on our Instagram post, but you can find them here.

Thanks for your time, too, Eleanor, it was lovely to meet you & visit the Chepstow TIC & Castle & we now have some new friends as part of our TIC networking initiative that we will continue next year!

Have a good evening, everyone. 😊

29/10/2026

Good morning, Chipping Sodbury!

We're open until 4pm today & we have a donation bucket available that is raising funds towards this amazing Poppy Cascade produced by our fabulous The Wool Cellar, now on show at our glamorous The Moda House, Chipping Sodbury!

It looks absolutely stunning, so a huge shout-out goes to Jo & everyone who helped create this beautiful masterpiece in memory of those who came before us & sacrificed their lives so that we can live ours. All proceeds will go towards the Royal British Legion. 🙏

Have a great day, everyone. 😊

28/10/2026

Good evening, Chipping Sodbury!

Last Saturday, 24th October, we went along to the Halloween disco that was arranged by our fantastic The Salon, Chipping Sodbury & hosted by our fabulous The Old Bank Hotel Chipping Sodbury!

The event was organised to raise money towards our "Preserving our Time" Chipping Sodbury Clock Tower Fund, & we have to say what a fantastic success it was!

We had Party Peeps - Children's Party Entertainment in charge of the disco, which the children loved, there was face painting by Jo Jo's facepainting, Halloween sweets & knick-knacks & an amazing raffle with prizes donated by our fabulous local businesses arranged & coordinated by Amy from our beautiful The Sodbury Florist!

The weather was awful, so we really weren't expecting it to be as busy as it was, so thank you to everyone who braved the weather & came along, & dressed up for the occasion, too, it really was a great evening & everyone looked fantastic! 🤗 🎃 👻 🧙‍♀️ 🕷 🕸

Altogether, an absolutely incredible amount of £2140 was raised for our fund! We are absolutely blown away by this & we really weren't expecting anywhere near this figure! 🤗 🙏

We'd like to thank Stacy, Chloe, Millie & Lily from the Salon for organising the event & being the 1st to come to us offering help, Amy from our Sodbury Florist, Party Peeps, Jo Jo's facepainting, & finally Derek & Fiona from the Old Bank Hotel for giving us their space for free. Thank you to all of you for putting on an absolutely fantastic Halloween evening, we are so very grateful & to everyone who came along.

Have a good evening, everyone. 😊

24/10/2026

Good morning, Chipping Sodbury!

Unfortunately due to illness amongst our volunteers, we are regrettably closed today. We sincerely apologise for this & should be open as normal on Monday.

hatherells yard market is on now until 4pm, & all of our fantastic businesses are open, too. We have so many great cafes & pubs to choose from, all serving amazing food & drink, so if you fancy getting out of your houses for the day whilst also staying out of the wind & rain, pay a visit to 1 of them that you haven't visited before, you won't regret it! 😋

Have a great day & weekend, everyone. 😊

19/10/2026

Good evening, Chipping Sodbury!

How are we all? Sorry the posts have been a bit light, but I've had the lurgy & haven't been well at all. 🫩😷

From today until Halloween, we have a free just for fun Halloween trail in our town with around 19 of our fantastic businesses all displaying a poster in their windows for your little ones to find; perfect for the half-term coming up this Friday. Scan the QR code or visit the Halloween displays in Bristol website for the trail map.

The final stop of the trail is at Creepy Hollow, 18 Frome Road, Chipping Sodbury, which can be found by walking down the alley next to our fabulous The Boot Inn, Chipping Sodbury, crossing over to the next road, walking down, right & then on the left. Or, down Hatters Lane, right onto Gaunts Road, left, right, then on the left. It looks absolutely brilliant & is helping to raise money for our local Hedgehog Rescue Chipping Sodbury . The link to their fundraiser will be in the comments.

We're open tomorrow from 10am - 4pm & we're in the trail. The weather's not looking great, so if you are about tomorrow, do pop in a see us.

Have a good evening, everyone. 😊

16/10/2026

Good morning, Chipping Sodbury!

Please read the below post, & please do like & share it. Thank you.

Today we're sharing our Chipping Sodbury Clock Tower Fund's Facebook post, about our fantastic Brownies, who raised an amazing £442.33! 🤗

These funds will help towards ensuring that in 60 years time or so, they could all be stood there in the same space with their grandchildren sat in their places! They could replicate the photo holding this photo & do the same every grandparent generation & start a new tradition in honour of everyone who made a donation to keep our beautiful Clock Tower standing for generations to come! 💖

Well done to our fantastic 1st Chipping Sodbury Brownies! 🥰 🙏 I think this photo should be the 1st thing added to a potential time capsule! 🤗

💚 WHAT A FANTASTIC EFFORT FROM THE 1ST CHIPPING SODBURY BROWNIES! 🕰️
Well, haven't these young ladies been busy!
On Monday evening, we had the absolute pleasure of meeting the 1st Chipping Sodbury Brownies at the Clock Tower, where Brownie Evie proudly handed over an incredible £442.33 towards our restoration fund!

And how did they raise all that money?
By getting stuck into a good old-fashioned Bob-a-Job!

🐴 Horse riding and mucking out stables
🐷 Cleaning out guinea pigs
🚗 Washing cars
🌷 Gardening and planting
🍰 Holding a cake sale
🐕 Walking dogs
🍽️ Even waitressing for Granny!

And the best bit? There's still more money to come!
What an absolutely brilliant effort from these youngsters. They've worked so hard, and we couldn't be more grateful.
A huge thank you to every single Brownie, their leaders, their families and everyone who gave them jobs to do.

And a special thank you to Evie for presenting the money on behalf of the group to our representative Jane Lund. 💚
Our Clock Tower has watched over generations of Chipping Sodbury families, and how lovely to see the next generation helping to look after it.
Well done, girls! You're all little stars! ⭐