AN ANIMAL shelter based in the Dursley area has revealed it is due to open a new large charity shop. 

Cotswolds Dogs and Cats Home - which is located in Cambridge - is planning to launch a store at the site of an old car dealership in Stroud. 

Although a date has not been given, it is thought the new charity shop could open next month in Thompson First MG, based in London Road, Bowbridge.

The car dealership - which shut in October - had been based at the location in one guise or another since 1972.

The charity - which has been running for more than 80 years - provides care and support to vulnerable animals.

It supports more than 1,000 animals each year.

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Cotswolds Dogs and Cats Home - which has been running for 80 years - is based in Cambridge near Dursley  (Image: Google Maps)