SITE CLOSURE - Nettleham

SITE CLOSURE - updated 11.45am Thursday 30th April 2025

Our Nettleham Food Store and Post Office remain closed due to a fire at the site, which took place on Thursday 17th April.

We’re working hard to get the services up and running but due to the level of damage, we currently estimate we’ll be closed for approximately four months.

We’re sorry about the inconvenience the closure causes and thank our customers for bearing with us.

We will keep this page updated with the latest news.

Shuttle bus service

We are running a free bus to our food store, post office and pharmacy in Welton.

The bus will be running initially from Monday to Friday, starting on Thursday 24^th April 2025. The pickup point will on Church Street in Nettleham, opposite The Green, and the service will be run by PC Coaches. You can download the timetable below.

For any queries regarding the bus please call 01522 544632.

Nettleham Food Store and Post Office updates

• We’re currently working with experts on clearing the site, making it watertight and getting the utilities connected. We will then need to test all the equipment and will be assessing what we need to do to enable us to reopen. There is an extensive level of damage.

• As well as the shuttle bus, we aim to be able to support the community with alternative arrangements – potentially a pop-up shop – and we’ll announce more in due course.
• Our colleagues have been redeployed into other local Lincolnshire Co-op services.
• If you need our services, our outlets nearby include Welton Food Store and Post Office, Dunholme Food Store, Cherry Willingham Food Store and Carlton Centre Food Store and Post Office.

Tenant updates

• We are working with our tenants at the site, who operate neighbouring units.
• Mad Dogs Wing House at the rear of the building reopened on Friday 18^th April.
• Flowers By Design florist,has now reopened in unit 2a at 22 The Green in Nettleham.
• The Green Turkish Barber is currently in the process of relocating to unit 4 at 22 The Green in Nettleham and will be open soon.
• We are working with Oriental City Chinese to get it reopened as soon as possible in the existing unit.

Community updates

• The defibrillator on the site is temporarily unavailable. We are working on a plan to relocate it but in the meantime, alternative defibrillator can be found at Nettleham Community Hub on East Street.
• The post box on the site, which is controlled and run by Royal Mail, is currently inaccessible. The nearest post boxes and can be found via https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you
• In Nettleham Food Store, we collected donations for Lincoln Community Larder. As we will be shut for a period of time, we've donated a selection of goods to the larder so we can continue to support the users of the service.