A new shop taking over a former Shoe Zone in a mid Suffolk town has revealed its opening date. 

The budget shoe shop in Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, closed its doors to customers in November 2022 and soon after plans were submitted for a betting shop to open in its place.

Earlier this year it was announced Mind is taking over the building to open a new charity shop in a co-investment with Suffolk Mind.

The Stowmarket it set to open at 11am on Wednesday, May 1. 

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It follows the successful opening of the charity shop in Woodbridge which saw dozens of people queuing in The Thoroughfare. 

Kelly Law, regional manager at Mind, said: "We are so looking forward to welcoming the people of Stowmarket to this new Mind shop. 

"There are very easy ways that everybody can get involved, including donating quality items to help us open with plenty of wonderful stock. I would urge locals to visit the shop once we're open or get in touch to find out more about how they can support us."