Garden Centres with Cafés in the UK
A garden centre with a café is a different kind of trip — somewhere you can spend an hour rather than ten minutes, and the deciding factor when you are not going alone. These 70 centres have a café, coffee shop, tea room or restaurant on site.
How this list is built: a centre appears here only where its own verified listing confirms a café, tea room or restaurant on site. Where we have no confirmation either way, the centre is left off rather than guessed at — so this list is conservative, not exhaustive. Always confirm with the centre before travelling, as facilities and hours change.
Garden centres with cafés by county
Essex (34)
- AE Harnett & Sons — Stock, Essex
- Billericay Nurseries — Billericay, Essex
- Cherry Lane Braintree | Braintree, Essex
- Cherry Lane Garden Centres Riverside | Hockley, Essex
- Claremont Garden Centre | Maldon, Essex
- Elms Nursery & Garden Centre — Crays Hill, Essex
- Gro-Rite Horticulture — Basildon, Essex
- Hanging Gardens Garden Centre | Chelmsford, Essex
- Happy Grow Garden Nursery — Epping, Essex
- Hearts Delight Home & Garden Centre — Lawford, Essex
- Heather’s Plants — Basildon, Essex
- Hilltop Garden Centre | Weeley Heath, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
- Hilltop Nursery Ramsden Heath — Ramsden Heath, Essex
- Hockley Market Garden Centre | Hockley, Essex
Surrey (7)
- Garsons Garden Centre, Esher
- Longacres Garden Centre, Bagshot
- Notcutts Garden Centre Cranleigh
- Notcutts Garden Centre, Staines
- Squire’s Garden Centre, Badshot Lea
- Squire’s Garden Centre, Chertsey
- Squire’s Garden Centre, Shepperton
Kent (12)
- Canterbury Chartham Garden Centre | Canterbury, Kent
- Canterbury Garden Centre | Herne Bay, Kent
- Coolings Potted Garden Nursery | Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent
- East Northdown Nursery | Margate, Kent
- Grafty Garden Centre | Grafty Green, Kent
- Longacres Bybrook Barn | Ashford, Kent
- Meadow Grange Nursery | Whitstable, Kent
- Millbrook Garden Centre Gravesend | Gravesend, Kent
- Notcutts Maidstone Garden Centre | Maidstone, Kent
- Polhill Garden Centre | Badgers Mount, Kent
- Tenterden Garden Centre | Tenterden, Kent
- Youngs Nurseries | Broadstairs, Kent
London (4)
- Finchley Nurseries, Mill Hill
- Garden Living, Romford
- Harrow Garden Centre, Harrow
- Squire’s Garden Centre, Stanmore
Hampshire (1)
Berkshire (5)
- Ashridge Manor Garden Centre | Wokingham, Berkshire
- Hare Hatch Sheeplands | Garden Centre, Farm Shop & Café, Berkshire
- Henry Street Garden Centre | Arborfield, Reading, Berkshire
- Hillier Garden Centre Newbury | Thatcham, Berkshire
- Stubbings Nursery | Maidenhead, Berkshire
Buckinghamshire (6)
- Blue Diamond Garden Centre World’s End | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- Haddenham Garden Centre | Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
- Hartwell Nurseries | Garden Centre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- Hildreth’s Garden Centre | Prestwood, Buckinghamshire
- Lakers Nursery | Winslow, Buckinghamshire
- Rowan Garden Centre | Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire (1)
Worth knowing
- Café hours are often shorter than centre hours, particularly in winter — kitchens frequently stop serving an hour or more before closing.
- Sunday trading rules apply to the shop, not the café. A centre on restricted Sunday hours may still serve food outside them.
- Working nurseries rarely have one. If a café matters, a larger garden centre is the safer bet than a specialist grower.
Also useful: dog-friendly garden centres and centres open on Sunday.
Something missing?
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