Hetton Road Stores and Post Office

16/04/2026

Not for eating. We repeat… NOT for eating 🥟😅

From £3.99 — small price, big squish energy.

📍 27 Hetton Road, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8JP

04/04/2026

🥟💥 VIRAL DUMPLING DROP! 💥🥟

We sell dumplings now.
Don't eat these.

💷 £4.99
📍27 Hetton Road, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8JP

31/12/2025

🥂 2026 🥂

🥳 New year, new diet?
See you in three days. We’ll keep the chocolate ready 🤣

Thank you to every customer who walked through our doors this year. Your support means everything to us.

Here’s to brighter days, cosy nights, and a joyful year ahead for you and your families. Wishing you all a magical New Year filled with happiness and good health. 🎆💛

— Hetton Road Stores

25/12/2025

Ho! Ho! Ho! 🧑🏼‍🎄🎅🏼

From our family to yours - Merry Christmas 🎄

Thank you for being part of our little community ❤️

If you’re reading this, we hope it’s from the sofa with a full plate, not from outside our door 😉

Back open tomorrow 8:30am 🎄✨

23/12/2025

🎄 Christmas & New Year Opening Hours 🎄

🛍️ HETTON ROAD STORES HOURS
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📮 POST OFFICE HOURS
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🎁 Thank you for your continued support. We wish all our customers a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! 🎉

23/12/2025

NO TROLLEY TRAFFIC 🛒🎅🏼

Forgot something? It happens!
While others queue, you can be in & out in minutes ⏱️✨
Skip the queues, skip the stress!

Wrapping paper, cards & last minute essentials 🎁

✨ Open today & Christmas Eve until 8:30pm ✨

17/12/2025

🎄⏰ T-MINUS 8 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS! ⏰ 🎄

It’s officially the “have you got everything yet?” stage… 👀

🎅 You’ve got 1 week to become a festive hero… or a holiday hot mess.

🛒 Dash in now before the chaos hits full tinsel mode!
Your future, panicked self will thank you. 😅

16/12/2025

🚨 URGENT PLEASE HELP 🚨
Love Amelia have had to stop packing gifts for children aged 8–18 (especially boys) due to a shortage. Christmas is days away.
There is a donation basket in our shop (just inside the entrance on the left) and collections are THIS WEEK only.

Even one item helps 🎁

Please donate or share ❤️

🚨𝕌𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥 - ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡?🚨

With just days to go, we have found ourselves in a really worrying position.

Right now, our team has had to completely stop packing gifts for children 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝟴 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟴, particularly boys, because we simply do not have enough donations. This is something we cannot afford to do at this stage of our Christmas Appeal.

Every child we support is a child who would otherwise wake up on Christmas morning with nothing to open. That is the reality for the families we work with, and we are doing everything we can to change that.

Since our last post, we have had some Amazon deliveries arrive and we want to say a huge thank you. The kindness of our community always blows us away and we are truly grateful 💜

However, the need is still urgent. We are appealing for gifts suitable for ages 8+, including:

• Footballs
• Sports and gym accessories
• Gaming or computer related items and accessories
• Sports or fashion socks
• Hats, scarves, gloves, slippers, oodies and hoodies
• Aftershave
• Bluetooth speakers
• Headphones or earphones
• Board games, card games and games to play with friends
• Any other gifts suitable for children aged 8 and over

If you are able to help, our Amazon wishlist can be found here:
👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3OPOD2JSL4WC2/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_2

If you can donate even one item, it really does make a difference. And if you’re unable to donate, please consider sharing this post so it reaches someone who can.

Thank you, as always, for your continued kindness and support 💜

10/12/2025

UPDATE:
Our card machine is now up and running!
Thanks for your patience over the last two days.
Card payments are back to normal🙌

09/12/2025

⚠️10 DECEMBER - LAST DAY TO DONATE ⚠️🎅🏼🎁
We're down to the final 24 hours of our Love Amelia Toy Appeal.
Bring any gift you choose and pop it in the basket left of the entrance.
Every single donation helps make a child's Christmas brighter💚