ELSR Café Database – Cycle-Friendly Cafés Around Cambridge

We maintain an ever-growing database of cycle-friendly cafés in and around Cambridge, UK. These are the coffee stops and cafés our ride leaders regularly choose for weekend and mid-week group rides. Click a café on the map to view its description, facilities, and the cycling routes that pass through it.

The list is updated and curated by the ELSR community. If you know a café that deserves to be added, simply click the ADD CAFE button below and help other Cambridge riders discover new stops.

If you want to see the most popular cafes, from our group rides, click here: Top 10.

If you're thinking of planning a ride to a cafe and want some advice on how to do that, click here: How to choose a suitable route

Note: Cafés marked with a red location icon are temporarily or permanently closed.

NB If you don't know who Seymour is, you really need to check this out.

Recent Additions

These are the most recent additions to the database.

Map view of 106 cafes

ID Name Rating Routes Summary
1 ☕☕☕☕☕ 181 Former meeting place for ELSR, now closed.
2 ☕️ 11 Small and grumpy
3 ☕☕☕☕ 22 Good summer choice
4 ☕☕☕☕☕ 13 Large and fast
5 ☕☕☕☕ 20 Super fast ladies of Mill End
6 ☕☕☕☕ 3 Decent NW choice
7 ☕☕☕☕ 13 Excellent veggie breakfasts
8 ☕☕☕☕☕ 8 Book for large groups
9 ☕☕☕ 6 Food a bit basic
10 ☕☕☕ 33 Great in summer, cold in winter
11 ☕☕☕☕ 12 Choice of two cafes
12 ☕☕☕☕ 36 Small, but nice
13 ☕☕☕☕ 8 Can get busy in summer
14 ☕☕☕ 14 Spacious inside and out
15 ☕️ 13 Groups are now penalised with a service charge!
16 ☕☕☕☕ 15 Small
17 ☕☕☕☕ 5 Beautiful local lanes
18 ☕☕☕☕ 9 Best to reserve a table!
19 ☕☕ 4 Outdoor seating only
20 ☕☕☕☕☕ 17 The cycling cafe!
21 ☕☕ 17 Often busy
22 ☕☕ 15 Tiny, but if Jordan's Mill is shut it's a good backup
23 ☕☕ 54 Small, no hot food.
24 ☕☕☕☕ 4 Full menu
25 ☕☕☕ 3 Small. opposite Olivers.
26 ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ 29 Now at The Mixing Shed
27 ☕☕☕☕☕ 59 Lovely, worth booking for large groups.
28 ☕☕☕ 13 Nice cafe, very cheap!
29 ☕☕☕ 2 10am opening....
30 ☕☕☕☕ 12 Coffee and cake or full restuarant
31 ☕☕☕☕ 2 Sun trap garden
32 ☕☕☕☕ 24 Massive queues at WEs
33 ☕☕☕ 2 Lovely cafe, bleak roads to get there!
34 ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ 7 Lots of space!
35 ☕☕☕☕ 1 Lovely deli!
36 ☕☕☕☕ 5 Outside seating only, sun trap in summer
37 ☕☕☕☕ 7 Miniature cuddle therapy ponies!
38 ☕☕☕☕ 11 Nice find!
39 ☕☕☕☕ 19 Brand new cycle friendly cafe
40 ☕☕ 93 Can be slow
41 ☕☕☕☕ 18 Need to book for large groups
42 ☕☕☕☕ 6 Not bad!
43 ☕☕☕ 1 Poor bike security
44 ☕☕☕☕ 19 Now does hot food!
45 ☕☕☕ 2 Super cheap cooked breakfast
46 ☕☕☕☕ 56 Bit busy at weekends, but excellent
47 ☕☕☕☕☕ 5 Excellent cycle friendly cafe
48 ☕☕☕☕ 3 Very quite mid week
49 ☕☕☕☕ 4 Good option for NW
50 ☕️ 6 Not very secure for bikes
51 ☕☕☕☕ 5 Good alternative now Something Lovely has closed
52 ☕☕ 2 Pretty average
53 ☕☕☕☕ 16 The better of the two at Grafham Water
54 ☕☕☕☕ 4 Everything baked on site!
55 ☕☕☕ 9 Nice cakes, limited hot food
56 ☕☕☕☕ 7 Dedicated Cycling Cafe
57 ☕☕☕ 11 Greasy spoon, but safer for bikes
58 ☕☕☕ 12 Good summer choice
59 ☕☕☕☕ 8 Good hot and cold selection!
60 ☕☕ 25 Mediocre at best!
61 ☕☕☕☕ 42 Lovely small cafe
62 ☕☕☕ 59 Freshly baked bread...
63 ☕☕☕ 50 Very small indoor area only.
64 ☕☕☕ 12 Good hot food selection
65 ☕☕☕☕☕ 239 ELSR's new meeting place
66 ☕☕☕☕ 5 Cyclist cafe garden timber house
67 ☕☕☕☕ 18 Only open Wed and Sunday!
68 ☕☕☕☕ 14 Only open if no events on
69 ☕☕☕☕ 7 Good space inside and out
70 ☕☕☕ 24 Cakes and Croissants
71 ☕☕☕ 97 Usual Days Bakery fare
72 ☕☕☕ 17 Very good value!
73 ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ 41 Great cinnamon buns and coffee
74 ☕☕☕☕ 56 Quality coffee close to Cambridge
75 ☕☕☕☕ 4 Great vegan cafe, excellent coffee
76 ☕☕☕☕ 9 Compact and bijou coffeehouse
77 ☕☕☕☕ 12 Good coffee and good cakes
78 ☕☕☕☕☕ 8 Crocodiles and more to explore
79 ☕️ 0 Will tell you tomorrow !
80 ☕️ 1 Garden Centre
81 ☕☕☕☕☕ 51 Bike friendly and good coffee
82 ☕☕ 27 Tiny little cafe
83 ☕☕☕☕ 3 Really nice cafe!
84 ☕☕☕☕ 17 Lots of space
85 ☕☕☕☕☕ 27 Waresley Park Estate, Gamlingay Rd, Waresley, Sandy SG19 3DD
86 ☕☕☕☕ 15 If you like a sausage... (outdoor seating available)
87 ☕☕☕☕☕ 41 Linton kitchen's sister cafe.
88 ☕☕☕☕☕ 6 Gardens and tea rooms
89 ☕☕☕☕ 2 Nice outdoor area
90 ☕☕☕☕ 2 Nice cafe
91 ☕☕☕☕ 21 Nature reserve RSPB headquarters
92 ☕☕☕ 6 Not been there yet...
93 ☕☕☕☕ 8 Biker cafe upstairs in shop
94 ☕☕☕☕ 3 Nice cafe in town centre
99 ☕☕☕☕ 30 Decent cafe
100 ☕☕☕ 4 Lovely little cafe
101 ☕☕☕☕ 3 Super cheap local cafe
102 ☕☕☕ 3 Nice independant cafe
103 ☕☕☕☕ 8 Farm shop and cafe with outdoor seating
104 ☕☕☕ 0 Quirky Summer Cafe
105 ☕☕☕☕ 1 Nice pastries, but small cafe.
106 ☕☕☕☕☕ 112 Excellent food!
107 ☕☕☕☕ 1 New cycling cafe
108 ☕☕☕ 2 Quirky cafe / bookshop
109 ☕☕☕☕ 5 Quirky cafe just outside Bury
110 ☕☕☕☕ 18 Outdoor only!