The Old Bakery


The Old Bakery offers you a relaxing place to sit whilst enjoying a beverage and snack or a delicious home cooked lunch.
The Old Bakery
Situated in the village of Branscombe in a wooded valley, the Old Bakery is a stone built and partially rendered thatched building. Inside the bakery you'll find a tea-room that serves a variety of beverages including cream teas as well as home cooked lunches and snacks.
Under the thatched eaves of this former traditional bakery, you'll discover the old bread oven and proving trough. A colllection of tins, dishes and measuring scales used by the last bakers are displayed in the rooms. Scrapbooks and old photographs tell the story of the Collier Brothers, the bakers, and the simple process of of how bread was made here.
It's now a cosy tea-room with a garden alongside the mill stream and a beautiful orchard nearby. The tea-room has been awarded the Gold Taste of the West award for its delicacies, and now offers takeaway options and ice-cream too.
If the weather is fair the pretty cottage garden is the perfect place to while away an hour or two in a picturesque setting overlooking the orchard. If the skies are dull and overcast you can head inside and find a seat in the cosy interior.