A new Pembrokeshire business is promising creativity and legendary cake is bringing life into a local town centre.

Trove in Fishguard is a café, workshop space and aims to be a hub of creativity in a town which is becoming known for its festivals and arts scene.

(Image: Western Telegraph) Trove was the brainchild of artists Kathryn Kerr and Stephanie Tyrer.

The idea came to them when they were painting together on a local beach and generated a lot of attention.

“People were really interested in what we were doing,” said Stephanie. “They were saying that they would love to paint. We thought maybe we could do some painting with people, that would be fun.”

(Image: Western Telegraph) From there the pair started to run well-received painting workshops at the Ocean Lab but soon realised that they needed a more permanent home.

They were able to move into the old Artisans shop in West Street, Fishguard, giving the building a new lease of life with an eye-catching mural on the outside and creating a welcoming vibe with cosy vintage furniture and art adorned walls inside.

(Image: Western Telegraph) They have created a café, a workshop space, a therapy room available to local practitioners and possibly Fishguard’s most bougie loo.

The café offers legendary cakes from local Tower Hill Bakes and reasonably priced tea, coffee and cold drinks.

It hosts a weekly Gathering Yarns knitting and crochet group while there are weekly Wednesday art workshops as well.

There are plans for many more creative enterprises running from the space such as a creative writing group, interactive theatre evenings and much more.

(Image: Tower Hill Bakes) “We are encouraging people to come and run workshops,” said Kathryn. “Maybe people who are creative but haven’t run workshops before.”

There are also plans to put on a menu of small creative activities, some paid for and some for free which customers can enjoy alongside their tea and cake and a monthly programme of events.”

“We want everybody to feel they can use the space to grow the creative community in Fishguard,” said Kathryn.

“We really feel Fishguard is becoming a centre for the arts, we’ve got the festivals, all these different creative outlets. We would like to become a hub for all of that so you can come to Fishguard for an art experience.”

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So far Trove has had a great response from locals.

“There has been a really lovely atmosphere in here,” said Stephanie. “People come in ones and twos and start to chat. It’s really sociable and people have said that it is cosy and welcoming.

“We want to have really beautiful creative things that will bring a whole range of people in. To have a big pot of bubbling creativity where people feel inspired.”

To find out more, visit Trove Fishguard on Facebook.