Welcome to Fittleworth Stores, our community owned and run shop, café and post office in the beautiful South Downs National Park.
Villagers, visitors, cyclists and walkers are all invited to come and experience our warm and friendly atmosphere. Dogs are welcome too, but not inside please.
Opening hours
- Weekdays: 8.30am – 5.30pm
- Saturday: 8.30am – 2pm
- Sunday: 8.30am – 2pm
- Bank Holidays: 8.30am – 2pm
The kitchen closes at 3pm on weekdays and 1.30pm on weekends and Bank Holidays
The Post Office closes at 5pm on weekdays and 1pm on Saturday, and is closed all day Sunday and on Bank Holidays
Our shop
Our shop carries a wide range of local produce and reasonably priced general groceries (including household items and over the counter medicines), together with newspapers. We are keen to support local farms and businesses so we are proud to stock produce from over 30 local suppliers. We also stock a range of local pottery, art and jewellery.
Our Post Office counter provides a comprehensive range of services. In addition to buying stamps and posting parcels, you can withdraw cash, pay cheques into your bank account, pay bills, top up your mobile phone and buy holiday currency! The Post Office closes at 5pm on weekdays and 1pm on Saturday, and is closed all day Sunday.
Need something delivered or need a lift? If you are struggling to get to us, we will do our best to help. Call 01798 865907 and we will see if we can deliver to you or provide you with a lift to the shop.
Our café
Our café offers a selection of breakfast baps, lunches, sandwiches, snacks and hot and cold drinks. We have inside seating for 30 and plenty of outside tables and picnic benches. Please find a table and then place your order at the till. If you don’t have time to stop and enjoy your food and drink in our café, many of the items can be taken away too.
We offer homemade cakes and traybakes and we have a range of buns and doughnuts from Jengers Craft Bakery. We have plenty of more substantial snacks too, including sausage rolls and bacon baps.
All our coffee is made using our special Fittleworth Stores Blend of coffee from Edge Tea & Coffee at Ford near Arundel (you can also buy our coffee blend from the shop too).
Our location
Fittleworth Stores is positioned between Hesworth Common and Fittleworth Common with easy access to the wonderful countryside of The South Downs National Park.
We are immediately adjacent to our fantastic village children’s playground with its wooden play equipment featuring pigs, a horse and cart, tractor and plenty more! The outdoor seating on our café terraces overlooks the playground and recreation ground.
There is also a special section of youth equipment in the recreation ground with an outside table tennis table (bats and balls available for use from the shop), ball wall and climbing frame.
The Woodland Playground
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The Fittleworth Stores ‘Full English’
Now served on Saturday and Sunday mornings: The ‘Full English’ featuring toast, bacon, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms, beans and fried eggs.
Available in large and small versions.
The small ‘Full English’
Local Suppliers ℺
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Joe’s Chilli Sauce Co
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Deerview Food Co
Now the proud owners of Auntie Val’s.
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Tripp Hill Honey
Delicious natural honey from Tripp Hill in Lower Fittleworth.
What’s On
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Fittleworth & District Horticultural Society
SUMMER SHOW 2025
Saturday 9th August 2025 at 2.30pm
Entries: Wednesday 6th August between 6.00pm – 6.30pm at the village hall.
All Exhibits must be staged between 8.30am – 10.30am on the morning of the show.
Judging will commence at 11.00am
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Fittleworth Toddler Group
Fittleworth Evangelical Free Church
School Lane, FittleworthFridays 10-11.30am in school term time
Babies and toddlers with parents, grandparents and carers
All welcome for toys, refreshments and chat
For further information, please contact Karen Crook on 01798865473 or karen.crook15@btinternet.com
£2 donation invited per session
Kindly supported by:
- St Mary’s Fittleworth
- Fittleworth Stores
- Fittleworth Evangelical Free Church
Reviews
Smashing lunch spot for gourmet sandwiches
A triumph!
Amazing place!
What an amazing place! A treasure trove full of household basics, treats and gifts with a post office and café. It is right next to the playing fields with a great children’s play area next door. All the staff are really friendly and welcoming and they were very helpful and knowledgeable with my post office inquiries.
Really welcoming
Hats off to you
Fittleworth Stores what a fantastic gem of a place. Post Office, village store, café all rolled into one amazing place. Toni hats off to you and your team, each and every one of you make a visit worthwhile with your relaxed friendly approach.
Spectacular food
Run incredibly well
I am so lucky to live across the road from Fittleworth Stores. I have not been into another shop more accommodating, community supportive and smiles every time someone enters the doors. It is run incredibly well and the selection is great for the space they have. They support all local suppliers where they can which is great and one of my favourite things is that it provides comfort for the vulnerable during this time, helping with gathering supplies and even delivering to their house!
Thank you Fittleworth Stores!
Gem of a café
Without doubt this is one of the best cafés in Sussex situated on the lovely village green with loads of space for children to play or for smaller ones a safe play area very close by.
Run by volunteers I’ve always found the staff friendly and polite providing terrific quality sandwiches, savouries and cakes as well as tasty hot drinks. My recent breakfast bacon & sausage bap was off the chart in terms of quantity and quality using ingredients from my favourite local butcher.
Lots of outside seating plus a number of tables inside where there is also a good selection of typical items you would find in many convenience stores. All in all an absolutely great place to visit.