Honest bread in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire has 11 real bakeries listed on Honest Bread, in 6 towns. Every one bakes from scratch on its own premises.
Look for honest bread in Oxford, Chipping Norton, Carterton, Kennington, Milton-under-Wychwood and Wheatley.
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Cornfield Bakery
Long-established family-run artisan bakery in Wheatley, with a second shop in Thame, making bread by long fermentation along with sourdough, cakes and pastries. It also runs hands-on breadmaking courses at the Wheatley shop.
Gatineau Artisan Patisserie & Bakery
Independent French-style patisserie and bakery in Summertown that makes its breads and pastries on site daily using French flours without additives. Its bread range includes sourdough, ciabatta and classic French loaves.
Hamblin Bread
Neighbourhood bakery and cafe in East Oxford baking bread daily from stone-ground British flour, water and salt. It sells only sourdough bread alongside buns, pastries and pizza, and runs a second outlet in the Covered Market.
Lynwood & Co
Australian-style cafe group with a central production bakery in Carterton that bakes the bread and pastries for its Cotswold sites. The Carterton unit supplies a consistent range of artisan bakery across its cafes.
Mark's Cotswold Bakery
Family-run bakery specialising in hand-made high-hydration sourdough, baked by a small team in a Chipping Norton unit using flour from the nearby FWP Matthews mill. It won a regional gold at the National Bakery Awards 2023 for several of its sourdough loaves.
Modern Baker
Organic baking brand started in Summertown that produces slow-fermented sourdough using organic flour. The original cafe has closed and production now runs from a base in Kidlington, with loaves sold through stockists.
MOR Bakery
Independent sourdough bakery and cafe baking traditional sourdough, pastries and savouries using organic ingredients and locally sourced Cotswold flour. It runs sites in Chipping Norton, Chipping Campden and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Natural Bread Company
Family-run independent artisan bakery that hand-makes its breads, pastries and cakes from scratch at its Botley bakery using locally milled flour and long fermentation. It sells through weekend market stalls in Oxford and supplies cafes and colleges across.
Proof Social Bakehouse
Artisan wholesale bakery and cafe near Oxford run as a social enterprise by Tap Social Movement, baking a range of sourdough breads and pastries on site. Customers can watch the bakers at work from the cafe mezzanine.
Rise & Flour Artisan Bakery & Cafe
Independent artisan bakery and cafe in the Cotswold village of Milton-under-Wychwood, specialising in house-made sourdough breads and baked goods. It also serves all-day brunch and sweet treats including gluten-free options.
White Horse Bakehouse
Small microbakery based in Iffley Fields in East Oxford producing a limited run of loaves, baked in a stone hearth-lined oven. Its signature is a notably sour White Horse sourdough.