Tea Rooms in South West England

Henbury · Bristol, UK

Berwick Lodge is a family-owned Victorian manor hotel set in 18 acres of gardens and woodland on the outskirts of Bristol. Afternoon tea is served year-round in the wood-panelled lounge, restaurant or on the terrace, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free versions and a weekday cream tea.

Harbourside · Bristol, UK

The Bristol, a Doyle Collection hotel on the harbourside, serves its Classic Afternoon Tea in The River Grille Thursday to Saturday from 12:30 to 4:30 pm. The tea includes finger sandwiches, scones with Cornish clotted cream and jam and petit fours, served with harbour views.

High Street · Chipping Campden, UK

Bantam Tea Rooms has been a family-run English tea room since 1949, housed in a 1693 building at the start of the Cotswold Way in Chipping Campden. Cakes and scones are baked daily in its own bakery, with gluten-free options, a tea garden and eight bed-and-breakfast rooms upstairs.

Lymebridge · Hartland, UK

Docton Mill is a gold-medal garden in North Devon whose tea room wraps around the garden terrace and Mill House, with a wood-burning stove in the granary room at either end of the season. Food is prepared in the granary kitchen; the site says it was voted Best Cream Tea in Devon and Best Tea Room in North Devon at the North Devon Food & Drink Awards, and it opens 1 April to 5 October, closed Sundays.

Cott Road · Lostwithiel, UK

The Duchy of Cornwall Nursery café sits on the Duchy estate near Lostwithiel with views towards Restormel Castle. It runs a dog-friendly walk-in café and a reservation-only Orangery, both serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, Cornish cream tea and Sunday roast seven days a week.

Market Square · Stow-on-the-Wold, UK

Huffkins' Stow café sits in a 17th-century listed building on the town's historic market square. It serves brunch, wood-roasted coffee, cakes and scones from the Cotswold bakery and a bookable afternoon tea, and is dog-friendly.

Market Square · Stow-on-the-Wold, UK

Lucy's is a family-run English tearoom and B&B in a 300-year-old Grade II listed building with exposed beams and flagstone floors on Stow's square. It serves home-cooked brunch, light lunches, freshly baked scones, cakes and cream teas on a first-come, first-served basis with no table reservations, and offers vegan and gluten-free options.

Crosstown · Morwenstow, UK

Rectory Farm Tearooms opened in 1950 in a 13th-century farmhouse at Morwenstow, with slate floors, open fires and oak beams salvaged from ships wrecked on the North Cornwall coast. Scones, cakes, quiches and soups are made in the farmhouse kitchen using the family's own beef and lamb and local produce, and the tearoom carries loose-leaf teas from Tregothnan; it operates seasonally, a ten-minute walk from the South West Coast Path.

City Centre · Bath, UK

Sally Lunn's occupies what it describes as the oldest house in Bath and serves the Sally Lunn Bath Bun alongside traditional English tea and regional dishes. A kitchen museum in the basement shows the original 1680s bakery and archaeological finds from the building.

Abbey Green · Bath, UK

A traditional English tearoom on Abbey Green where staff wear period attire and tea is served in fine china. The menu runs to around 18 teas, breakfast, light lunches and a high tea; the shop is walk-in only and does not take advance bookings.

City Centre · Bath, UK

The Pump Room is a Georgian salon beside the Roman Baths that has served as Bath's social hub for over 200 years. Afternoon tea is served in sittings at 12:00, 2:00 and 4:00 pm beneath the chandeliers, accompanied by live classical music, with a morning brunch and bakery service from 10 am.

Gay Street · Bath, UK

The Regency Tea Room sits on the upper floor of the Jane Austen Centre on Gay Street, serving pots of real leaf tea and light lunches to visitors. Staff dress in Regency attire and the room trades on Bath's Austen connections.