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Plain-English on coffee and cake, plus weekend crawls worth planning a trip around.
A coffee and cake crawl through London
Six independent London stops, east to west, each open about the roaster, the machine and what is on the cake counter. Start in Hackney and finish in Chiswick.
Belfast Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Belfast's coffee scene
Coleraine Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Coleraine's coffee scene
Exploring Derry's Coffee and Cake Scene
Derry coffee guide
Lisburn Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Lisburn's coffee scene
Newry Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Newry's cafes and coffee shops
Exploring Armagh's Coffee Scene
Coffee and cake in Armagh, Northern Ireland
Bangor, County Down Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Bangor's cafes
Enniskillen Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Enniskillen's cafes and bakeries
Ballymena Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Ballymena's cafes and coffee shops
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl in Holywood, Northern Ireland
Explore Holywood's cafes and bakeries
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl in Portrush
Explore Portrush's cafes and bakeshops
Oxford Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Oxford's coffee scene
Exeter Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Exeter's coffee scene
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide to Sheffield
Explore Sheffield's coffee scene
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide to Bath
Explore Bath's coffee scene
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide to Canterbury
Explore Canterbury's coffee scene
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl in Margate
Explore Margate's coffee scene
Exploring Whitstable's Coffee Scene
Whitstable coffee crawl guide
Folkestone Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Folkestone's cafes and bakeries
Abingdon Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Abingdon's cafes and tea rooms
Banbury Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Banbury's coffee shops
Wallingford Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Wallingford's cafes and tearooms
Exploring Wantage's Coffee Scene
Walkable coffee-and-cake crawl guide in Wantage, England
Witney Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Witney's coffee shops and cafes
Chipping Norton Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Chipping Norton's cafes
Newcastle upon Tyne Coffee Crawl
Explore Newcastle's coffee scene
Brighton Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Brighton's coffee scene
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl in Swansea
Explore Swansea's coffee scene
Exploring Leeds' Coffee Scene
Leeds coffee guide
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide to Cheltenham
Explore Cheltenham's coffee scene
Stroud Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Stroud's cafes and roasters
Cirencester Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Cirencester's cafes and coffee shops
North Berwick Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore North Berwick's cafes and bakeries
Peebles Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Peebles' cafes and bakeries
Tewkesbury Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Tewkesbury's independent cafes
Linlithgow Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Linlithgow's cafes and bakeries
Manchester Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Manchester's coffee scene
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide to York
Explore York's cafes and bakeries
Glasgow Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Glasgow's coffee scene
Ipswich Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide
Explore Ipswich's independent coffee shops
Bury St Edmunds Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Bury St Edmunds' independent coffee shops
Aldeburgh Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Aldeburgh's cafes
Southwold Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Southwold's cafes and bakeries
A Coffee-and-Cake Crawl Guide to Woodbridge
Explore Woodbridge's cafes and tea rooms
Dublin Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Dublin's cafes
Liverpool Coffee-and-Cake Crawl
Explore Liverpool's coffee scene
A coffee and cake crawl through Derby
Six independent Derby stops running from the Market Place through the Cathedral Quarter and out to Abbey Street, each confirmed genuine and open in 2026.
The best independent coffee shops in Venice: a sestiere-by-sestiere crawl
From the last working roastery in the historic centre to a 1742 pasticceria near Rialto, six stops through the best independent coffee and cake in Venice.
A coffee and cake crawl through Cheltenham
Six independent Cheltenham stops from the Regency centre through Montpellier to the village suburbs of Charlton Kings and Leckhampton, each open about the roaster and the cake on the counter.
A coffee and cake crawl through Milan
Six independent Milan stops in order from Brera through Porta Venezia and down to the Navigli canals, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Bristol
Six Bristol stops from Wogan and Full Court Press to Bakesmiths in Clifton, each naming the roaster, the machine behind the bar and what is on the cake counter.
A coffee and cake crawl through Istanbul
Six stops across two continents, connected by a Bosphorus ferry: the European-side roasters of Cihangir, Beyoğlu, and Karaköy, then the Asian-side scene in Moda and Yeldeğirmeni.
A coffee and cake crawl through Edinburgh
Six independent Edinburgh stops from Cairngorm and Fortitude in the New Town to Williams and Johnson in Leith, each open about the roaster, the machine and what is behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Budapest
From a Modbar-equipped hideout in Buda Castle to a courtyard roastery in the Jewish Quarter, these six independent cafes trace the Danube crossing that turned Budapest into one of Central Europe's most exciting specialty coffee cities.
A coffee and cake crawl through Prague
Six independent Prague stops running from Smíchov across the river through Nové Město, down to Vinohrady and east to Karlín before finishing in Holešovice, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Krakow
Six independent Krakow stops running from Kleparz through the Old Town and Kazimierz across the Vistula to Podgorze and Zablocie, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Lisbon
Six independent Lisbon stops from Chiado and Príncipe Real down through Bica and Misericórdia to Alcântara, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Rome
Six independent Rome stops from Sallustiano west through the historic centre to Prati, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Madrid
Six independent Madrid stops from La Latina and Lavapiés north through Malasaña to Conde Duque, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Harrogate
From a Scandinavian bakehouse on Oxford Street to a vinyl bar on Cold Bath Road, then out by train to a roastery in Knaresborough Castle Courtyard: six genuinely independent stops across a North Yorkshire spa town that takes coffee seriously.
A coffee and cake crawl through Barcelona
Six independent Barcelona stops running from El Born up through the Eixample to Gràcia, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Amsterdam
Six independent Amsterdam stops in a walkable order from the old centre down to De Pijp, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
A coffee and cake crawl through Paris
Six independent Paris stops from the Palais Royal across to the Canal Saint-Martin, each open about the roaster and the machine behind the bar.
How to read a specialty coffee menu
Single origin, washed, natural, batch brew, the lot. A plain-English guide to what the words on the board actually mean.
Espresso machines, explained for the curious
Why we put the machine on every listing, and what a La Marzocco, a Slayer or a Kees van der Westen actually changes in the cup.