Our Story
"Not all superheroes wear capes, some of them are baristas."
After years of working in food and drink, we dreamed of creating a place to showcase the craft we love. Today, we’re proud to have two beautiful locations: one at the Staunton Harold estate near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and another in Sudbury Courtyard, next to the National Trust Toy Museum in Derbyshire. Both are nestled in unique courtyards with shops and studios to explore—a perfect day out for all ages, made even better with a delicious lunch, slice of cake, and a coffee shared with us
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Charlotte grew up in a family-run B&B in the Peak District, where her love of fine food started at the age of 10. From helping in the kitchen to working in tea rooms and restaurants, her passion grew over the years. Later, during her time with Unilever, she realized her ultimate goal was to have her own business. Meeting Will and starting their family turned that goal into reality.
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Will, raised in South Derbyshire, has fond memories of visiting Staunton Harold as a child. His journey began as a football coach and later as a firefighter, a role he continues while co-running The Stables and raising their family.
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Together, we started a wood-fired pizza business, which we ran successfully for over four years. In 2021, we took over The Staunton Stables Tea Room from its founders, Michael and Alison, who built the business from scratch in 1984. Their legacy inspired us to transform it into The Stables Coffee Shop.
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Following its success, we expanded to Sudbury in 2024, bringing the same love for coffee, food, and community to a new location.
We look forward to welcoming you soon!
"Our Vision is great coffee, great food and a great atmosphere having a low impact on the environment
Our mission is to achieve our vision by providing great customer service, engage with our customers and always listen to feedback to drive us forward. To provide a great ambiance by ensuring we have comfy seating, background music and happy staff.
Great food starts with our passion for street food hence The Stables Flat Iron Toasties - simple food done great. We make and bake as much of our own food as possible and use local business to help supply to meet our demands. We are also proud to be as inclusive to everyone in what we consider a great range of products from GF to Vegan we feel no one misses out.
Great coffee something we are super passionate about, it took us such a long time to get our own signature blend of coffee working with another business to help us reach our goal.
We are constantly trying to lower our impact on the environment by making changes where possible such as moving to glass and recycling as much as possible, including our coffee grounds.
