Honest bread in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester has 12 real bakeries listed on Honest Bread, in 8 towns. Every one bakes from scratch on its own premises.
Look for honest bread in Manchester, Altrincham, Bolton, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Hale and Levenshulme.
Towns in Greater Manchester
All bakeries in Greater Manchester
Barbakan Delicatessen
A bakery and delicatessen in Chorlton established in 1964 to serve south Manchester's Polish community, baking over seventy varieties of bread daily using traditional overnight methods. Known for continental rye loaves, bagels and 48-hour sourdough.
Companio Bakery
A small artisan bakery in Ancoats baking naturally leavened sourdough, pastries and viennoiserie fresh daily. It has a second site on Spear Street in the Northern Quarter.
Flour & Soul Bakery
A small-batch bakery where each sourdough loaf is a three-day process with a 36-hour cold fermentation, using organic stone-ground flours.
Half Dozen Other
An artisan bakery, part of the Pot Kettle Black group, baking sourdough and laminated pastries from a warehouse site in Red Bank using organic Shipton Mill flour and no improvers. It also runs a cafe on Oxford Road at Circle Square.
Hills Bakery
A family-owned artisan bakery in Hale village near Altrincham, run by the fourth generation of the Hill family, baking bread, sandwiches and handmade confectionery daily on site.
Holy Grain Sourdough Bakery
An independent bakery at the Great Northern in central Manchester making small-batch organic sourdough and hand-crafted pastries with a two-day fermentation. It both retails to walk-ins and supplies wholesale.
Hunter's the Bakers
A bakery trading since 1968 that bakes its breads and homemade pies daily on the premises.
Lovingly Artisan
An award-winning naturally leavened sourdough bakery trading from Altrincham Market, known for rustic loaves, malted barley bread and five-grain rye. Its founder has been recognised as Baker of the Year.
MOST Bakery
A family-run neighbourhood bakery on Cross Street in Altrincham specialising in small-batch sourdough and laminated pastry, with an open kitchen so customers can watch the baking. It also runs sourdough bread-making courses.
Pollen Bakery
An Ancoats bakery and cafe baking long-fermented sourdough loaves, viennoiserie and pastries on site since 2016. Its flagship sits beside the marina at Cotton Field Wharf.
Trove
A cafe and bakery making simple, additive-free wild yeast sourdough in house, with sites in Levenshulme and Ancoats.
Yellowhammer
A neighbourhood bakery, pottery studio and restaurant on Lower Hillgate in Stockport, baking sourdough loaves, rye, baguettes, tarts and pies. It was founded by a former Where The Light Gets In chef.