This week’s Loughton business shoutout goes to the independents along the High Road and around the station who keep the town feeling friendly, local and properly Essex. If you’ve not popped into your nearest café, salon, deli or bookshop lately, try swapping one big-shop errand for a local one and tell them Discover Essex sent you. Which Loughton business do you always recommend to friends, and what’s the one thing they do better than anywhere else?
Has to be Loughton Bookshop for me – they always seem to have what you want and will order it in quick if not. Any good local salons round the station you’d genuinely recommend?
I always send people to the little cafés by Loughton station for a proper coffee and a chat, they’re so much friendlier than the chains. Any recommendations for a good deli along the High Road?
For me it’s Nuvo Hair & Beauty just off the High Road, they actually listen and you don’t feel rushed like in the bigger places. Any hidden-gem food spots near the station worth trying?