The Top Bakeries in Putney (and the Best of South West London's Brilliant Baking Scene)
Introduction
There is something about a Saturday morning in South West London that makes you feel the week has finally, properly ended. The river light coming off the Thames at Putney Bridge. A coffee going cold because you got distracted talking to the person behind the counter. The particular smell of something laminated and buttery finding its way out of a propped-open door and doing irreversible things to your plans for a sensible breakfast. This part of London — Putney, Wandsworth, Fulham, Battersea — has always had a good food culture, but the baking scene here has quietly become one of the most exciting in the city. Weekend breakfast delivery in London has grown sharply in recent years, but if you can get out, the rewards are real and close. Here are eight bakeries worth building a morning around.
The Bakeries
1. Buns From Home Hammersmith
Hammersmith, W6 9YE | Rating: 4.6 (Google) | Tue–Thu: 11am–8pm; Fri–Mon: 11am–7pm
Brothers Barney and Gabriel started this during lockdown — baking in a domestic kitchen and delivering around West London by bike, which is exactly the sort of pandemic origin story you want to have come true. The Hammersmith site on King Street is now part of a multi-location operation, and the bakes are serious: cinnamon and cardamom croissant buns that split perfectly, double-baked pistachio frangipane with a toasty depth, and rotating seasonal flavours that give you a genuine reason to come back. Featured in both London On The Inside and canasta journal's West London guides, and absolutely worth the trip.
2. Lockdown Bakehouse Wandsworth
Wandsworth, SW18 1TG | Rating: 4.7 (Google) | Mon–Fri: 7am–3pm; Sat–Sun: 7:30am–3:30pm
This is where Lockdown Bakehouse began — a pandemic project that started by supplying local residents and NHS workers and never really stopped. The Old York Road site remains the original, and it still carries that energy: a place that feels genuinely embedded in the neighbourhood rather than dropped into it. The raspberry doughnuts are rightly famous, the potato sourdough has a particular earthiness that sets it apart, and the savoury pies — steak and ale, mac and cheese — mean this is also a very credible lunch destination. One of South West London's great community bakery stories.
3. Little Sourdough Kitchen
Fulham, SW6 6BT | Rating: 4.5 (Google) | Daily: 7:30am–3:30pm
Tucked along Fulham's Munster Road, this small, warm bakery has built one of the most loyal local followings in the area — and earned its reputation as Fulham's best sourdough specialist in multiple South West London guides, which feels about right. The naturally leavened loaves are consistent and carefully made, the croissants are properly flaky, and the daily pastry selection changes enough to keep regulars genuinely interested. The space itself has a quietness and neighbourhood warmth that makes it easy to linger well past any reasonable amount of time.
Visit Little Sourdough Kitchen
4. Reemies Chelsea
Chelsea, SW3 6SD | Rating: 4.6 (Google) | Mon–Sat: 9am–6pm; Sun: 10am–6pm
Reemies opened their first physical shop on Fulham Road in 2025, and the pretty pink and red shopfront has already become exactly the kind of place people photograph before they've even gone inside. Their banana bundt cakes — including vegan versions — are the signature and the reason people make the detour from across South West London. Featured in canasta journal's West London bakery guide, Reemies is proof that a well-made cake, a lovely room, and a clear point of view is still a completely viable formula. Go on a weekday if you can.
5. Cavan Bakery
Wimbledon, SW19 8AB | Rating: 4.3 (Google) | Tue–Thu: 7am–3:30pm; Fri: 6:30am–2pm; Sat: 7am–3:30pm
The Cavan Bakery has been operating since 1929, which makes it one of the longest-running independent bakeries in London — and the Arthur Road site in Wimbledon carries that history without being remotely precious about it. The specialist sourdough and traditional baking methods that have kept this family business going across nearly a century are still the core of what they do. In a baking world full of newcomers and soft launches, there is something quietly extraordinary about a place that has simply been here, doing this, for almost a hundred years.
6. Maison Bertaux Wimbledon
Wimbledon, SW19 5DQ | Rating: 4.5 (Google) | Daily: 9:30am–6pm
The name carries serious weight — Maison Bertaux's Soho original is an institution — and this Wimbledon outpost on Church Road brings that same commitment to genuinely French patisserie to South West London. Freshly made tarts, pastries, and celebration cakes, all made with the kind of care that reminds you why the French approach to baking has never really needed updating. If you're planning a birthday, this is where to start. If you're not planning a birthday, the weekend pastry selection will make you feel like you should be celebrating something anyway.
