Bakery & coffee on Coach Lane

Bakery & coffee since 2018Two minutes from Ludbury station

A bakery and café on Coach Lane. We bake every morning and roast our own coffee.

TodayTue to Fri 7:30 to 4pm, Sat 8:00 to 4pm, Sun 9:00 to 2pm

7:20 the first tray of the morning.

Buns, croissants and pain au chocolat, every day we're open. A second tray of cardamom buns follows at 10:15.

The counter

On the counter today

Times are when each tray comes out of the oven. Prices are to take away or eat in.

  1. Country sourdough800g. White with 15% wholemeal Out at 7:00Every day we're open £5.80
  2. Seeded ryeAll rye, sunflower and pumpkin seeds Out at 7:00Tue, Thu, Sat £5.40
  3. Fig & walnut loafTuesdays only Out at 7:00Tue £6.20
  4. Spelt & honey tinWednesdays only Out at 7:00Wed £5.60
  5. Porridge loafOats cooked the night before. Thursdays Out at 7:00Thu £5.80
  6. Brioche loafSundays only Out at 8:30Sun £6.00
  7. CroissantLaminated over two days Out at 7:20Every day we're open £2.90
  8. Pain au chocolatTwo batons of dark chocolate Out at 7:20Every day we're open £3.20
  9. Cardamom bunTwo trays a day Out at 7:20 & 10:15Every day we're open £3.40
  10. Cinnamon knotsFridays only Out at 8:30Fri £3.40
  11. Morning bunOrange zest, cinnamon, sugar. Weekends Out at 8:30Sat & Sun £3.60
  12. Olive oil & lemon cakeBy the slice Out at 9:00Every day we're open £3.60
  13. FocacciaRosemary and sea salt, by the slice Out at 11:30Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat £3.80
  14. Chocolate rye cookieStill soft in the middle Out at 1pmTue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat £2.60

Baked in the back room every morning we're open.

Roasted beans pouring out of the drum into the cooling tray, with smoke
Thursday, 8:10. A batch leaves the drum.

Coffee

Roasted in the back room, Mondays and Thursdays.

On a 5-kilo drum roaster in the back room. The espresso rests about a week before it reaches the grinder.

Espresso, this month

Huila, Colombia

Washed · Milk chocolate, red apple, brown sugar

All the milk drinks and the espresso. 18g in, 40g out, about 28 seconds.

Filter, this month

Guji, Ethiopia

Natural · Blueberry, jasmine, a bit of cocoa

Batch brew on the counter, or a V60 made for you.

250g bags £9.50. Bags by the till, roasted that week. We grind them for you if you ask.

An espresso running from the portafilter

The sourdough

An 18-hour loaf.

From mixing to the shelf takes about 18 hours. Most bread sold in the UK is made in about three and a half.

Floury hands working dough in a glass bowl
Shaped loaves resting on a floured bench by the oven
Rows of dough proving in floured cane baskets
A baker carrying a tray of fresh round loaves
Golden loaves lined up on a wire rack
  1. Floury hands working dough in a glass bowl

    4pm

    Mix

    Flour, water, salt and the starter, fed that morning. We fold it four times over the next three hours.

  2. Shaped loaves resting on a floured bench by the oven

    7:30pm

    Shape

    Divided by hand, 800g each, and shaped tight so the crust can open where we cut it.

  3. Rows of dough proving in floured cane baskets

    8pm

    Rest in the cold

    Into floured baskets and the fridge at 4 °C overnight. This is where the sour flavour comes from.

  4. A baker carrying a tray of fresh round loaves

    5:40

    Bake

    Straight from the fridge into a 250 °C deck oven with steam. Forty minutes, darker than you'd expect.

  5. Golden loaves lined up on a wire rack

    7:00

    On the shelf

    Out of the oven, onto the rack by the window. They crackle as they cool.

Breakfast & brunch

Breakfast until 11:30, brunch at weekends.

Everything on toast is on our own sourdough. Weekends we serve breakfast until 1pm.

Poached eggs on toast in a shallow bowl on a wooden table Eggs on toast£7.80 Breakfast, every day we're open French toast with raspberries on a white plate Brioche French toast£10.50 Weekend brunch, 9:00 to 1pm A focaccia sandwich with greens Focaccia sandwich of the day£8.50 Lunch from 11:30

Who you'll meet

The four of us behind the counter.

Ruth and Jonah opened Morrow in 2018 in the old print shop on Coach Lane. The press room became the bakery; the shop front kept its big window.

A baker's hands rounding dough on a floured bench

Bakes

Ruth Hale

Starts the ovens at five. If you're in before nine she's the one in flour at the back.

Tue to Sun, from 5:00

A barista pouring a filter coffee from a gooseneck kettle

Coffee

Jonah Bly

Roasts on Mondays and Thursdays and runs the machine most mornings.

Tue to Sat at the machine

Hands sliding a tray of unbaked croissants into the oven

Pastry

Ade Bello

Laminates the croissant dough over two days and keeps the buns on time.

Tue to Sat, from 5:30

Someone working the counter, seen from behind

Counter & cakes

Priya Nair

Takes the cake orders and knows who wants the end of the loaf.

Thu to Sun on the counter

Visit

Coach Lane, by the station.

14 Coach Lane, Ludbury LB2 4HS.

Opening hours

Opening hours
Tuesday7:30 to 4pm
Wednesday7:30 to 4pm
Thursday7:30 to 4pm
Friday7:30 to 4pm
Saturday8:00 to 4pm
Sunday9:00 to 2pm
MondayClosed

Closed. Roast day, and the starter still gets fed.

Map of the streets around Morrow Morrow is on the left side of Coach Lane, just below Station Road and Ludbury station. Market Cross bus stop is further down Coach Lane; Mill Street car park is off to the right. P Station Station Road Coach Lane Mill Street Market Cross (bus) Car park Morrow
Two minutes from the station's town exit.

Getting here

By train
Ludbury station is two minutes away. Leave by the town exit and cross Station Road. Coach Lane is straight ahead and we're on the left.
By bus
The 12 and 31 stop at Market Cross, three minutes up Coach Lane.
By bike
Two stands right outside the window.
By car
Mill Street car park (pay and display), four minutes' walk. There's no parking on Coach Lane.
An orange cake on a white stand, topped with orange slices

Order ahead

A loaf kept back for you, or a whole cake for Saturday.

Loaves: order before 2pm the day before. Cakes from £32.00, with three days' notice.

Two minutes from Ludbury station