Whitley Stores is a 100% volunteer-run and 100% community-owned shop, located in the car park of the Pear Tree Inn, on Top Lane in Whitley. We’re a convenience store that offers a lot more: opportunities to volunteer in the shop or behind the scenes to give something back to your community; somewhere to go for a chat, helping to reduce social isolation in our village; and an outlet for a wide range of local produce and locally-made crafts and gifts alongside all the usual village shop essentials.

Behind the running of the shop is Shaw and Whitley Community Hub, a Community Benefit Society with 175 members, all of whom invested a minimum of £10 to help us to establish Whitley Stores in 2021. We moved to our new premises in the Pear Tree Car Park in May 2024.