AN ARTS and crafts shop will open its third store in Oxfordshire.

Hobbycraft has announced plans to open in the Banbury Cross Retail Park on August 18.

The shop is offering goodie bags, special offers and activities following a ceremonial ribbon cutting at 9am.

Store manager, Chris Hancox said: “We’re really looking forward to opening the doors to our Banbury store and share our passion for arts and crafts with the community.

"We’ve been working really hard to ensure that the store will be packed full of the most exciting crafting products, which will help our customers create handmade masterpieces.

"Our new colleagues are all dedicated crafters and are ready to inspire and share their knowledge with locals of all crafting abilities.”