Local Services, shops and suppliers

Post Office - normal opening hours Mon - Fri 9:00 - 17:00 and Saturday 9-00 - 13-00.  Call 0115-9821645 or message via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/shazad.ahmed.7737.  Please pay for postage at the post office rather than online.  WIde range of useful household items stocked - Aladin's cave comes to mind.

Lady Bay Pharmacy:  Opening hours - MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9am - 5.30pm (closed 1-2 for lunch), SATURDAY 9am - 12noon, SUNDAY closed.  They sell a wide range of products.

Rutland Stores, have good stocks of fresh fruit and veg and some groceries and drinks.

The Good Weigh - Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/thegoodweigh/.  Can deliver - contact [email protected] or see website for order form & the order process, including how to handle containers - https://www.thegoodweigh.co.uk/.   Now also offering fresh veg.  Well done, Kate!

The Coop (local branch)   Contactless payment available.  Now accepting wide range of plastic packaging for recycling.

Takeaways - Lady Bay Fish & Chips, Chillis, Dough n Buns and Burg takeaways are covered below under Deliveries and Collect - Meals.

Snail and Rabbit - Website: https://snailandrabbit.co.uk/loose-leaf-tea-eshop/, email address : [email protected].

Hurley's Dog grooming - https://www.hurleysgrooming.co.uk/

The Vape Store (Cloud 57) Email [email protected] or call 0115 9244437.

Cafe - Bread & Butterflies -  Website is at https://www.breadandbutterflies.co.uk/.

Clothes and cafe - No. 41 - Facebook page on https://www.facebook.com/No.41styleandhome/ or website - https://www.no41styleandhome.co.uk/.

Hairdressers - Open.  Whites (need to book via Booksy App) - http://www.whiteandcobarbers.co.uk/, Marie Hall - http://www.mariehallhair.co.uk/ ,JJ (Tunisian) Barbers - https://jjbarbershop.co.uk/,  Serenity Layne - http://www.serenitylayne.com/.

Howards' Garage - Sadly closed.

Massage & therapy - Adjust massage -  https://www.adjustmassage.co.uk/ & The Bay Therapy centre - https://www.baytherapycentre.com/therapy-list/

Pubs - The Poppy and Pint  https://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/pubs/poppy-and-pint/,  The Lady Bay pub  https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/nottinghamshire/lady-bay/ and now The Bottle Top.

The Bike Shop (Radcliffe Road Cycles) on Radcliffe Road, opposite Rutland Road, is usually open

Green's mill - Open.  Shop open for sales of flour etc. during restrictions, eg while under Tier 3,4 or lockdown. Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/greenswindmill/.

Defibrillators are on the outside of the Lady Bay Pub, accessible via a code obtainable from the ambulance service or from the pub itself and at All Hallows Hall.

(For non-food (OK, and non-beer) supplies, see above for Lady Bay and Steve's bicycle tours, at the end of this page, for further afield.)

The Fruit Basket -They are also taking some supplies from No. 8 and Mama Bains.  Email at [email protected] for an order form or you can find one on their website - http://www.thefruitbasketdirect.uk/ (but you'll need a spreadsheet).  Alternatively call on 0115 9817014 to enquire - Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/thefruitbasketwb/.
Another facebook post says that Harringtons Fine Foods (in Edwalton) will deliver to Lady Bay - untested but here's their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/Harringtons-Fine-Foods-223550827819681/ and phone no. 0115 923 2256.  Let me know if this works.

Laithwaites (wine merchants) -  [email protected], tel: 01115 9810888.

Harrington's Fine Foods - (In the small Edwalton shopping precinct) - https://www.facebook.com/Harringtons-Fine-Foods-223550827819681/.

Brumptons Butchers (Melton Road)- can deliver, with priority for those self-isolating and the elderly and vulnerable.  They also stock bread and other products, see website for full range - https://www.cbrumptonbutchers.co.uk/.

Cook - https://www.cookfood.net/shops/west-bridgford.

Cote - - https://coteathome.co.uk/

Okende - Menu available on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/okendecoffee/,  email [email protected] or call 07720650085 / 07833618772.

Slades Florist/Greengrocers - Offering order and collect via email - [email protected].  Website www.sladesflorist.co.uk.

