King’s Cross
Redemption Roasters
Coal Drops Yard
A Coal Drops Yard coffee shop under a Victorian viaduct, from a roaster that trains prison leavers as baristas.
11 LISTED SHOPS · ONE INDEPENDENT GROUP
Redemption Roasters was set up in 2016 to reduce reoffending through coffee. It trains people in four prisons and in its King’s Cross academy, then employs many of them in its shops; it says 34% of its shop workforce are people it has trained. Its locations page counts eleven London shops, and we list all eleven.
| Branch | Address | Choose it for |
|---|---|---|
| Coal Drops Yard King’s Cross | Unit 109, Lower Stable Street, N1C 4DR | Coal Drops Yard, under a Victorian viaduct, with lunch and beans to take home. |
| Lincoln’s Inn Fields Holborn | 71 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3JA | Lincoln’s Inn Fields, with a basement for working and a large outdoor area. |
| Lamb’s Conduit Street Bloomsbury | 84b Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N 3LR | The first shop (2017) on Lamb’s Conduit Street, with batch filter. |
| Broadgate City of London | The Pavilion, 3 Broadgate, EC2M 2QS | A compact kiosk under The Pavilion in Broadgate, for a quick City stop. |
| Drury Lane Covent Garden | 40 Drury Lane, WC2B 5RR | Drury Lane, with a pour-over brew bar, a brunch menu and seating for 66 across two floors. |
| Dulwich Village Dulwich | 29 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BN | The first south London shop, with a garden for about 30 people. |
| Hampstead Heath Hampstead | 53 South End Road, NW3 2QB | South End Road by the Heath, with space for just over 40 and baby changing. |
| Islington High Street Islington | 96–98 Islington High Street, N1 8EG | The largest shop, by Camden Passage, with a back garden and a downstairs grotto. |
| Jermyn Street St James’s | 35 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6DT | Jermyn Street, reached from the street or through St James’s churchyard. |
| St Giles High Street Tottenham Court Road | 56 St Giles High Street, WC2H 8LH | The eleventh shop, in the Outernet development, with mostly outdoor seating. |
| Victoria Station Victoria | Unit 33a, Victoria Station, SW1V 1JU | A takeaway-only kiosk on the Victoria Station concourse. |
The business says all its venues are dog friendly. Most branch pages list Redemption x Focaccia Mia sandwiches all week; Dulwich Village has them from Friday to Sunday. Redemption’s locations page and its branch pages give different hours for several shops, so check the branch you plan to visit.
Source: Redemption Roasters’ official website, checked 25 October 2026. Check opening hours there before you travel.
King’s Cross
Coal Drops Yard
A Coal Drops Yard coffee shop under a Victorian viaduct, from a roaster that trains prison leavers as baristas.
Holborn
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Redemption Roasters by Lincoln’s Inn Fields, with a basement for working, a large outdoor seating area and wheelchair access.
Bloomsbury
Lamb’s Conduit Street
Redemption Roasters’ first coffee shop, opened in 2017 on Lamb’s Conduit Street, with espresso and batch filter.
City of London
Broadgate
A compact Redemption kiosk beneath The Pavilion at Broadgate, with communal seating around it.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
A spacious Redemption shop on Drury Lane with a pour-over brew bar, a brunch menu and wheelchair access.
Dulwich
Dulwich Village
Redemption’s first south London shop, in Dulwich Village, with seating inside and in a garden.
Hampstead
Hampstead Heath
Redemption’s north London debut, by the Heath on South End Road, with space for just over 40 and a baby-changing room.
Islington
Islington High Street
Redemption’s largest shop, at the edge of Camden Passage, with a back garden and a downstairs grotto.
St James’s
Jermyn Street
A Redemption shop on Jermyn Street, reached from the street or through St James’s churchyard.
Tottenham Court Road
St Giles High Street
Redemption’s eleventh shop, in the Outernet development by Tottenham Court Road, built for coffee on the go.
Victoria
Victoria Station
A takeaway-only Redemption kiosk on the main concourse of Victoria Station.
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