Chiddingly Village Shop and Cafe

General information

An ancient Domesday village opened a very modern community shop with postal services, wifi and a cafe serving freshly ground coffee!
Chiddingly Village shop in East Sussex opened its doors in August 2012. The shop was created by a group of passionate villagers who wanted to put the heart back into this rural community. The Shop acts as a village hub, cafe and postal point (with daily royal mail collection), providing information on community events, green issues and local producers.
Chiddingly is surrounded by beautiful countryside and a host of local producers still growing, farming, cooking, baking and brewing wonderful produce that the shop stocks – Golden Cross Cheese Company, Flint Owl Bakery, SF Smither meats, Ouse Valley preserves to name a few.
The shop also promotes an ethos of responsible packaging and recycling by stocking refill items like olive oil and washing liquids and having their own ‘bags for life’.

This not for profit co-operative is run by a paid manager and a wonderful team of village volunteers. A Community Share offer has led to many villagers making a unique ethical investment into their own community shop and thereby becoming members of the ’Chiddingly Community Shop Association’.

Chiddingly Village Shop extends a warm welcome to walkers and cyclists; we have installed cycle racks at the shop and local footpath signs around the parish so you can find us!
Grants for the shop have come from WARR Partnership, Action in Rural Sussex, Village SOS – Big Lottery Fund, The Plunkett Foundation, Wealden District and Chiddingly Parish Council.

Chiddingly Village Shop, Farley Yard, Muddles Green, Chiddingly, East Sussex. BN8 6HW www.chiddinglyshop.org

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Gail Giles – 01825 872729 asgiles@btinternet.com