The café in the old bank where the vault is now a playroom
The bank on Market Square closed in 2021. Now its vault has soft play, its counter serves flat whites and its manager comes in every morning.
Tom Ridley
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Vault on Market Square, in the building that was a bank until 2021.
When the bank on Market Square shut, the town lost its last cash machine and a building nobody knew what to do with. Siblings Leah and Marcus Abbott turned it into Vault, a café with a playroom where the safe used to be.
The heavy door still swings, though it’s now propped open with a doorstop shaped like a hedgehog. And the old branch manager, Derek, comes in for a cheese scone most mornings.
About the writer
Tom Ridley
Deputy editor, business
Covers the high street, the council and anyone opening, closing or moving a shop. Grew up above his parents’ newsagent on Bridge Street.
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