Large supermarkets
Asda     Aldi    Co-op    Iceland     Morrisons     M&S     Sainsburys     Tesco     (Lidl don't seem to offer online ordering)

Deliveries from outside West Bridgford

A list of Vegan food suppliers  can be obtained here, courtesy of our local nutrition coach Susan Hart.
Anthony's Fruit and Veg,  anthonysfruitandvegboxes.co.uk.
The Larder Tree lok to have stopped their home delivery service - see https://lardertree.cratejoy.com/.
One Planet Pizza deliver vegan frozen pizzas - www.oneplanetpizza.com.
Kerry's Fresh deliver vegetables to our area every Saturday, although their website also says that orders will take 7-10 working days during the current situation - https://www.kerrysfresh.co.uk/delivery/.  Based in Cotgrave, they often post latest updates on Lady Bay Local too.
Price and Fretwell are butchers based in Alfreton but they deliver throughout Nottingham, including our area, and can supply eggs and other dairy as well as meat.  They mainly sell hampers of meat, as announced on their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/PriceAndFretwell/.  Call 01773 591 212 to place an order. Free next day delivery for orders placed before 5pm. "Any orders places after 5pm are placed on our answerphone service".

For links to Large Supermarket websites, see entry above.

Local Real Ale

Jim's/Raj's/N&S Stores has a wide range, as already reported above.
Black Iris Brewery  Sales occasionally via the Bakehouse (Sherwood) and usual shops (sometimes in Jim's).  Also available for delivery, including 5L polypins - https://blackirisbottleshop.co.uk/.  Order by Thursday, delivery Friday or the weekend.
Blue Monkey Brewery - Sales at Jim's (did I mention that already?) and can accept orders via email or phone, delivery charge £3.95, min order £30.  No price list on their website at the moment - http://bluemonkeybrewery.com/.  Alternatively available online from The Real Ale Store (inc minikegs) and Adventure Beer.
Castle Rock - Available at Jim's and and the Poppy except under lockdowns.  Also offering online order for either home delivery or contactless collection, including polypins -  https://castlerockbreweryshop.com/, main website at https://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/.  The Poppy offered take-away every weekend except under lockdown and the Stratford Haven ran a stall every Saturday., not sure under which level of Covid restrictions.
Magpie Brewery - on sale at Jim's in bottles (some bottle-conditioned) and also offering minikegs for delivery, including beer from Flipside Brewery - https://www.magpiebrewery.com/.
Nottingham Brewery - offering delivery of 17.5 and 31 pint polypins plus bottles - https://www.thenottinghambrewery.co.uk.
Shipstones Brewery - offering minikegs and bottles, free delivery for orders above £35 - https://www.shipstones.com/.
Totally Brewed Brewery - Online order and delivery available, thank goodness - https://totallybrewed.com/.
Trent Navigation Brewery -  Online orders - https://navigation-brewery.myshopify.com/.  Also see announcements on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/TrentNavigation/.
Hopology (Melton Road) - have reopened - see Steve's bicycle tours at the end.

Chillis - website https://chillisbridgford.com/ .  Latest news on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chilliswestbridgford/, also on Instagram.

Dough n Buns - website https://doughnbunsnottingham.co.uk/

Lady Bay Fish and Chips. - Open during Lockdown and tier 3, call-in customers only - https://www.facebook.com/Lady-Bay-Chip-Shop-115148299883227/. 

Burg - website - https://www.burgburgers.co.uk/

Pop up cafes
Virender's Lady Bay pop up cafe now doing curry dinner deliveries every other Friday night in Lady Bay and West Bridgford, knock and drop delivery. The menu appears on the event link, ordering instructions under 'About'. Customers can pay in advance by bacs. (https://www.facebook.com/LadyBayPopUpCafe/).
Fallafel Baffle (https://www.facebook.com/falafelbaffleandmore/) can also deliver. 
There is also the Pizza van (https://www.facebook.com/purelywoodfired/) and now Homeboys are coming here, or at least they did for a while (https://www.facebook.com/homeboysuk/) but currently you have to go to their van to collect.

We assume everyone has their favourite takeaway further afield, so we do not attempt to list them all here, but a few of the more local ones get a mention in Steve's Bicycle Tours at the end.

Steve's bicycle tours cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided: he is supposed to be exercising after all, not hoovering up information for you lot.

