Islip Village Shop
Plans for Islip's very successful Community Shop were drawn up after the long-standing Village Store closed at the end of May 2000, following Chris & Janet Busby's retirement.
The fundamental refurbishment of the Village Hall in that year provided an opportunity to replace Busby's Stores with a Community Shop, which subsequently opened on October 14th, 2000. Because of overwhelming demand, the shop was extended in December 2005.
In 2010, the shop celebrated its 10th birthday with a party
The village community shop offers local produce including:
- Honey, free-range eggs, cheeses, ice-cream, Waterperry apple juice
- Fresh meat from Woodlands Quality Butcher, Kidlington (member of the Guild of Q Butchers)
- Fresh fruit and vegetables from Rectory Farm, sacks of potatoes Sept - April
- Fresh bread & Wessex Mill bread flour from La Patisserie, Kidlington and cakes from Hall’s Bakery
- Brynmoor Preserves (from Abingdon, winner of Gold Great Taste Awards) – jam, chutneys, marmalades, jellies, mincemeat & Christmas cakes
- Blenheim Palace Spring Water
- Cheese, home-made pâté, olives, houmous, coleslaw, ‘ready to bake’ bread and home-made frozen meals from Seasons Deli, Marston
- Jacob’s Field Lavender products (grown in Islip) – hand cream, hand wash, body lotion, room & linen spray
- Top-quality smoked fish and meat from Coln Valley Smokery, Northleach
Other produce and services include:
- Wide range of groceries, both chilled and frozen
- Assorted makes of ice cream
- Stamps (both inland and overseas postage), stationery, wrapping paper, cards and books
- Dry cleaning, laundry, alterations and shoe repairs
- Photocopying
- Oxford Mail & Oxford Times
- Sandwiches from The Picnic Hamper
- Fresh fish from Jack’s Grimsby Fish Van (Thursday 15.00-15.30)
Credit/debit card transactions
Orders taken and deliveries