Real bakeries in Manchester
Manchester sits in Greater Manchester, North West, United Kingdom. Honest Bread lists 4 bakeries in and around Manchester that mix and bake from scratch, with no frozen or par-baked dough and no additives.
Between them, the Manchester bakers here make sourdough, baguette and rye bread. Every listing is either confirmed by the baker or compiled from public record, and we say which on each profile.
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.
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.
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.
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.