The Best Pastries in Putney (and Just Beyond)
There's a particular pleasure in a Saturday morning with nowhere urgent to be. You pull on a jacket, step out into the cool air, and follow your nose — or, if you're the sort of person who plans these things, a map. Putney sits at the confluence of some of South West London's most exciting bakery neighbourhoods, and within easy reach of the river, the tube, and a very reasonable bus ride, you'll find cinnamon buns with genuine personality, French tarts made with real craft, and flatbreads that transport you somewhere entirely else. Whether you're already deep into the weekend breakfast delivery London rabbit hole or you've simply run out of excuses to explore your own patch, this is the list to start with.
The Best Pastries and Bakeries Near Putney
1. Buns From Home Hammersmith
Hammersmith, W6 9YE · Rating: 4.6 · Tue–Thu 11am–8pm; Fri–Mon 11am–7pm
Brothers Barney and Gabriel started baking during lockdown and delivering by bike, which is about as romantic an origin story as the pastry world gets. At their Hammersmith outpost on King Street, the star turn is a cinnamon and cardamom croissant-bun hybrid that splits the difference between Scandinavian bakehouse and London café in the most satisfying way imaginable. The double-baked pistachio frangipane is worth planning your week around, and the rotating seasonal flavours mean there's always a new reason to return. Featured in London On The Inside and the canasta journal West London guide.
2. Lockdown Bakehouse Wandsworth
Wandsworth, SW18 1TG · Rating: 4.7 · Mon–Fri 7am–3pm; Sat–Sun 7:30am–3:30pm
The original site. This is where it all began — a pandemic-born project to feed local residents and NHS workers that grew so quickly and so organically it became the kind of neighbourhood institution that people mention when they're explaining why they haven't moved. The raspberry doughnuts are the ones that get the most Instagram attention, and rightly so, but don't overlook the potato sourdough or the steak and ale pie, which is the sort of thing that makes you reassess what a bakery can be. A community ethos that actually means something.
3. Little Sourdough Kitchen
Fulham, SW6 6BT · Rating: 4.5 · Daily 7:30am–3:30pm
Munster Road in Fulham is not the sort of street that shouts, and neither does Little Sourdough Kitchen — but both repay the effort of seeking them out. This small, warmly run café-bakery has built a loyal following on the quiet authority of its naturally leavened loaves and consistently excellent croissants. The daily pastry selection changes with the seasons and the mood, which keeps regulars coming back to check what's new. Recommended as Fulham's best sourdough specialist in multiple South West London guides, and the kind of place that earns that description without appearing to try.
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4. Reemies Chelsea
Chelsea, SW3 6SD · Rating: 4.6 · Mon–Sat 9am–6pm; Sun 10am–6pm
Reemies opened their first proper shop on Fulham Road in 2025, and the pretty pink and red storefront has already become one of those places people photograph before they even step inside. The banana bundt cake — available in a vegan version that genuinely doesn't feel like a compromise — is the signature, but the broader range of pastries and bakes draws visitors from well beyond Chelsea. Featured in the canasta journal West London bakery guide, and increasingly the answer to the question "where should we go for something sweet?"
5. Cavan Bakery
Wimbledon, SW19 8AB · Rating: 4.3 · Tue–Thu 7am–3:30pm; Fri 6:30am–2pm; Sat 7am–3:30pm
Opened in 1929 and still going, the Cavan Bakery on Arthur Road is one of those rare operations that has survived nearly a century not by reinventing itself at every turn, but by continuing to do the thing it does exceptionally well. Traditional baking methods, specialist sourdough, and a family commitment that spans generations — this is what continuity in food actually looks like. In an era of pop-ups and pivots, a bakery that has simply been very good for ninety-five years deserves a great deal of respect.
6. Maison Bertaux Wimbledon
Wimbledon, SW19 5DQ · Rating: 4.5 · Daily 9:30am–6pm
Maison Bertaux has been doing this since long before "artisan" became a marketing category. The Wimbledon Church Road location brings the spirit of the famous Soho patisserie to South West London — freshly made French tarts, beautiful celebration cakes, and daily pastries made with the kind of quiet craftsmanship that doesn't need explaining. If you want to understand what a genuinely good French pastry tastes like without booking a flight, this is a reliable and rather lovely starting point. Recommended as Wimbledon's best French bakery by those who know the difference.
