Country sourdough
Proved for eighteen hours. Thick crust, open crumb, keeps three days in a paper bag.
$7.50900g loaf
Baked here, every morning
Bread worth walking for, from 7am
A small bakery on Saddler Street. Sourdough proved overnight, pastries laminated by hand, and cakes made to order. When it is gone, it is gone — so most people order ahead.
Today's counter
What is actually out today. Update this list each morning — a bakery page that still lists yesterday's bread is worse than no list at all. Every price is an example.
Butter croissant
Laminated here over two days. Out of the oven at 7:15 and again at 10.
$3.80each
Cinnamon buns
Cardamom in the dough. Best warm, which means before about half nine.
$4.20each
Seeded sandwich tin
Soft crust, sliced free if you ask. The one the children will actually eat.
$5.40800g loaf
Celebration cakes
Made to order, three days' notice. Tell us the occasion and roughly how many people.
From $488 inch
Order ahead
Savouries
Sausage rolls, cheese and onion pasties, and a vegetable one that changes weekly.
$4.60each
Sold out today
Ordering and collection
The part people phone to ask. Answer it here and the phone rings less.
Order by 4pm the day before
Anything on the counter can be put by for you. After 4pm we have already worked out the morning's bake.
Collection from 7am
Named bags on the end of the counter. No queue, no payment in advance — pay when you collect.
Cakes need three days
Longer in December and around exam season. Tell us the date you need it and we will say yes or no straight away.
Wholesale and events
We supply four cafés locally. If you want bread daily or pastries for an event, call and ask for Rosa.
Two of us and one oven
Rosa bakes, Will runs the counter, and between them that is the whole business. We make what we can make properly, which is why the list above is short and why it sells out.
The shop is on Saddler Street between the hardware shop and the launderette. Two steps up at the door, and we will happily bring an order out to you if that is easier.
When we are open
| Tuesday – Friday | 7am – 3pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday | 7am – 2pm |
| Sunday | 8am – 12pm |
| Monday | Closed |
Bread is usually out by 7:15. Pastries come out again around 10. Saturday afternoons are thin by about one o'clock.
What people say
Use real reviews, word for word, or remove this section.
“The sourdough is the best for thirty miles and I have looked.”
Jo H.“Ordered a birthday cake with four days' notice, described roughly what I wanted, and it was better than the description.”
Tomas L.“Worth getting there early. By ten on a Saturday the good stuff has gone.”
Marianne P.Questions we get asked
Do you have gluten-free bread?
We do not. We mill and handle wheat flour in one small room, so we cannot honestly promise anything is free from it. We would rather say no than risk making somebody ill.
What about allergens generally?
Ask us and we will tell you exactly what is in anything on the counter. Nuts, dairy and egg are all used daily in the same space. Replace this answer with whatever your local rules require.
Can I pay in advance?
No need. Orders are paid for on collection, card or cash.
Do you deliver?
Not to houses. We do deliver wholesale orders to cafés and offices within the town before 8am.
What happens to what does not sell?
It goes half price in the last hour, and anything left after that goes to the community kitchen on Weir Street.
Order for collection
By 4pm for next-day bread and pastries. Three days for a cake.