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Two places to buy our bread: the bakehouse and shop in Brockley, where everything is baked, and a hatch under the railway in Forest Hill for the morning commute.

A tall rack of freshly baked loaves cooling in the bakehouse

Bakehouse & shop

Brockley

Open Tuesday to Sunday

23 Harcastle Row
London SE4 2PN

Monday
Closed (bakers’ day off; classes in the evening)
Tuesday to Friday
7:30am to 4pm
Saturday
8am to 4pm
Sunday
8am to 2pm

Bank holidays: open 8am to 2pm unless we say otherwise in the Thursday email. Closed 25 December to 2 January.

Getting here

Five minutes’ walk from Brockley station (Overground and Thameslink): turn left out of the station, then second right onto Harcastle Row. Buses 171 and 172 stop at the end of the road. Two cycle hoops out front.

Access

Step-free entrance with a 90cm door. One small table inside and two benches outside. Card and phone payments only. Well-behaved dogs welcome; water bowl by the door.

Pastries and loaves stacked in a glass-fronted display

The Hatch

Forest Hill

Open Tuesday to Saturday

Arch 7, Perrymount Yard
London SE23 1QA

Sunday and Monday
Closed
Tuesday to Friday
7am to 1pm
Saturday
8am to 1pm

Bread, pastries and coffee through the hatch, plus pre-order collection. No cakes on the counter here, but celebration cakes can be collected.

Getting here

Two minutes from Forest Hill station: follow the railway north along the yard; we’re the arch with the queue. Step-free, standing only.

A baker loading scored loaves into a brick-lined deck oven

Our story

Two bakers, one oven, 4am starts.

Ines Marlow ran the pastry section in restaurant kitchens for ten years. Tom Achebe-Hart grew up above his family’s mill and has never trusted a loaf with a short ferment. In 2019 they took over a former print shop on Harcastle Row, put a second-hand deck oven where the press used to be, and opened with three breads and a croissant.

Today there are nine of us, two farms we buy grain from, and a queue on Saturdays. The recipes are written on the wall, the starter is from that first winter, and the counter still empties by four.

Ines, Tom and their story are fictional, written for this concept.

Questions

Why do you sell out?

We bake once (twice for some breads) and don’t freeze dough to stretch the day. When it’s gone it’s gone, which is why today’s counter shows what’s going fast, and why pre-ordering is the safe way to get your loaf.

Do you take cash?

Card and phone payments only, at both sites. Pre-orders are paid on collection.

Can I bring my dog?

Yes, to Brockley. The Hatch is a hatch, so your dog can wait with you in the yard.

How should I store sourdough?

Cut side down on a board, or in a cloth bag, for three or four days. Slice and freeze anything you won’t eat by then; toast it from frozen.

Are you on Deliveroo?

No. Bread is best collected, and we’d rather keep prices fair than pay platform commission.

Get in touch

For pre-orders, cakes and classes the quickest way is online. For anything else, email or call the bakehouse between 9am and 3pm.

020 7946 0367
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Ordering terms (summary)

Pre-orders, celebration cakes and class places are made or reserved for you, so the 14-day cancellation right for distance sales doesn’t apply. Pre-orders can be changed or cancelled free until 2pm the day before collection; cakes until 2pm two days before. Classes can be moved or cancelled free up to seven days before. Prices include VAT and there are no service or booking charges.

Ember & Ear Bakehouse Ltd is the food business operator and is responsible for the accuracy of the allergen, ingredient and price information on this site.

Privacy (summary)

We only use what you give us in a form to deal with that order, booking or enquiry, and we keep it for as long as we need to for that and for our accounts. The Thursday email is opt-in and you can leave with one click. This site sets no advertising cookies and uses no third-party trackers or embedded maps. To see or delete what we hold, email hello@example.com.

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