7. August Bakery
Battersea Rise, SW11 1ED · Rating: 4.9 · Tue–Fri 7:30am–4pm; Sat–Mon 8am–4pm
If you haven't heard about August Bakery yet, you will. Harry Robins and Florrie Beard began delivering naturally leavened loaves by cargo bike from their Putney flat before opening this airy, light-filled site on Battersea Rise in December 2024 — and the response has been extraordinary. The cinnamon buns are exceptional, the bread is serious, and the guest-bake programme, featuring collaborations with local producers, means the menu is always in motion. Named No. 1 in the British Baker Baker's Dozen 2025, and featured in Shortlist, britbrief.co.uk, and Hungry Soles best London bakeries lists. Weekend queues are already part of the ritual. That's not hype — that's earned.
8. Zeit and Zaatar Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush, W12 8PP · Rating: 4.6 · Mon–Sat 8am–6pm; Sun 8am–5pm
Not every great pastry is butter and laminated dough, and Zeit and Zaatar is the proof. Tucked into Shepherd's Bush Market, this Levantine bakery produces manaeesh — oven-hot flatbreads that arrive at your hands fragrant with za'atar or layered with akkawi cheese and gooey, spiced sujuk sausage. The sujuk and cheese version is the one to order: deep maroon, intensely savoury, and completely transporting. Featured in Time Out West London guides. A genuinely distinctive presence in a part of the city that is all the better for it.
What If Getting There Isn't an Option?
Here's something that's shifted quietly over the past few years: the expectation of quality at home has risen to meet what you'd get in the best bakeries. It used to be that a truly good croissant required a journey and a queue. Now, the demand for a pastry subscription UK residents actually trust — one built on real craft rather than industrial shortcuts — has created a new kind of morning ritual. You don't pull on a jacket and head out. The jacket stays on the hook, and what arrives at your door is, increasingly, genuinely worth staying in for.
The best of these services have built themselves around values that go beyond convenience: zero food waste models that bake to order rather than overproduce; sustainable food delivery London residents can feel good about; bike delivery food that keeps carbon low and freshness high. A bread subscription London-wide that connects you to the kind of producers whose names you'd actually want to know — that's the direction the best of the market has been moving, and it's worth paying attention to.
Why We Love Butter & Crust
If you want the quality of these bakeries without rearranging your Saturday morning around bus times, Butter & Crust is worth knowing about. They've built their weekend breakfast delivery London offer around genuine partnerships with the best local artisan producers in the city — the kind of people who care deeply about their flour, their fermentation, and their craft. Every order is baked to order, which means zero food waste and no stale compromise sitting on a shelf.
Delivery lands by 9am every weekend, carried on bicycles through inner London with fully recyclable packaging — proper weekend breakfast delivery London in the spirit it deserves. The subscription is flexible in a way that actually means something: pause it, skip a week, cancel without a penalty or a phone call. No dark patterns, no guilt. Just great sourdough, pastries, and breakfast goods at your door before the rest of the street is awake. They currently cover most of London zones 1–3 and are expanding — so if you're not in range yet, you might be soon. Worth checking.
Sources
Buns From Home Hammersmith — Hammersmith, W6 9YE | bunsfromhome.com
Lockdown Bakehouse Wandsworth — Wandsworth, SW18 1TG | lockdownbakehouse.com
Little Sourdough Kitchen — Fulham, SW6 6BT | facebook.com
Reemies Chelsea — Chelsea, SW3 6SD | reemiescakes.com
Cavan Bakery — Wimbledon, SW19 8AB | thecavanbakery.co.uk
Maison Bertaux Wimbledon — Wimbledon, SW19 5DQ | maisonbertaux.com
August Bakery — Battersea Rise, SW11 1ED | august-bakery.com
Zeit and Zaatar Shepherd's Bush — Shepherd's Bush, W12 8PP | facebook.com
Editorial sources: London On The Inside (West London bakery guides) · canasta journal (West London bakery guide) · Time Out London (West London guides) · British Baker Baker's Dozen 2025 · Shortlist (best London bakeries) · britbrief.co.uk (best London bakeries) · Hungry Soles (best London bakeries)
