WHAT
Café
WHERE
M1, Junction 22; 6 minutes
WHEN
Mon-Sun 9am-4pm
Closed Dec 25-26
Dog friendly
Vegetarian or vegan options
Gluten-free options
Bradgate Park has an embarrassment of riches for drivers taking slight detours just north of Leicester. Its 830 acres are a wild, rugged and rocky place with deer, the ruins of early brick-built houses, ancient oaks and war memorials.
The Old Post Office Tearoom is mere minutes from the M1 at the park's western entrance, in the village of Newtown Linford. There are a few cafés in a row but this was our favourite with its lovely blue and white-painted building, cosy log-burner (winter), hidden rear garden with parasols and scented shrubs (for sunny and summer days) and super-friendly staff. It's rightly popular with walkers - dogs are welcome inside - who return for the home-baked cakes and tiffins and the changing café menu, with all dishes cooked fresh to order. The coffee, from local Leicester roaster, St Martin's, will keep you on your toes.
Drop into Watkinghams gift shop before you go, in the beautiful old stone building opposite.
The Old Post Office Tearoom,
550 Bradgate Road, Newtown Linford, Leicester,
LE6 0HB
Tel - 01530 242709
Email - Send email to The Old Post Office Tearoom
Web - www.instagram.com/oldpostofficetearoom/
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