A NEW fabric shop in the former Barclays Bank building wants to bring a Harry Potter-like 'room of requirement' feel to Ledbury High Street. 

Homend Haberdashery will be selling small items used in sewing, such as buttons, zips, and thread.

It is the brainchild of Sue Hubbard, who, along with her business partner Donna Christopher, wants to bring something different to Ledbury High Street. 

The shop will officially open on Thursday, and after that, it will be open between 9am and 5pm from Monday to Saturday each week. 

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Mrs Hubbard's daughter, Victoria Rush, has been helping her mother set up the shop over the past few weeks.

She told the Reporter: "We feel there is a gap in the high street and people in Ledbury should really enjoy this new shop.

"There is nothing like this in Ledbury, you can buy things you can't get anywhere else such as individual buttons, fabric by the metre and more. 

"Ledbury is quite isolated there is nowhere a short distance away people can nip over to and buy Haberdashery products. 

"My mother is very excited, she's very keen and has been working very hard to set this up."

Mrs Hubbard previously ran a shop in the Hop Market Shopping Village in Bishops Frome but was enticed to move to Ledbury High Street. 

Mrs Rush added: "A lot of high streets these days are filled with the same kind of things, such as coffee shops.

"But Ledbury High Street is different, it feels like a traditional high street would have 20 or 30 years ago in that there is a real variety, and we feel this shop will add to that nicely."

Homend Haberdashery also wants to look towards holding sewing workshops or knitter-natter groups in the future as a way of giving to the community. 

Mrs Hubbard said: "There is a room at the back that could become like the room of requirement, it could be used to suit the local community's needs. 

"There are so many possibilities and I'm very proud of my mum for making this possible, it's not easy to open a new shop these days and she's managed to do it."