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When it comes to bakeries, Britain’s golden. As a dedicated Time Out reader, of course, you already knew this, since we’re dedicated to bringing you fellow pastry lovers up to speed on where you should spend (and eat) your dough. The Good Food Guide, though, has just confirmed this tasty truth with its list of the 50 Best Bakeries for 2026.
The list includes 10 London eateries: seven of these were new entries and four featured in our guide to the best bakeries in the capital. Elsewhere, Yorkshire has had a pretty good innings, with three making the grade. There were six finalists in Scotland and four in the Midlands, while just two outlets in Wales received a shout-out – perhaps the Good Food Guide isn’t partial to a Welsh cake.
In any case, the list proves that the UK’s bakeries remain in rude health – 23 of the total 50 were new entries. Congratulations to those rising stars.
Good Food Guide editor Chloe Hamilton said: ‘Choosing just 50 winners was an almost impossible task given how diverse and highly skilled the British baking scene has become. From wood-fired sourdough in Perthshire to a central London café peddling pains au chocolat that take you straight to the streets of Paris, one thing uniting them all is sheer unadulterated deliciousness.’
The Good Food Guide’s 50 Best Bakeries was produced in partnership with the financial technology company Square, whose head of international marketing Lizzie Barclay said: ‘Britain's bakery scene is a brilliant example of the independent spirit that makes local businesses so vital to their communities.
‘From micro bakeries operating out of a single oven to multi-award-winning artisans pushing the boundaries of craft and flavour, these 50 bakeries represent exactly the kind of businesses Square is proud to support. Together with Good Food Guide, we're proud to celebrate the businesses that prove exceptional food and strong community go hand in hand.’
The Good Food Guide’s 50 Best Bakeries for 2026
- Aran Bakery, Dunkeld
- Arôme Bakery, Covent Garden, London (new entry)
- August Bakery, Battersea, London (new entry)
- Bakers Yard Bakery, Sheffield
- Bandit Bakery, Aberdeen (new entry)
- Beefcake Cafe, Glasgow
- Breadmill Bakery, Nottingham (new entry)
- Chatsworth Bakehouse, Crystal Palace, London (new entry)
- Damsel Bakery, Crieff (new entry)
- Don’t Tell Dad, Queen’s Park, London (new entry)
- E5 Bakehouse, Hackney, London
- Eric’s, East Dulwich, London
- Farro, Bristol
- Field Bakery, Bridgwater
- Fred Bakery, Oxford Circus, London (new entry)
- Gorse Bakery, Newquay
- Grain and Hearth, Whitstable
- Hamblin Bread, Oxford
- Hart’s Bakery, Bristol
- Haxby Bakehouse, York
- Hilda Bakery, Bristol (new entry)
- Imma The Bakery, Stoke Row (new entry)
- Kanto, Cambridge
- Landrace Bakery, Bath
- Lannan Bakery, Edinburgh
- Levain and Cherry, Birmingham
- Little Valley Bakery, Swansea (new entry)
- Long Boi’s Bakehouse, Manchester
- Longstraw Bakery, Wiveliscombe
- Lovingly Artisan, Kendal
- Lucky Yu Bakery, Walthamstow, London (new entry)
- Mabel The Bakery, Downham Market
- Native Grain, Truro (new entry)
- Northern Rye, Newcastle upon Tyne (new entry)
- Nourish Bakery, Fishguard (new entry)
- Nova Bakehouse, Leeds
- Pastille Bakery, Liverpool (new entry)
- Pipit Bakery, Bradford on Avon
- Pollen Bakery, Manchester
- Rye Bakery and Pizzeria, Frome
- Small Food Bakery, Nottingham
- Solo Bread, Birkenhead (new entry)
- Suba Bakery, Walthamstow, London (new entry)
- The Garage Bakehouse, Market Harborough
- The Lost Mill Bakery, Crowes (new entry)
- The Wild Loaf, Liverpool (new entry)
- Toad Bakery, Camberwell, London
- White Horse Bakery, Holme-next-the-Sea (new entry)
- Wild Hearth Bakery, Comrie (new entry)
- Wooster’s Bakery, Bury St Edmunds
Find out more about each entry on the Good Food Guide website here.
Did you know that two London artisan bakeries have been crowned the best in Britain for 2026?
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