Radcliffe Road

• The Bike Shop (Radcliffe Road Cycles) on Radcliffe Road, opposite Rutland Road, is open.
• Bombay Bridgford - report they are open for deliveries and collections.  Order online - Pay online - contactless deliveries. www.bombaybridgford.co.uk
• Dominos Pizza are still operating deliveries and Delhi Nights and Spice say they are too.
• Eva's Grill - Now ordering via Foodhub or Just Eat apps. https://evasgrill.co.uk/
  
• Cuzina - https://cuzina.co.uk/.
• Larwood and Voce Closed during lockdown.  Under tier 3 or less, online bookings or orders for collection via their website. https://www.larwoodandvoce.co.uk/, click on Covid-19 Customer Notice option, top left, for latest.
• Radcliffe Road Stores are open
• JS Stephens builing supplies - open
• Laithwaites are still delivering but orders only taken online or by phone.  Opening hours Monday - Friday 10-5, [email protected], tel: 01115 9810888.
• The Fireplace Centre open by appointment only during 2nd lockdown (Nov 2020).still have lots of logs, heat logs, kindling & firelighters available for contactless delivery.   Free delivery, no minimum order for Lady Bay, West Bridgford, Gamston & Edwalton.   Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/FireplaceCentre/.
• David Drew garage is open.   http://www.daviddrewgarages.co.uk/

Abbey Road and beyond

• Rutherfords butcher's - Now closed for good, due to retirement.
• Harrington's Fine Foods - (In the small Edwalton shopping precinct) - open and also doing delivery - meat, deli items and more - as reported above.

Musters Road

• La Storia Italian Restaurant delievered cooked meals and 'bake at home family trays - https://lastorianottingham.co.uk/
• Car supplies still available from the shop at the bottom of Musters Road.

Gordon Road

• Cook - https://www.cookfood.net/shops/west-bridgford.
• Okende - Menu available on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/okendecoffee/,  email [email protected] or call 07720650085 / 07833618772.
• Fruit Basket - Open for customers and delivering, as reported in detail above.  Working with No. 8 too.
• Big Bamboo - open.
• Ghandi - open for delivery or collect via JustEat.  Possibly also Bridgford Chip Shop.
• John's Opticians - see https://johnsopticians.co.uk/

Tudor Square/Central Avenue area

• Chemist on Tudor Square/Davies Road is open, same restrictions as Lady Bay Pharmacy (same chain).  Boots - open
  
• Central Avenue Shoe Repairs and Timpsons opened during 2nd lockdown.
• M&S and Iceland - open, limits to customers at any one time.
  
• Opticians - open.
  
• Health Shop - open, restricted hours during lockdowns
  
• Newsagents - open, limited hours during lockdowns
  
• Waterstones - open
• Oxfam bookshops - open. Ring Oxfam on 0115 9826951 to book a slot for donations.
• Greggs & Birds - open
• Yumacha - open, closed during lockdown but with online ordering - https://yumacha.co.uk/ plus on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/letsgoyumacha/.
• Copper - open. Grab and go basis during lockdowns.
• Cafes - open.  Some cafes stayed open during Covid restrictions, including Cafe Nero and White Rabbit.
• Stratford Haven - open
• Co-op - open
  
• Banks - open.
  
• Fotomargo - Open. http://fotomargo.co.uk/
• Rectory Fish Bar - Delivery to Lady Bay for orders over £10 costs £1.50.
  
• The Bicycle Workshop, Exchange Road - Report on Facebook that they are "open as usual.

Melton Road - Several shops are open and well-stocked, including:-

• Brumptons Butchers - can deliver, with priority for those self-isolating and the elderly and vulnerable.  They also stock bread and other products, see website for full range - https://www.cbrumptonbutchers.co.uk/.
• Slades Florist/Greengrocers - Open and also offering order and collect via email - [email protected].
• Paolo's Seafood - is open.  THey will prepare orders for the following day, ready to collect - Tel 981 2441.
  
• George's Fish and Chip shop - Open on click and collect basis only - www.georgestradition.co.uk.
• Tall Frog Deli - is open until 2-00pm.
• Hopology - open - https://www.facebook.com/HopologyBeerShop/

And finally - LeftLion Magazine have produced an excellent review of independent businesses trying to stay open and/or survive, in one form or another, during the current Covid-19 situation.  Click here - https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2020/april/support-local-nottingham-shops-food-culture-literature-music/.