Cream Teas around Exmoor

• Stable Cottage Tea Rooms is situated in the quadrangle stable block of Triscombe House. Sue has been doing cream teas for 25 years and with her long association with her staff. They will offer you excellent home cooked food with scones cooked fresh every day by Sue, a friendly welcome, a service which encourages people to return again and again. Enjoy stunning views of the Quantock Hills with views of the Blackdowns further afield whilst sitting in the beautiful gardens in the conservatory.
• The Corn Dolly calls itself a real tea shop and there is no doubting the serious approach to the national drink and the quality of the product served there. This relaxed and friendly ea shop, a popular meeting place for local and magnet for Devon's summer visitors, provides a delicious range of meals and snacks throughout the day. For lunch there are salads, filled jacket potatoes sandwiches and tasty things on toast. Children will enjoy the Humpty Dumpty tea of boiled egg and soldiers plus drink or Tigger tea of beans of toast. For adults there's a range of tea choices, like gamekeeper's tea, venison, duck and pheasant pate with toast or perhaps the Queen's ransom of toasted crumpets with Stilton. The Corn Dolly tea of scones clotted cream and jam or the apple pie tea, a hearty slice with clotted cream, are sweeter versions, but all are served with a refreshing pot of loose leaf tea from impressive choice.
• Pulhams Mill Craft Centre and Tea Room Sit in the cosy rustic atmosphere of the old millhouse or in the garden by the river and enjoy a delicious cream tea. They bake their own scones, use Brendon Hill crafts, award winning strawberry jam and Miles tea and coffee. You will be served on Pauline's painted blue and white bone china. Also weekday light lunch and Sunday roasts which are best booked in advance. After a relaxing cuppa, browse around the barn shop, full of local and British crafts and furniturDon't forget, they make to order: Furniture in hardwoods and personal anniversary or wedding messages on their china. Pulhams Mill is on the road from Brompton Regis village towards Wimbleball Lake, Nr Dulverton. Monday — Saturday, 10 am — 5 pm and Sunday, 12.30 pm — 5 pm. Tel 01398 371366.
• The Creamery Anna, 33 The Avenue,Minehead TA24 5AY Alex and the rest of the team would like to invite you to a family run business, that has been serving up delicious cream teas for over 75 years. Classic plain or fruit scones freshly baked every morning and served with a generous helping of award winning clotted cream and luxury strawberry jam or if you don't have a sweet tooth try a savoury cream tea. Fresh baked mature Cheddar scones served with crea-n cheese and either chilli jam o real ale chutney Gluten free fruii scones alsc available. Eat more cake — Any of their delicious home made treats (ircluding mega muffins, chew} cookies, Fairtrade chocolate brownies, organic oa flapjack and rock\ road; with a tea, coffee or ho chocolate for only £2.80. Hope to see you soon.
• Home Farm Tea Rooms, Blue Anchor seafront is a favourite destination for many people who enjoy good food. As well as many locals from the surrounding villages, regulars come from the far reaches of Somerset and as far away as Wiltshire to enjoy one of the scrimptious cream teas with lashings of clotted cream or one of Maureen's home-made cakes. Known for serving quality food in pleasant surroundings, the tea room was awarded a prestigious award in 2001 for using home produced or local food by Taste of tie West. The garden provides a safe area where children are always welcome too. Also next to the beach. Open daily from 9 am — 5.30 pm.
• Home Farm Tea Room

Contributed by: Les Thomas