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About The Hamlet Wigan CIC
The Hamlet Wigan CIC runs the Nest, a cafe in Wigan at Three Sisters, where trainees and young people with learning disabilities do the service themselves. Signs and symbols let people with communication difficulties order independently, so the counter works for customers who prefer not to rely on speech. Because the trainees handle every order, service can take a little longer. The coffee is fair trade, and cakes are served alongside it. The site sits in woodland close to a lake with ducks, swans and geese. Two small shops on the grounds sell assorted goods, including flower baskets and pots, and a printing business offers personalised gifts. Dogs are not allowed inside the cafe.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention coffee, trainee-run cafe, cakes and flower baskets and pots.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention coffee, trainee-run cafe, cakes and flower baskets and pots.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often single out the young trainees who run the Nest cafe, describing them as friendly, welcoming and helpful, with several noting the place teaches them skills and builds confidence. Coffee is the next most-praised item, called great and excellent, with lovely cakes also mentioned. Several describe the prices as affordable, and one likes that the coffee is fair trade. Beyond the cafe, reviewers mention two small shops, with spring flowers, flower baskets and pots on sale, and a setting by a lake with ducks, swans and geese that suits a dog walk. One reviewer notes that signs and symbols let people with communication difficulties order independently. The one caveat comes from a reviewer who says service takes a little longer because the trainees do everything themselves, which they see as the point of the place. Another notes that dogs are not allowed inside the cafe, though there is plenty of room outside. One reviewer calls it a weekly breakfast stop.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often single out the young trainees who run the Nest cafe, describing them as friendly, welcoming and helpful, with several noting the place teaches them skills and builds confidence. Coffee is the next most-praised item, called great and excellent, with lovely cakes also mentioned. Several describe the prices as affordable, and one likes that the coffee is fair trade. Beyond the cafe, reviewers mention two small shops, with spring flowers, flower baskets and pots on sale, and a setting by a lake with ducks, swans and geese that suits a dog walk. One reviewer notes that signs and symbols let people with communication difficulties order independently. The one caveat comes from a reviewer who says service takes a little longer because the trainees do everything themselves, which they see as the point of the place. Another notes that dogs are not allowed inside the cafe, though there is plenty of room outside. One reviewer calls it a weekly breakfast stop.
Featured reviews
- Jayne Taylor
“1st visit today, met some beautiful young people, super friendly, particularly Tom, well done everyone, it's my weekly breakfast stop 😊”
- Paul Britner
“The most incredible place. Staff here are incredible and welcoming to everyone. The trainees clearly love spending time there and learning important life skills. Will definitely visit again.”
- Joy Britner
“This is a very special place, where trainees are taught so many skills. The café is amazing - great coffee and lovely cakes. You have to allow a little longer for service, because the trainees do it all themselves, which is the whole point of the place; they do it really well.”
- Liz Beattie
“Lovely warm welcoming place. Lots of room outside (dogs are not allowed in the cafe). Use of sign & symbols mean that people with communication difficulties can order independently. Wonderful, affordable spring flowers and pots.”
- William Winstanley
“Set in woodlands in close proximity to a lake with wildlife I.e ducks swan's geese the cafe gives people with learning disabilities a chance to billd confidence staff are friendly & polite thay have 2 small shops that sell an assortment of goods & at the present time they are selling & making flower baskets & pots”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Good to know
“The Nest Cafe is nestled in the Three Sisters Rec area and is a charming little cafe with woodland shops and a friendly accessible printing business for all your personalised gifts.”
- ParkingFree parking lot · Parking
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, parking lot, restroom, seating
- Good for kidsGood for kids · High chairs
Amenities
- Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Outdoor seating
- Dogs allowed
- Dine-in
- Good for kids
Show more amenities
- Onsite services
- Coffee
- Dessert
- Restroom
- Free parking lot
- Accessibility· 3
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
- Dining options· 1
- Seating
- Family-friendly· 1
- High chairs
- Parking· 1
- Parking
- Pet-friendly· 1
- Dogs allowed outside
Location
Cafes near The Hamlet Wigan CIC
- Rustic Kitchen4.5840.7 mi£1–10DeliveryReservations
big portions for price, milkshakes, full english breakfast
- Cwtch Cafe4.5681.1 mi
breakfast, home made sausage rolls, outside catering buffet
- Home to Roost Cafe3.6681.7 miOutdoor seatingDelivery
breakfast bin lids, sausage and egg barns, bacon
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hamlet Wigan CICOutdoor seating · Wi-Fi | 4.962 | — | £1–10 | coffee, trainee-run cafe, cakes |
| Rustic KitchenDelivery · Reservations | 4.584 | 0.7 mi | £1–10 | big portions for price, milkshakes, full english breakfast |
| Cwtch Cafe | 4.568 | 1.1 mi | — | breakfast, home made sausage rolls, outside catering buffet |
| Home to Roost CafeOutdoor seating · Delivery | 3.668 | 1.7 mi | — | breakfast bin lids, sausage and egg barns, bacon |
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