Friends of The Ivy
On 12 December 2025 our share offer was successful—we own The Ivy!
Friends of The Ivy was born when The Ivy Inn in Heddington, Wiltshire, was put up for sale by Wadworth in May 2024. A year and a half later we succeeded in raising over £430,000 through our first share offer—and we bought the pub!
That was when the really hard work began, partly in our efforts to increase our finances through grants and the second share offer – which are crucial to developing the building as the community hub, café and pub we all so much want it to be.
In recent weeks and months a lot of hard graft – and generous support in time and materials – has gone into developing the site and the building in readiness for the construction work for which we are eagerly awaiting planning permission.
Our thanks go to everyone who has been involved, and specially to those who have bought shares and become members of our Community Benefit Society. Get ready for much more news as we move towards reopening The Ivy!!
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We have suspend the Saturday morning volunteer sessions—for the time being—we will need volunteers again in later phases of the project. See our volunteering page for more details.
Please also see the full list of volunteering tasks we need help with; and let us know which dates you can help with. We’ll also announce these on the Friends of The Ivy WhatsApp group (please contact us if you’d like to be added to the group).
Our Vision: The Ivy—A Community Hub
As a community-run business, we will expand on the pub’s traditional role and provide a space for a wider range of activities and services to meet the needs of Heddington and Stockley residents. In addition to remaining a pub, The Ivy will also become a local café!
Our aim is to secure The Ivy as a central feature of the village community, not only as a benefit to our community but also as a provider of hospitality and enjoyment to a much wider range of people who already visit the area and who will be attracted by what we intend to offer.
We are convinced that The Ivy will be a place for social gathering, cultural activities and a place for people to meet, exchange information and enjoy each other’s company. A good pub and community hub—which is what we envisage The Ivy will be—is about the diversity of the people who use it, a place for friendships to be forged, and provide an environment in which local societies and clubs can meet and thrive.
Our survey shows us that The Ivy could be a very important venue for entertainment, and the success of our Pop up Pubs over the last two years has proven that this vital community asset must be preserved.
Thank You to Our Partner Organisations
We are honoured by the amount of support we have received so far for the Save The Ivy campaign. In addition to the immense support from residents, we have received support from several organisations whose logos are displayed below. Click on each image to be taken to their website and learn more about the fantastic work that these organisations do.
