Parents with young children can now enjoy a cuppa while their offspring play at a new café in Dawlish.

The Little Bean Play Café opened its doors earlier this month on The Strand. It offers babies and pre-schoolers a safe welcoming, home-from-home setting where parents and carers can enjoy coffee and a cake while their little ones explore, learn and play.

Owner, Ellie Squirrell, has a background in childcare and teaching children with special educational needs and disabilities but was keen to start her own business.

‘The Dawlish community is so supportive,’ she commented. ‘I was looking for a community setting where everyone is welcome and supported by one another, and this was just the place.’