Braddicks and Sherborne of Ilfracombe

09/09/2026

Help Ilfracombe win UK Town of Culture 2028!

As a proud local Ilfracombe business, we’re backing our town’s bid, and we need your help!

Please take five minutes to complete the survey by scanning the QR code below, or complete it online at:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UKTOC

Prefer pen and paper? Look out for a Town of Culture postcard arriving through local letterboxes. Our lovely collection boxes, many decorated by local artists, are available at:

1. The Ilfracombe Centre, 44 High Street
2. The Landmark Theatre, The Promenade
3. hand:plant, 76 High Street
4. BANK Creative Space, 151 High Street
5. Combe Coastal GP Surgery, 18 St Brannocks Rd
6. Hele Bay Pub, Hele
7. Lee Memorial Hall, Lee
8. Ilfracombe Museum, Wilder Road
9. Harbour Master, Ilfracombe Harbour
10. Larkstone Cafe, Larkstone Gardens
11. Arts & Crafts Society, 9–10 The Promenade
12. Tesco, Ilfracombe
13. Ilfracombe Library
14. Pier Gallery, 10 The Quay
15. Fikaboden, 132 High Street
16. Forty Three, Fore Street
17. Happy Wholefoods, High Street
18. Slade Vision Centre
19. The Tyrell Hospital

You’re also welcome to drop your completed postcard in with us if that’s easier and we’ll happily pass it along for you.

Every response matters, so please lend a hand to any neighbour who may need help completing or returning theirs.

Deadline: Friday 25th September. Let’s show what makes Ilfracombe’s creative coastal community so special!

BANK Ilfracombe The Fore Street Association, Ilfracombe hand:plant The Landmark Ilfracombe Museum Ilfracombe Library Happy Wholefoods Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Health & Wellbeing - Combe Coastal

08/09/2026

Do you have an old or unused hearing aid no longer required?

We're pleased to say that Braddicks & Sherborne in Ilfracombe is now a collection point for Hearing Aid Recycling.

Just drop off any hearing aids you no longer need, working or not, and they'll be refurbished and passed on to people around the world who can't afford them.

It costs you nothing but a moment, and it gives someone the chance to hear their family again.

We're located at No. 20-21 St. Brannocks Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 8EQ and open between 09:00-16:30, or contact us on 01271 865222.

Find out more at www.hearingaidrecycling.co.uk

07/09/2026

Frances Maureen Trew sadly passed away on Tuesday 25th August, aged 86.

Frances will be greatly missed by all her family and friends.

France’s service will be held at St. Peter’s Church in Fremington, on Friday 25th September 2026 at 12:00pm.

Flowers in lieu of donations please.

Our link below includes a link to google maps for our service venue.

Frances Maureen Trew Passed away on Tuesday 25th August, aged 86. France’s service will be held at St. Peter’s Church in Fremington, on Friday 25th September 2026 at 12:00pm, followed by burial at Fremington Cemetery. Flowers in lieu of donations.      

05/09/2026

🎉 We Have a Winner! 🎉

Congratulations to Nadia Porter, the winner of our Back-to-School Stationery Bundle!

Thank you to everyone who entered, shared our post and followed our page.

From everyone at Braddicks & Sherborne Funeral Directors, we wish all our local children a fantastic start to the new school year!

04/09/2026

Did you know you can drop-off donations with us?

We're a local collection point for both Hearing Aid Recycling (HAR) and the The Ilfracombe Foodbank.

Old hearing aids, working or not, get refurbished for people who need them, and food donations go to families right here in North Devon.

Find out more at... www.northerndevon.foodbank.org.uk www.hearingaidrecycling.co.uk

Pop in any weekday between 9am - 4:30pm, no appointment needed.

01/09/2026

Please take the survey & have your say...

🎭 ILFRACOMBE — HAVE YOUR SAY! 🌊

Our journey to become Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport UK Town of Culture 2028 is underway and now we want to hear from YOU!

Our new website is now LIVE:
👉 www.ilfracombetownofculture.co.uk

On the website you can:

📝 Complete our Community Culture Survey and tell us what culture means to you and what you’d love to see in Ilfracombe in 2028.

🎨 Young people can share their ideas about careers, opportunities and how cultural events could support their future.

🏪 Businesses can tell us how culture and events impact them — and how they could get involved in 2028.

🙋‍♀️ Sign up to volunteer and be part of making 2028 happen.

🤝 If you’re part of a community group, organisation or venue, you can share your ideas about how you could support or be part of the programme.

THE NEXT 6 WEEKS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT!

We’re launching a huge programme of community engagement to make sure as many Ilfracombe voices as possible are heard.

Over the coming weeks we’ll be:
📍 Running pop-up engagement stands at the Soapbox Derby and Sea Ilfracombe
💬 Holding focus groups and 1:1 conversations with identified groups and individuals
📮 Sending postcard surveys to 6,000 Ilfracombe households through Royal Mail in September

And we’ve been working with local artists and venues to create Community Cultural Postboxes around Ilfracombe — so when your postcard arrives, you’ll be able to complete it and simply pop it into one of the special postboxes! 🎨📮

🚀 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Once we’ve gathered your ideas, November will be all about bringing everything together — using what we’ve heard from the community to shape our proposed 2028 programme.

We’ll then develop the budget and write our full application, ready to submit by the end of November.

This bid is about Ilfracombe, and it needs to be shaped by Ilfracombe. ❤️

So please take a few minutes to have your say, share the survey with friends and family, and help us make sure your ideas are part of the conversation.

👉 www.ilfracombetownofculture.co.uk

Questions or enquiries?
📧 [email protected]

Let’s make Ilfracombe’s culture count! 🌊🎭✨

30/08/2026

Such a brilliant evening at the Ilfracombe Carnival with all the family!

Nothing beats the energy, the floats, and the amazing atmosphere...and the free sweets and stickers also went down very well with my children!

Which was your favourite display?

29/08/2026