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Shipston-on-Stour’s new Sainsbury’s supermarket will open at 9am on Thursday 3 December, the Stratford Herald reports, giving the town its own big supermarket in time for Christmas and bringing about 40 jobs. The Shipston Sainsbury’s is on the corner of Tilemans Lane and Darlingscote Road.
Opening hours and what’s inside
- Monday to Saturday: 7am to 10pm
- Sunday: 10am to 4pm
- Fresh food, fruit and veg, food to go, frozen food, and bread and pastries baked in store each day
- An Argos Click and Collect point
- Electric vehicle charging in the car park
According to the Herald, many of the staff live locally, and the store manager has worked for Sainsbury’s for more than ten years. Sainsbury’s is also the headline sponsor of this year’s Shipston Rotary Victorian Christmas Fair: see our Shipston Victorian Evening guide for the date and what’s on.
How the store got here
The district council refused the supermarket in November 2024, and a planning inspector allowed Sainsbury’s appeal in August 2025. The plans at appeal had 53 customer parking spaces. In September 2026 the company’s planning agent told the council the store was due to open in November, and in October Sainsbury’s applied for its signs, including a 5-metre lit totem; comments on those close on 12 November. Our earlier report on the sign plans has the full timeline and the walking and cycling changes on Darlingscote Road, some of which are due within four months of opening.
Sainsbury’s hasn’t yet posted the store on its own store finder or press pages; we’ll update this story if the details change. For more on the town, see our Shipston-on-Stour page.
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Alex Harrington
Alex Harrington grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and runs What's up, Stratford? as an independent guide to the town.
