Happy 1st Birthday to the Well Bean Cafe!

We can’t believe it’s been a year since we opened our doors at 130a Southdown Road, not knowing whether anyone would come and eat our lovingly prepared cakes and drink our delicious coffee. But come they did - and they keep coming back for more!

Throughout June we are celebrating the Cafe’s first birthday and we would like as many of you as possible to visit. If you have not been to the Well Bean Cafe before, please try it! We have a birthday raffle which will be drawn on 28 June, birthday decorations and extra special cakes on offer, along with our usual service with a smile and excellent coffee.

The Well Bean Cafe is open weekdays from 10.30am-12.30pm - above the Co-Op supermarket in Southdown - on a pay-what-you-can basis.

04 June 2024

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