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Family run business since 1967

Batchelor's Patisserie

That's what the lettering in the window says, and Northdown Road has known the shop since the sixties. Cakes and bread baked here every day, with a coffee shop to eat them in.

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The shop window at night: "Family run Business since 1967" lettered across the glass above a garland of fairy lights
The window on Northdown Road, lit up after dark.
A round loaf with a floured, scored crust

Baked here, every day.

"We make our own cakes and breads daily," says the shop's Facebook page. Look for croissants, loaves, fondant fancies, sausage rolls and celebration cakes. Rated 4.6 on Google from 197 reviews, with a food hygiene rating of 5.

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Address
246 Northdown Road, Cliftonville
Margate CT9 2PXOn Northdown Road, Cliftonville's shopping street
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 6am – 2.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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246 Northdown Road · Cliftonville

Cake at the formica table

Batchelor's is a bakery that doubles as a café, with the original formica tables from Northdown Road's heyday. Order at the counter, then sit down with a coffee and something baked this morning.

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A round shortbread biscuit with a jam smiley face, dusted with icing sugar
1967Family run since, says the window
4.6Google rating, from 197 reviews
5Food hygiene rating, inspected 9 January 2026
A cappuccino in a yellow cup dusted with chocolate, with croissants and a pain au chocolat on a plate behind, on an outdoor café table

Coffee, croissants, no hurry.

Croissants and bread from the shop's own ovens, cakes and tarts from the counter, and coffee to go with them. Open from 6 in the morning, Tuesday to Saturday.

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Address
246 Northdown Road, Cliftonville
Margate CT9 2PXOn Northdown Road, Cliftonville's shopping street
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 6am – 2.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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06:00

The doors open while Margate is still waking up.

A family-run bakery and coffee shop on Northdown Road, Cliftonville. Bread and cakes made daily, on the counter from 6am, Tuesday to Saturday.

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06:00

Doors open

The shop makes its own cakes and bread every day: loaves, croissants, sausage rolls and more.

A round loaf with a floured, scored crustA cappuccino in a yellow cup dusted with chocolate, with croissants and a pain au chocolat on a plate behind, on an outdoor café table
All day

Coffee and a seat

The shop doubles as a café. Order at the counter, then take a seat at one of the formica tables.

14:30

Closing time

The day ends early here: half past two, Tuesday to Saturday. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

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Address
246 Northdown Road, Cliftonville
Margate CT9 2PXOn Northdown Road, Cliftonville's shopping street
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 6am – 2.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Demo website — preview only.Photos from the shop's Google listing (lightly adjusted; a hand removed from the coffee photo). Details from the shop's Facebook page and window, Don't Miss Margate, the Margate Architecture blog (2008), ratings via Wanderlog, and the Food Standards Agency.
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Forget cronuts. Have a fondant fancy.

As the Don't Miss Margate guide puts it, forget cronuts when you've got fondant fancies. Traditional bakes from a shop that has been on Northdown Road since the sixties, with sausage rolls, celebration cakes, breads and croissants.

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Fondant fanciesTraditional bakes
Celebration cakesOur own cakes
Sausage rollsFrom the counter
Breads & croissantsBaked daily
A round shortbread biscuit with a jam smiley face, dusted with icing sugar
A jam biscuit that smiles back.

Vegan-friendly, dog-friendly, family-run.

Margate guide Don't Miss Margate lists Batchelor's as both vegan-friendly and dog-friendly. Rated 4.6 on Google from 197 reviews and 4.5 on Tripadvisor from 67.

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Address
246 Northdown Road, Cliftonville
Margate CT9 2PXOn Northdown Road, Cliftonville's shopping street
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 6am – 2.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Order at the counter

Choose at the counter. Sit wherever you like.

Batchelor's is a bakery first and a coffee shop second. Pick your cake, bread or pastry from the counter, add a coffee, and find a table.

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A cappuccino in a yellow cup dusted with chocolate, with croissants and a pain au chocolat on a plate behind, on an outdoor café table
CroissantsBaked here
LoavesBread
Fondant fanciesCakes
Sausage rollsSavoury
Celebration cakesCakes
A round shortbread biscuit with a jam smiley face, dusted with icing sugar

Made daily, since 1967.

The window says family-run since 1967; the Facebook page says the cakes and breads are made daily. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 6am to 2.30pm.

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Address
246 Northdown Road, Cliftonville
Margate CT9 2PXOn Northdown Road, Cliftonville's shopping street
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 6am – 2.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Northdown RoadCliftonville

No. 246

Batchelor's Patisserie · bakers & coffee shop · family run since 1967

Bread & cakesMade daily
Coffee shopOrder at the counter
HoursTue–Sat, 6am–2.30pm
Google4.6 · 197 reviews
Food hygiene5 · January 2026

Northdown Road is Cliftonville's shopping street, and Batchelor's has been part of it since the sixties.

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The shop window at night: "Family run Business since 1967" lettered across the glass above a garland of fairy lights
Plate I. The window, lettered.
A round loaf with a floured, scored crust
Plate II. A loaf from the shelf.

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Address
246 Northdown Road, Cliftonville
Margate CT9 2PXOn Northdown Road, Cliftonville's shopping street
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 6am – 2.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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