Eat and drink · Witney
Huffkins, Witney
Huffkins' café and bakery on Witney High Street, open every day for brunch, lunch and afternoon tea, with outdoor tables, accessible toilets and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
A handy town-centre café for brunch or cake, with disabled access and accessible toilets, tables outside in fine weather and dogs welcome.
- Good: Open every day
- Good: Disabled access and accessible toilets
- Good: Dogs welcome
- Good: Outdoor tables in fine weather
- Worth knowing: Closes at 4pm on weekdays and Sundays
About
Huffkins has a café and bakery on the High Street in Witney, the market town on the Windrush. The company is a Cotswold bakery founded in Burford in about 1890 and owned by the Taee family since 1999, which bakes in small batches at its own bakery.
In Witney it is a place for brunch, a slice of handmade cake and coffee, lunch or afternoon tea, with vegan, gluten-free and children's menus. In fine weather there are tables outside. Huffkins offers free wifi and takeaway at all its cafés, Witney included.
It opens from 9am to 4pm on weekdays, 9am to 5pm on Saturdays and 10am to 4pm on Sundays. Afternoon tea can be booked online, and groups of up to 30 should book ahead. The café has disabled access and accessible toilets, and dogs are welcome.
From the middle of town, the flat walk to Witney Lake and Cogges takes about an hour and a quarter, and passes Cogges Manor Farm.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 09:00 to 16:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Sunday | 10:00 to 16:00 |
The details
- Food
- Café food · Bakery · Tearoom
- Serving
- Breakfast · Brunch · Lunch · Afternoon tea
- Dietary
- Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes · Children's menu
- Features
- Café · Shop · Wi-Fi · Dogs inside
- History
- Huffkins founded in Burford in about 1890
Photos
The tea room 
The bakery counter
Location
Accessibility
- Accessible toilet
Huffkins lists disabled access and accessible toilets at its Witney café.
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- San Marzano 0.1 km away
- The Blue Boar 0.3 km away
- The Eagle Tavern 0.4 km away
- The Three Horseshoes 0.4 km away
Sights nearby
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Butter Cross, Witney
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St Mary's Church, Cogges
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St Mary's at Cogges, across the Windrush from Witney, is a Grade I church of the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, once shared with a small priory, with an octagonal-topped tower, a chapel frieze of stone musicians and the busts of the Blake family.
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St Mary's Church, Witney
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St Mary the Virgin is Witney's cross-shaped parish church at the south end of Church Green, rebuilt in the thirteenth century around a central tower and broach spire, with a late Norman porch and a fine fourteenth-century north transept. Grade I; open daily.
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Witney Lake and Country Park
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Witney Lake and Country Park is a Local Nature Reserve on the south side of Witney: a former gravel pit and Windrush meadows run by the town council, with a lakeside path of under 2km, wildfowl in winter and terns in spring. Free.