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Cottage Loaf

In short

A cottage loaf is a traditional English shape made by stacking a smaller round of dough on a larger one and pressing a hole through the centre. It is all crust and craft, and few bakers still make it.

Honest Bread lists 2 bakers across the UK and Ireland known for cottage loaf, each baking from scratch with no additives. A traditional English shape, now rare and worth seeking out.

2 bakers
2 towns
Who bakes it

Cottage Loaf bakers

Friskney · Lincolnshire ✓ Publicly sourced

Greenfield Bakers

A bakery in Friskney using a wood-fired French clay oven in a converted stable to make slow-fermented breads from stoneground organic flour milled at Maud Foster windmill.

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Faringdon · Oxfordshire ✓ Publicly sourced

Sheffords Bakery

A four-generation family-run bakery on London Street in the centre of Faringdon, baking bread, cakes and made-to-order sandwiches on site. Known for traditional baked goods including Chelsea buns, cookies and the regional Lardy Cake.

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Cottage Loaf, answered

What is cottage loaf?
A cottage loaf is a traditional English shape made by stacking a smaller round of dough on a larger one and pressing a hole through the centre. It is all crust and craft, and few bakers still make it.
Where can I buy real cottage loaf in the UK or Ireland?
Honest Bread lists 2 scratch bakers across the UK and Ireland known for cottage loaf, including Greenfield Bakers in Friskney and Sheffords Bakery in Faringdon. Use the map and town links above to find one near you. Every bakery here bakes from scratch on its own premises.
How do I know it is the real thing?
A real loaf is mixed and baked on the premises from honest ingredients, not finished from frozen or propped up with additives. Bakeries on Honest Bread meet that standard, and each listing shows whether it is baker-signed or publicly sourced.