Garden Cafe - Holburne Museum

Bath's Holburne Museum sits on Great Pulteney Street, and the Garden Cafe tucked within it is one of those proper finds that justifies poking your head inside even if you're not planning a full gallery visit. The cafe itself occupies a light-filled space that opens onto the museum's grounds - you get the sense of being somewhere cultured without the pretension that sometimes comes with it.

The appeal is straightforward: decent coffee, reliable cakes, and a peaceful spot to pause during a Bath wander. The setting matters here. Sitting outside on a decent day, you're surrounded by Georgian architecture and manicured gardens, which beats most high street cafes by a country mile. Inside, the white walls and large windows keep things airy even when it's drizzly outside.

It's the sort of place that works best if you're combining it with a proper museum browse or using Bath as your base. If you're staying at Stowford Manor Farm or Widbrook Barns near Trowbridge - both solid camping options about 6 miles out - it's worth the short drive in to properly explore Bath and treat this cafe as part of the day rather than the main event.

They're not reinventing the wheel with the menu, but that's almost the point. You come for the surroundings, the decent service, and a break from the tourist squeeze of Bath's city centre. Allow an hour, maybe ninety minutes if you're lingering over a second coffee.