I've listed some favourite Sunday café stops as suggested by local cyclists.
If you know any others in or around Essex and its borders then
Andy Ballentyne
Similarly if you have any further comments or info (opening times, telephone no.s, postcode, web adresses etc. ) on those listed here then please let me know.
| Café | Location | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Log Cabin | Abridge. | |
| Farm on the Althorne - Burnham road | Althorne | |
| The Antique Shop | Blackmore | |
| The café | Blake End (south of Great Saling, just off A120) | |
| The Craft Centre | Broxted | |
| The teashop | Burnham | |
| Magnolia tearooms | Castle Hedingham (next to where Buckley Saxon cycles was) | |
| Café Rondo | Coggeshall opposite White Hart | "best carrot cake around" |
| Clocktower Teashop | Coggeshall | "best ever scones" |
| Tea on the Green | Danbury | |
| Halfway café | Dedham | "OK for bog standard stuff!" |
| The tearoom | Darsham | |
| The café | Dobbs Weir | |
| Water's Edge | Elsenham Business Park, almost opp. the Golf Course | Untried |
| The café | Dunwich | "ruined by poshies" |
| Jemima's | Finchingfield | |
| The café | Gosfield Lakes | |
| Orangerie | Hadleigh (Suffolk) | tea, a variety of cakes and crumpets |
| The teashop | Hare St | |
| The tearoom/post office | Hatfield Heath | |
| Café | Hatfield Peverel - down the lane off the B1019 (Hatfield Peverel to Maldon road) opposite Ernest Does. | Only open for teas 10 - 12 and 2 - 4. Does lunches 1 - 2 |
| Lock Tearooms | Heybridge Basin (up on the Seawall) | "great food - best looking girls. Run by the same people as the one at the Tiptree jam factory " |
| The café | High Easter | Not open Sundays |
| Papermill Lock | Little Baddow | |
| Visitors Centre | Mole Hall Wildlife Park, Widdington | |
| Corncraft Café | Monks Eleigh (On the now defunct Babergh circuit) | Very popular with the Suffolk CTC DA |
| Cliff tops | Mundesley | |
| Ashlyn's organic farm and farm shop | North Weald (A414) | "Good and proper coffee. Nice food but there's not too much space." |
| The café | Norton Heath | |
| Cafe on the side of the pub (Cherry Tree?) | Purleigh | |
| The café | Rendlesham on the old Bentwaters military site | "Was called Granny Smiths and does normal nosh." |
| Silver Bull | Reed, nr Royston | |
| Sawbridgeworth Antiques Centre | Sawbridgeworth | |
| The café | Sizewell | |
| Visitors Centre | South Hanningfield (down track to reservoir, just past Windmill pub) | |
| Water's Edge | South Hanningfield - just along the road from the Visitor's Centre. | "Lovely location, good food" |
| Butterfly Tea Rooms, Tropical Wings | Wickford Rd, South Woodham Ferrers | Tel 01245 425394 www.tropicalwings.co.uk "You can visit the tea rooms without paying admission and the food was very good. It is worth a visit to the place if you are looking for something to do, there is also a good farm shop attached" |
| Mussards | Stansted Mountfitchett(just along the road from The Old Mill) | "Fantastic range of sandwiches/rolls/ baguettes" |
| The Old Mill | Stansted Mountfitchett (bottom of hill in from Elsenham) | Now gone 'up market' and now a Bistro! |
| The teashop | Stistead | |
| The tearoom | Stock | NOW CLOSED! |
| The Corner Bakery | Thaxted | "Superior scone size/quality makes up for overbearing friendliness" |
| The bakery | Theydon Bois | "Excellent breadpudding; useful last stop into london if fuel's low" |
| The Crossed Keys | Thornwood Common on the B1393 Epping/Harlow road. | "Favourite bikers greasy spoon" |
| Mo's Café | Tiptree opposite Tesco's in the High Street | "Does the best full English in Essex" |
| Hayes Hill Farm café | Waltham Abbey - just off the B194 approx one mile north | Open from 10am each day (although closed a few days over Xmas & New Year ). |
| The tearoom. | Westmill (Approx 2.5 miles south of Buntingford) | |
| The garden nursery | Writtle Agricultural College, Writtle |
Please note that the comments above are those received from the contributers and do not necessarily represent the views of the Easterley Road Club or its members.