Forage at Coppice

Forage farm shop is in a beautiful setting, and as you approach it looks inviting (photo 1). The car park is a large one and has four disabled bays, which are by the attracrtive building and entrance. The door is an automatic one, and it’s all on the level.(photo 2). The courtyard is also very attractive, with a grey brick floor and easy to push across. (photo 3). The grey theme of the flooring continues into the shop, it’s light and has skylights to give natural light (photo 4) and there is plenty of space to move, so that you can see all that’s to offer comfortably. The fruit and veg (photo 5) is very good quality, but a very limited choice of fruit. The Bakery (photo 6) had some very appetising bread and cakes, but we were to early to see the full choice. The butchers department had lots of space to move around again (photo 7) with enough space to be able to see what’s on offer without being on top of it. The butchers counter had a large selection of meats, (photo 8) and it was of high quality and was attractively laid out. Chutneys, jams, spices all laid out nicely on display (photo 9) with an ample selection. The cash desk (photo 10) is just beyond the chutneys etc, and with three tills you get through quickly. (Photo 11) The disabled toilets are at the far end of the stores section, with good wide doors. And (photo 12) shows plenty of room, grab rails, pull cord, and all very clean. Our final thoughts This farm shop is well worth a visit, as it’s got good quality foods, and well laid out, with lots of space for the disabled person to move around comfortably. We would highly recommend a visit.

What a pleasant visit to a very nice store. It has a large car park (photo 1) with four disabled bays right by entrance. The area is flat and easy for wheelchair to get inside the courtyard (photo 2). Through the brick paved attractive courtyard , a double automatic door leads out towards the garden centre (photo 3), and it’s an easy push along. (photo 4) shows wide, open spaces out in the garden area, but some of the flagstones are very uneven, but no problems for us. Good selection of plants and all looked well after. Wide paths led you to the stoneware goods (photo 5) with bird baths, pots, troughs etc. The pathway led us into the indoor section of the store (photo 6) with wide doorway and easy access. Again inside the wide spaces allowed us to get around on a stone flagged floor (photo 7) which held barbecue displays, and cane furniture and baskets. Leaving the garden centre, over paved level slabs and brickwork pathways (photo 8) You enter the courtyard again. (photo 9). Now we see the entrance to the Coppice shopping area (photo 10) which holds homeware items. First is the jewellery department (photo 11) again with wide spaces to be able to move. (photo 12) had a nice selection and mix of general homeware, I.e artificial flowers, vases, bowls and bits and pieces. Departing (photo 13) at the far end of the store, we reached the disabled toilet (photo 14). It’s cleanliness was outstanding, pull cords and grab rails (photo 15). Alongside was a delightful restaurant named the “Fig and Olives” (photo 16) very wide and easy entrance. We found a lovely coffee shop and bar (photo 17) and we enjoyed our coffee break (photo 18) with plenty of room for our wheelchair. There is a large very popular restaurant divided into two sections (photo 19) both attractively laid out with wooden tables and chairs (photo 20). Our final thoughts A throughly enjoyable visit. A well laid out garden centre, and the department store was fascinating to browse through, though a bit expensive. The restaurant is extremely popular, and we strongly recommend booking early for breakfast and lunch time. Coffee break is a must, even if you don.t plan to eat there. A good hour or so can be spent enjoying these facilities, and we really do recommend you visiting when in the Sutton Coldfield area. Top marks for the way they have thought of disabled visitors, don’t miss it.