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SAVE HARE HATCH SHEEPLANDS

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Guest#376 May 06, 2015, 19:43
It's a fabulous local family run place, that I take my 5yr old daughter to see the animals and buy plants. I also used the on-site stone merchant for my patio, it was by far the best quality and price around. Would be a huge shame if yet another independant place/retailer closed down.
Trudie#377 May 06, 2015, 19:58

The locals want to keep Sheeplands. As our local council - please listen to us.

Guest#378 May 06, 2015, 20:26

Because I believe Wokingham Borough Council are being vindictive.

They may have the law on their side but they are not being responsive to what the residents want. Furthermore I thought our local MP Theresa May had brokered a deal, which led Sheeplands to drop their appeal. The Council officials just seem intent on being little hitlers. Shame on them

Sheeplands may have been silly but for goodness sake Wokingham - stop being stupid and let Twyford retain a facility we love and want.

Wokingham are just being bloody minded and nit picking.

Guest#379 May 06, 2015, 21:22
Over the years I have always supported Sheeplands and will continue to do so.
Guest#380 May 06, 2015, 21:23
BEcause Sheeplands and the shops inside it sell wonderful good food and the meat is excellent lovely fresh veg e t c .and a lovely garden centre .children love coming to sheeplands dont spoil what hundreds of people love..
Guest#381 May 06, 2015, 21:34
Sheep lands is a really nice place to go for shopping, browsing and coffee. The public need places like this. We are fed up with over large same same shopping centres.
Guest#382 May 06, 2015, 21:43
Because hare hatch is local to me and I have young children, we go there often. After the shire horse centre closed down on the A4 to make way for yet more housing there is little left to entertain youngsters in the open air around here! Terrible for such an affluent area
Guest#383 May 06, 2015, 21:53

Because I have fond memories of spending time here with my son in the play area!

Wokingham, stop being cruel to this family run business 

Guest#384 May 06, 2015, 22:20
Because it's a tragedy that power hungry councils like ruining great things my 22 month daughter loved going to see the animals
Guest#385 May 06, 2015, 22:56
its a lovely place to visit lovely food market ,garden centre,coffee shop ,and great things for the children to do .The staff make you so welcome the visit is allways a pleasure.There is no where slse like it .it will b a very sad day if we can no longer come here
Guest#386 May 07, 2015, 05:07
I visited when on holiday. the variety and standard of goods and excellent café impressed me.
Guest#387 May 07, 2015, 05:51
I live in Nz and I believe this awesome place should keep going.
Guest#388 May 07, 2015, 06:54
My Grand children love it. I enjoy coffee and plants and food shop. Much better than across the road
Guest#389 May 07, 2015, 07:03
My little girl does not get bored plenty to look at and get refreshment s too. Have been coming to sheep lands for many years.
Guest#390 May 07, 2015, 07:34
The Council don't bother to plan anything else properly, i.e. extra housing with no improvement to the local infrastructure so why make an example over this garden centre. They need to stop so called garden sheds being turned into extra bedrooms for starters but they have no stomach for tackling that.
Guest#391 May 07, 2015, 07:47
Crazy to shut this popular facility down
Guest#392 May 07, 2015, 09:25
It will be such a shame to loose HHS. As a small business I have exhibited at the craft market for the last 6 years,. The support that they provide small crafters like myself is so valuable, there are not enough places like it around.
Guest#393 May 07, 2015, 10:13
I take my grandaughter to sheeplands and its fab people bang on about getting children out to play and not sat in doors then they go and shut a place like this so wrong
Guest#394 May 07, 2015, 10:23
I have used sheeplands for a number of years and enjoy the facilities offered there especially the children.
Mike B#395 May 07, 2015, 12:13

Hi, 

Whilst I've enoyed this shop many times there cannot be one rule for one and one rule for others in terms of land use.  The same people who are saying this shouldn't be closed are the same people who are all over the council when travellers turn up in Wokingham.  

 

Guest#396 May 07, 2015, 13:58
I go to Hare Hatch Sheeplands a lot, my family also go, we use all the amenities, buying things, attending different 'special occasions' & always enjoying a snack & coffee in the excellent café. What a sad state of affairs if this is closed down -c an't believe anyone is actually trying to close it !
Guest#397 May 07, 2015, 17:04
This is a valuable asset to the area and provides people with a choice when going to purchase plants, other than chains of garden centres offering the same products whichever one you go into. Keep local businesses competitive and we will be rewarded with innovative ideas and better products. Good luck HHS
Loyal customer#398 May 07, 2015, 20:02

Wokingham think again -encorouge local enterprise not stamp it out.

It is absolutely crazy to make impossible demands on this very popular centre that has so much local support. 

It is one of the only places in the area that you can buy local produce  and with an excellent butcher and fishmonger as well as an individual garden centre all under one roof.

Guest#399 May 08, 2015, 16:06
It will be a great loss to the area if this garden centre is forced to close. I do hope this has not been brought about by Wyevale wanting the monopoly.
Guest#400 May 08, 2015, 16:23
It is so lovely to have an more independent Garden Centre with different things and offer more choice. It a real shame that WBC have taken this short sighted view. I am sick of going to different cities and finding the same old shop!!! and I might as well have stayed at home. I thought it was a good thing to encourage small business but WBC seem to insist on discourage small business and just favour large franchises poor show they should be ashamed of themselves as big bullies in front of the local community.