Honest bread in Norfolk
Norfolk has 11 real bakeries listed on Honest Bread, in 11 towns. Every one bakes from scratch on its own premises.
Look for honest bread in Diss, Downham Market, Elsing, Great Bircham, Holme-next-the-Sea and Letheringsett.
All bakeries in Norfolk
Aish Bakery
Micro-bakery at the Back to the Garden farm shop near Holt in North Norfolk, making naturally leavened sourdough from scratch. Bakes using local and heritage grain flours.
Bircham Windmill Bakery
Working windmill and bakery at Great Bircham with seven generations of baking tradition. Mills its own flour on site in the historic windmill and bakes breads and rolls fresh daily in an original coal-fired oven, using few simple ingredients.
Bread Source
Independent artisan bakery and cafe with several sites across Norwich and Aylsham, baking additive-free sourdough, ryes and spelt loaves on its own premises. Around 4,000 loaves leave the bakery each week.
Elsing Bakehouse
Delivery-only bakery making handmade, slow-fermented bread with all-organic ingredients, leavened with a natural levain culture.
Fresh Bread Micro Bakery
Micro-bakery near Norwich making handmade organic sourdough over three days with natural leaven and long fermentation, plus laminated pastries and treats. Orders are placed at least two working days ahead.
Loaf Micro Bakery
Neighbourhood microbakery opened in Wymondham in 2021, making naturally leavened sourdough over three days using organic and East Anglian milled flours. A second shop opened in Norwich Lanes in 2024.
Mabel The Bakery
Small-batch bakery on Downham Market Place opened in 2023, making handmade sourdough loaves, croissants and seasonal viennoiseries with slow-proved doughs. It was named in the Good Food Guide's best 50 bakeries two years running.
The Craft Bakery
Family-run independent bakery making bread, pastries and cakes locally in Norfolk, with its white sourdough taking a Great Taste Award in 2023. It has shops in North Walsham, Sheringham, Cromer and Mundesley.
The Old Store
Micro-bakery and coffee shop opened in 2022, making all its own sourdough on site using organic flour from Shipton Mill, alongside cakes and pastries. It has been named among the Good Food Guide's 50 best bakeries in the UK.
Tudor Bakehouse
Craft bakery on Diss Market Hill, baking by hand each morning since 1991. All breads are hand-mixed, shaped and baked fresh on the premises daily. No additives; a proper traditional bakehouse at the heart of this Norfolk market town.
White Horse Bakery
Artisan bakery in a converted 19th-century barn at the White Horse pub, making small-batch organic sourdough, baguettes, focaccia and pastries daily. It was named among Britain's best bakeries by the Good Food Guide within its first year.