Providero's coffee and movement studio keeps Llandudno's Mostyn Street moving

Most coffee shops stop at coffee. Providero, on Upper Mostyn Street in Llandudno, has a studio space where customers can stretch, dance and practise yoga between flat whites.

The business runs a café, a small library, a fitness space and bike hire. In May 2021 it expanded its coffeehouse with a dedicated wellness and exercise area known as Provspace Studio, or the Provstretcher. Rather than a traditional commercial gym, it partnered with local retailers to create a combined coffee and cycle lifestyle centre, including a newly fitted studio with gymnasium flooring and mirrored walls.

The studio hosts community-focused classes such as yoga, dance and musical theatre fitness. Providero's events programme also includes parent and child groups and group therapies, and the business invites fitness instructors to book the space for their own classes. Customers can also browse the café's small library while they wait for their order.

Providero describes itself as two speciality tea and coffee shops and an event space. Its coffee is roasted in Llandudno, and it serves light seasonal dishes made fresh each day, using local and organic products wherever possible. It describes itself as one of the best-loved cafés in the town, and as well as hosting classes, the event space can be booked for private occasions.

The business has now submitted a retrospective planning application to regularise the change of use of its Upper Mostyn Street premises from retail to a coffee shop and event and fitness space. The plans also include using an area at the rear of the ground floor for coffee roasting.

Conwy Council's economic development team said it recognised the potential economic benefits of the continued occupation and investment in a town centre premises, including support for local jobs and the diversification of the visitor economy.

For anyone who finds it hard to make time for exercise, combining a class with a good coffee and a chat is a gentle way in, and Providero's mix of community classes and café life offers exactly that.

Class timetables, events and room hire details are at providero.co.uk.