Visit Maison Bertaux Wimbledon
7. August Bakery
Battersea Rise, SW11 1ED | Rating: 4.9 (Google) | Tue–Fri: 7:30am–4pm; Sat–Mon: 8am–4pm
This is the one people are talking about. Harry Robins and Florrie Beard started August by delivering naturally leavened loaves around Putney by cargo bike — a genuinely romantic origin — before opening this bright, considered space on Battersea Rise in December 2024. The naturally leavened breads are exceptional, the cinnamon buns are the kind you find yourself thinking about later in the week, and a guest-bake programme collaborating with local producers keeps things interesting and generously communal. Named No. 1 in British Baker's Baker's Dozen 2025, and featured in Shortlist and multiple best London bakery lists. The weekend queue has already become a neighbourhood ritual. Worth every minute of it.
8. Zeit and Zaatar Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush, W12 8PP | Rating: 4.6 (Google) | Mon–Sat: 8am–6pm; Sun: 8am–5pm
Tucked into Shepherd's Bush Market, Zeit and Zaatar is doing something entirely its own — Levantine baking, specifically manaeesh, the oven-hot flatbreads that are breakfast across much of the Middle East and absolutely should be more so in West London. The za'atar version is fragrant and correct, the akkawi cheese filling is satisfyingly salty, but the sujuk and cheese — spiced maroon sausage melted into gooey, yielding cheese — is the one to order first. Featured in Time Out's West London guides, and a genuinely distinctive presence in a market that deserves all the attention it gets.
What If Getting There Isn't an Option?
The rise of the artisan bakeries in this corner of London is inseparable from another shift that's been happening quietly but decisively: the growing appetite for quality at home. The best bakeries in Wandsworth, Fulham, and Battersea have shown that people want bread made with care, pastries with a real point of view, and ingredients sourced with some honesty about where they come from. That same sensibility has driven real demand for a bread subscription in London that actually reflects the quality you'd find in the best neighbourhood bakeries — not a supermarket loaf in different packaging. Weekend breakfast delivery in London has matured from a convenience into something more considered: people want provenance, they want freshness, and increasingly they want it without the environmental cost of excessive packaging or food that was baked on Tuesday for a Saturday delivery.
The most interesting players in this space are the ones operating on a zero-waste model — baking to order rather than baking to shelf — and those choosing bicycle delivery over vans where urban density makes it possible. A pastry subscription in the UK that arrives by cargo bike, wrapped in recyclable packaging, from producers you'd actually want to visit in person — that's not a niche proposition any more. It's a natural extension of what the best bakeries in South West London have already proven people want.
Butter & Crust: Artisan Baking, Delivered to Your Door
If any of the above has made you want to reorganise your Saturday mornings — and it really should have — then it's worth knowing about Butter & Crust. This is a weekend breakfast delivery service built around partnerships with the best local artisan producers in London, bringing sourdough, pastries, and breakfast goods to your door by 9am every Saturday and Sunday. In inner London, delivery is by bicycle, with all packaging fully recyclable — so the zero waste bakery London model isn't just a marketing claim here, it's built into how the operation actually works. Everything is baked to order, which means nothing sits around, nothing goes to waste, and what arrives at your door is genuinely fresh.
The subscription is as flexible as these things should be: pause it, skip a week, or cancel entirely — no friction, no awkward emails. Butter & Crust currently covers most of Zones 1–3 and is expanding, so if you're in Putney, Wandsworth, Fulham, or Battersea, you're very likely already in range. For anyone who loves what the bakeries above are doing but can't always make it out the door before the good buns go — this is the sensible, delicious alternative. Think of it as sustainable food delivery in London that actually tastes like it came from somewhere worth visiting.
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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 (referenced in Buns From Home listing)
canasta journal — West London bakery guides (referenced in Buns From Home and Reemies listings)
British Baker Baker's Dozen — 2025 (referenced in August Bakery listing)
Shortlist — Best London bakeries (referenced in August Bakery listing)
Time Out — West London guides (referenced in Zeit and Zaatar listing)
