Tag:shop=country_store

A country store is a UK term for shops selling rural supplies - a range of goods specifically aimed at country dwellers. Typical categories are: outdoor clothing and footwear, (particularly for hunting, riding etc), saddlery and other equestrian supplies, garden supplies, garden machinery for large gardens, pet supplies, feedstuffs for horses and other animals, fuel such as LPG. Typical customers may have large gardens, paddocks or small holdings, but are not traditional farmers.

In the UK Countrywide Farmers, trading as Countrywide have 71 stores, but there are many independents. The UK trade magazine Retail Week' refers to the category as rural supplies.

Recent discussion on IRC suggested that similar shops are readily recognisable in Norway & Denmark. About 700 are tagged in the US, compared to about 800 worldwide (as of August 2019).

The large US retail chain Tractor Supply Company (TSC), which has over 1100 stores, may belong in this category too. (See discussion on this diary entry).

How to map

As with other types of shops, place the shop=country_store tag on a node at the centre point of the building, or draw an area around the building outline.

Useful combination

• name=* the name of the country store
• operator=* indicates the name of the company operating the country store
• Address
• opening_hours=* hours of opening
• wheelchair=* suitable for wheelchairs
• phone=*
• website=*

Similar tags

• shop=hardware - a shop selling fastening (screws and bolts, nails, hooks etc.), tools, power tools, plumbing, electrical, building or garden supplies, paint, kitchenware and homeware, locks, keys, and a key-cutting. shop=hardware is similar to Do-It-Yourself-store, except it is generally smaller and stock a narrower range of products.
• shop=doityourself - Do-It-Yourself-stores (DIY for short), or Home Improvement Centers sell home, garden and construction products. They offer supplies for doing things yourself - household repairs and improvements (decorating products; home textile; bathroom and kitchen furniture and supplies; garden tools, machinery, furniture or supplies; flowers; shrubs or small trees; paint; hand tools; power tools; electrical, plumbing or building supplies).
• shop=general - a shop selling variety of different products (food, hardware, stationery, clothes, building supplies etc.). They are popular mostly in rural or remote locations.
• shop=variety_store - a retail store that sells inexpensive items, sometimes at fixed price point. Goods cut across several categories, but often include hardware, kitchenware, homeware items, interior decorations, cosmetics, cleaning supplies, toys, stationery, confectionery or craft supplies.
• shop=equestrian - a shop with riding equipment for rider, horse and stable.
• shop=garden_centre - a shop sells flowers, shrubs or trees to plant in garden, and all kinds of gardening supplies and tools.
• shop=groundskeeping - a shop with garden equipment (mowers, brushcutters, chain saws, snow blowers, cultivators, small tractors, etc.)
• shop=pet - a shop selling pets and/or pet supplies.
• shop=hunting - a shop selling guns and hunting equipment.
• shop=fishing - a shop selling fishing equipment and accessories.
• shop=fuel - a shop selling coal, charcoal, coke, firewood, wood briquettes, wood pellets etc. for small to medium purposes.

Various other tags have a clearer overlap:

• shop=agrarian - Probably the most popular tag in the category, but awkward as the word in this context is an adjective not a noun (agrarian as a noun refers to people with particular views on land tenure).
• shop=farm_supplies - Also used for places solely selling animal feed or seeds.
• shop=agricultural_supplies - As above

Related terms: ‹ variety store › ‹ feed store ›