Chiddingly Village Shop & Cafe
Tuesday: 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00
Friday: 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 12:30
Sunday: -
About Chiddingly Village Shop & Cafe
Community-owned & -run village shop and cafe founded August 2012 by the residents of Chiddingly
OPENING TIMES: Mon-Fri 8am-1pm; Sat 9am-12. 30pm
Royal Mail collection: 10. 30am Mon-Sat
Chiddingly Village Shop & Cafe Description
In 2012, an ancient Domesday village opened a very modern community shop with postal services, wifi and a cafe serving light lunches, snacks, home-baked treats, freshly ground coffee and proper pots of tea.
Chiddingly Village Shop & Cafe is located in Muddles Green, East Sussex, and was created by a group of passionate villagers who wanted to put the heart back into this rural community. It celebrated its milestone 5th birthday in August 2017. The Shop acts as a village hub, with regular activities such as weekly French conversation classes, a monthly Gallery Wall showcasing work by local artists, a cafe with free wifi, and a postal point (with daily royal mail collection), providing information on community events, green issues and local producers.
Chiddingly is surrounded by beautiful countryside where a host of local producers are still growing, farming, cooking, baking and brewing wonderful produce that the shop stocks – Golden Cross Cheese Company, Flint Owl Bakery, Windmill Bakery, SF Smithers meats, Hale Farm eggs and Ouse Valley preserves to name a few.
The shop also promotes an ethos of responsible packaging and recycling by stocking refill items like quality olive oil and Ecover 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 has ample free parking and outdoor seating where dogs on leashes are welcome. We extend a warm welcome to everyone, including hikers, dog walkers and cyclists; we always keep a dog water bowl freshly filled, offer free water bottle top-ups to cyclists and 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
01825-872949
www. chiddinglyshop.org
For further press information please contact:
Katrina Best @ Best Communications: bestkatrina@gmail.com
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Our August Newsletter just went out - click below to read, download and subscribe if you like...
WE ARE SEEKING A SUPER SATURDAY SUPERVISOR!
Our fantastic current Saturday Supervisor Kia will be leaving us in September to start university. We are therefore looking to hire a friendly, reliable and self-motivated person to be our new Saturday Supervisor, working a four-hour shift each week.
... The hours are: 8.45am-12.45pm every Saturday
Some experience in retail, catering or similar is preferred, but enthusiasm and a willingness to learn is more important as full training will be given. Please note: Applicants must be at least 18 by August 3rd, when training will start.
Anyone interested can drop off their CV in person to Tanya Laporte, or e-mail it together with a brief cover letter to: manager@chiddinglyshop.org
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Freshly in today - Our amazing village baker Gill has outdone herself yet again with this spectacular Wimbledon Cake, featuring lashings of cream and local strawberries 🍓 🍰 It’s LOVE ALL round so do come and get a slice before it’s gone! 😋🎾❤️😋
"Anyone for Cricket?" - photo by Emma Waterman July in our 2019 Chiddingly Calendar
Our July Newsletter just went out - click link to read, download and subscribe if you like!
Just in - scrumptious handmade fruit yoghurt from the wonderful Southdowns Dairy in Rodmell. The 225ml pots are big enough to share, but you won’t want to! 😋🐄👍❤️
A reminder that it's our third Lunch Bunch tomorrow Wed June 26th from 12.30pm - do join us and please reserve your spot in advance to avoid disappointment!...
These lovely loaves of delicious gluten-free bread from the wonderful local Artisan Bread Makers Belle & Wilde are available to buy, while our cafe customers can now enjoy gluten-free sandwiches and toasties. 👍😀🍞🥪❤️
Our June Newsletter just went out - click link to read, download and subscribe if you like!
Fathers' Day is this Sunday and we are offering all local beers at 10% off from today until Saturday! 😃👍🍺🍻
Dog meets cows at gate, Muddles Green - June in our 2019 Chiddingly Calendar photo by Emma Waterman
This amazing certified organic veg was delivered yesterday from the Montessori school in Halland. Come and buy a bag of salad, kale, chard and/or broad beans (but hurry as they are selling fast!) and while here, why not treat yourself to one of our locally roasted organic coffees too! 😊🌱☕️
Our 2nd Lunch Bunch is tomorrow Wednesday May 29th from 12.30pm - please join us, all welcome!
A reminder that we are open today from 9am-2pm!
We’ve taken delivery today of some more freshly picked local asparagus so do come in and get some while it lasts! Please note we are open as usual Saturday 9am-12.30pm, closed Sunday and open again on Bank Holiday Monday from 9am-2pm!
Volunteer recruitment drive, fresh local asparagus and Ashdown Forest artist Juliet Murray... Our latest (May) newsletter just went out! Click the link to read and subscribe if you like...
More about Chiddingly Village Shop & Cafe
Tuesday: 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00
Friday: 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 12:30
Sunday: -