Craft Inn at Ackworth celebrates fifth anniversary

The Craft Inn is packed with handmade gifts from pencil drawings of animals to jewellery, paintings and lino-prints.

All the artisans are from Ackworth and the surrounding area and each has shelf space for their work in the shop.

The Craft Inn, which is tucked away off Wakefield Road and also has an entrance off Bell Lane, also hosts arts and crafts workshops.

Artisan Claire Lake, who makes fused glass gifts, said: "The people that have discovered us return quite often."

It was previously an engraving workshop run by former infant school teacher Carole Marsh.

The collective business started in November 2021 and all 16 artisans take their turn running the shop, which is open seven days a week

Carole does engraving of trophies and memorial plaques and also illustrates children's books written by Linda Jones.

Carole, who was a teacher for more than 20 years at the former Walton Infants School, took early retirement in 2015 before starting her engraving business.

She said: "We have just celebrated our fifth birthday and we are having a late night opening on Monday November 30 until 7pm. It's kind of our Christmas launch with food and mulled wine. The garden will be lit up."

Carole said the opening evening will give visitors the chance to meet artisans and see them at work.

Other gifts include fascinators and headwear, wooden gifts, fused glass, hand spun and knitted items, nature photography, needle felting, crochet, books, metalwork, wire work, 3d printing, knitted sock kits and local honey.

Go to www.inscribery.co.uk