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The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops
Small Batch Coffee Company is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

1. Small Batch Coffee Company

111 Western Rd (Norfolk Sq), Brighton, East Sussex
Coffee Shop · Brunswick and Adelaide · 33 tips and reviews
Bond Street Coffee is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

2. Bond Street Coffee

8.6
15 Bond St, Brighton, East Sussex
Coffee Shop · North Laine · 41 tips and reviews
Workhouse Coffee is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

3. Workhouse Coffee

10-12 King St, Reading
Coffee Shop · 83 tips and reviews
Full Court Press Specialty Coffee is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

4. Full Court Press Specialty Coffee

8.8
59 Broad St, Bristol
Coffee Shop · Broadmead · 24 tips and reviews
Small Street Espresso is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

5. Small Street Espresso

9.3
23 Small St., Bristol, Bristol
Coffee Shop · Broadmead · 58 tips and reviews
The Brew House is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

6. The Brew House

Harbour Head, Porthleven, Cornwall
Coffee Shop · 1 tip
Colonna & Small's is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

7. Colonna & Small's

9.2
6 Chapel Row, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
Coffee Shop · 141 tips and reviews
Waterloo Tea is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

8. Waterloo Tea

8.2
Wyndham Arcade, Cardiff, Cardiff
Tea Room · City Centre · 9 tips and reviews
The Plan is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

9. The Plan

8.5
28-29 Morgan Arcade, Cardiff
Café · City Centre · 45 tips and reviews
Workshop Coffee Co. is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

10. Workshop Coffee Co.

8.5
80a Mortimer St, London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · West End · 102 tips and reviews
White Mulberries is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

11. White Mulberries

8.7
D3 Ivory House (St. Katharine Docks), London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · St. Katharine's and Wapping · 104 tips and reviews
Prufrock Coffee is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

12. Prufrock Coffee

9.0
23-25 Leather Ln, London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Holborn and Covent Garden · 268 tips and reviews
Kaffeine is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

13. Kaffeine

9.0
15 Eastcastle St, London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · West End · 105 tips and reviews
Climpson & Sons is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

14. Climpson & Sons

8.6
67 Broadway Market, London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · London Fields · 103 tips and reviews
Esters is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

15. Esters

9.1
55 Kynaston Rd, Stoke Newington, Greater London
Café · Hackney · 56 tips and reviews
Browns of Brockley is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

16. Browns of Brockley

8.4
5 Coulgate St (opp Brockley Common), London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Brockley · 71 tips and reviews
Quarter Horse Coffee is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

17. Quarter Horse Coffee

9.0
88-90 Bristol St, Birmingham, West Midlands
Coffee Shop · 34 tips and reviews
Hot Numbers is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

18. Hot Numbers

9.1
6 Dale's Brewery (Gwydir St), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Café · 69 tips and reviews
Strangers Coffee House is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

19. Strangers Coffee House

8.6
21 Pottergate, Norwich, Norfolk
Coffee Shop · Norwich Lanes · 18 tips and reviews
Laynes Espresso is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

20. Laynes Espresso

9.2
16 New Station St., Leeds
Coffee Shop · Trinity Quarter · 106 tips and reviews
Idle Hands is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

21. Idle Hands

8.9
35 Dale St, Manchester
Coffee Shop · City Centre · 14 tips and reviews
Harlequin Coffee and Tea House is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

22. Harlequin Coffee and Tea House

7.5
2 King's Sq, York
Tea Room · 3 tips and reviews
Spring Espresso is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

23. Spring Espresso

9.1
45 Fossgate, York, North Yorkshire
Coffee Shop · 35 tips and reviews
Bean & Bud is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

24. Bean & Bud

8.9
14 Commercial St, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Coffee Shop · 19 tips and reviews
Laboratorio Espresso is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

25. Laboratorio Espresso

8.6
93 West Nile Street, Glasgow
Coffee Shop · Merchant City · 49 tips and reviews
Peña Cafe is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

26. Peña Cafe

5 Eton Ln
Coffee Shop · Hillhead · 3 tips and reviews
Union Brew Lab is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

27. Union Brew Lab

8.7
6-8 South College St, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Coffee Shop · Newington · 189 tips and reviews
Fortitude Coffee is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

28. Fortitude Coffee

3C York Pl, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Coffee Shop · New Town · 62 tips and reviews
Established Coffee is one of The Telegraph best & busiest UK coffee shops.

29. Established Coffee

9.2
54 Hill St, Belfast
Coffee Shop · Cathedral Quarter · 64 tips and reviews