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Eat and drink · Fairford
7a Coffee Shop, Fairford
An independent coffee shop on London Street, Fairford, since 2004, known for brownies baked on site, with a walled garden behind where dogs are welcome.
Dog-friendly
Fairford's own coffee shop, family-owned since 2004, with a walled garden at the back that is the best seat in town on a fine day. Come for coffee and a brownie, or a panini at lunch. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
- Good: Walled courtyard garden behind the shop
- Good: Dogs always welcome
- Good: Brownies baked on site each evening, more than 70 kinds
- Good: Free parking in the Market Place round the corner
- Worth knowing: Closed Sundays and Mondays; Saturdays until 1pm
- Worth knowing: Kitchen closes at 2.30pm
About
7a Coffee Shop is an independent, family-owned coffee shop on London Street in Fairford, just off the Market Place, open since 2004. Its coffee has come from Extract Coffee Roasters in Bristol since 2011, and it is best known for its brownies, baked on site each evening in more than 70 varieties and also sold online.
The lunch menu is short and straightforward: panini such as pesto chicken or goats' cheese and roasted vegetables (£6.95 or £8.95 in 2026), sandwiches, jacket potatoes and salads, with vegan sausage rolls, pastéis de nata, flapjack and cinnamon buns on the counter. There are smoothies, milkshakes and hot chocolate made with real chocolate.
Behind the shop is an enclosed, walled courtyard garden with plenty of seats, and dogs are always welcome. It opens from Tuesday to Friday from 9am to 3pm, with the kitchen closing at 2.30pm, and on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. Park free in the Market Place, then walk round the corner; St Mary's Church is a few minutes away, and Lynwood & Co on the High Street opens on the days 7a is closed.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 15:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 15:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 15:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 to 15:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 13:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |
The kitchen closes at 2.30pm from Tuesday to Friday. Closed on Sundays and Mondays.
The details
- Food
- Café food
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch
- Dietary
- Vegan dishes
- Booking a table
- Walk-ins only
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Café
- History
- Independent coffee shop since 2004
- Parking
- Free parking in the Market Place, just round the corner.
Photos
The counter 
Brownies in the garden 
Behind the counter 
A brownie celebration cake
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Plough Inn, Fairford 0.0 km away
- Lynwood & Co, Fairford 0.2 km away
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- The Coffee Post, Fairford 0.2 km away
Sights nearby
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St Mary's Church, Fairford
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Fairford's wool church, rebuilt in the 1490s by the merchant John Tame, holds 28 windows of glass made about 1500 to 1515, which the parish calls the only complete set of late medieval glass in any parish church in the country. Grade I; open daily, free.
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St Swithin's Church, Quenington
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Quenington's Norman parish church in the Coln valley, recorded by 1100, with two richly carved Norman doorways: the Harrowing of Hell over the north door and, over the south, what may be the earliest carving of the Coronation of the Virgin. Grade I.
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Knights Hospitallers' Gateway, Quenington
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The fourteenth-century gatehouse of the preceptory the Knights Hospitallers founded at Quenington in about 1193, partly rebuilt in the early sixteenth century, beside St Swithin's church. Grade I; on private land, seen from Church Road.
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St John the Baptist, Coln St Aldwyns
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Coln St Aldwyns' parish church: a late Norman doorway of chevrons, a demon carved over a blocked window, a two-tier chandelier of about 1767, and windows remembering the two John Kebles, father and son, who served here. Grade II*.