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Grants Bakery

A craft bakery and patisserie on Corbridge’s Market Place, with pastries, bread and savouries, plus seating indoors and out.

Address:

1–3 Market Place, Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5AW

Call:

01434 633044

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Hours:

Shop: daily, 7am–5pm, according to the bakery’s contact page.

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Good to Know

Grant’s is a craft bakery and patisserie on Corbridge’s Market Place. The bakery says its extension added indoor and outdoor seating overlooking the square.

Tom’s Notebook

Best for. A pastry stop, a loaf to take home or something savoury for later.
When to go. The bakery lists shop hours of 7am–5pm daily. Allow a little extra time at weekends if there’s a queue.
Afternoon tea. Order ahead for collection. The bakery asks for at least three working days’ notice for handmade orders.
Contact. Call 01434 633044 for large orders or to check availability.

A Closer Look at Grant’s Bakery

We haven’t visited Grant’s ourselves yet. These notes are based on the bakery’s own website, including customer comments it chose to share.

A stop on the square

A sausage roll for the walk or a slice of cake with a seat overlooking the Market Place? Grant’s has the makings of either sort of stop. Its website highlights rustic loaves, savouries and patisserie, and the shop now has seating indoors and out.

From Holyrood to Corbridge

The bakery says its master baker, Andrew Cotterell, has baked for the Queen’s garden party at Holyrood Palace. Closer to home, Grant’s reports winning Craft Bakery Business of the Year at the 2025 Baking Industry Awards.

What customers mention

In the Google reviews reproduced on the bakery’s website, customers praise the variety of cakes and pastries, with bread and service also getting a mention. One reviewer found it busy and felt the quality justified the price and wait. These are comments selected by the bakery.

Heather & Sand’s take. We’d put this on the list for a Corbridge morning, with time to sit if there’s a table free. If you’re after afternoon tea to take home, order it ahead.

Sources and more information are available on the bakery’s website, its About page and its contact page.

A Little Note From Heather & Sand

We haven't quite made it here ourselves yet, but it's on our list!

We're working our way around Northumberland, personally visiting and reviewing as many of the places featured in our Listed section as we can. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

In the meantime, we do our homework. Before adding somewhere to Heather & Sand, we research it, look at what other visitors have to say and check that it has a good reputation. If the feedback isn't encouraging, it generally doesn't make our list.

Of course, a little online research is no substitute for muddy boots, a decent coffee and seeing somewhere for ourselves. So until we've visited, we'll leave the personal review to one side.

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