• Images from Tea at Tapps
  • Images from Tea at Tapps
  • Images from Tea at Tapps
  • Images from Tea at Tapps

WHAT

Café

WHERE

A1, Junction 9; 4 minutes

WHEN

Mon–Sun 10am–4pm  

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    Kid friendly

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    Disabled access

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    Free WiFi for visitors

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    Vegetarian or vegan options

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    Gluten-free options

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    Parking available onsite

A1

There’s always a warm welcome at Tapps, a garden centre in a long barn that overlooks a bright patchwork of allotments and the North Hertfordshire countryside beyond. Tea at Tapps is its rustic café with floor-to-ceiling windows, decorated with greenery and local artwork.

Teas are loose leaf, coffee is strong and the atmosphere is relaxed. Kitchen maestro and owner, Louise, prides herself on wholesome, homemade food. She conjures up lip-smacking cakes from the oven fresh every day: warm scones slathered with clotted cream and jam, passion fruit and white chocolate loaf, a treat-packed vegan and GF Rocky Road, macaroons and orange and poppy seed cake.

Lunches are hardy and filling: quiches from the oven, perfect jacket potatoes, stuffed sandwiches and Gardener’s lunches. Parking is plentiful, and muddy walkers (with muddy boots!) are welcome. Walk it off or work up your appetite first on the footpaths that cross-cross the nearby fields.

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Tea at Tapps,
Wallington Road, Baldock,
SG7 6RS
Tel - 01462 896302
Email - Send email to Tea at Tapps
Web - www.teaattapps.com

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