The Bakehouse

Artisanal café

Your friendly neighbourhood coffee shop, the Bakehouse opened in 2020 and now serves as a real hub for the local community, whether that be walkers, cyclists, families enjoying the Ashridge Estate, Mums looking to get out with (or away from) the children for a morning coffee, ladies who lunch or weekend brunchers. Well behaved dogs welcome.

As much as we try to keep our website updated the menus are only for reference as we regularly change our dishes according to seasonal availability.

Open hours

Daily: 8:30am — 5pm

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Pastries & Breakfast

Our in house pastry team supply warm scones and fresh cakes, biscuits, and sweet treats daily. The Bakehouse also receives daily deliveries of sourdough, croissants and doughnuts from Culture Bakery in Tring, and fresh espresso roasted by Sustain Coffee Co.

Our breakfast menu features favourites like american style pancakes, smashed avocado on toast, eggs benedict, or a full bakehouse breakfast.

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Seasonal Menus

Our food menu changes seasonally, often featuring weekly specials with ingredients grown in our herb and vegetable gardens. Dishes have included warm autumnal salad, grilled aubergine panini, Welsh rarebit, and breaded cod katsu seasoned with chillies from the garden. We offer a kids menu and vegetarian or vegan options.

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The Courtyard

Originally the site of a swimming pool during the 1930s, the courtyard has flourished into a bustling outdoor spot to grab a bite to eat and relax in the sun.

During the summer months the courtyard is often open late until 9pm, where you can enjoy drinks under the twinkling lights that illuminate the grandeur of the house looming overhead.

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Explore the gardens

Humphry Repton, the greatest landscape gardener of his day, was commissioned to design the formal gardens, and they remain intact today as the finest surviving example of his work.

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The Vault

The Vault is Ashridge House’s beer, wine, and cocktail bar in the former Evidence Room, a secure and fireproof safe room for important documents, secrets, and judicial evidence.