Independent coffee near London’s main stations

How close is close?

We count a shop as near a station when its postcode is within about 700 m in a straight line, roughly ten minutes’ walk on an open route and often longer in practice. The table shows how many listed shops fall inside that circle for each station, and the closest one.

Sources: Transport for London open data; postcodes.io

Near Liverpool Street

6 shops in our directory are within about 700 m of Liverpool Street, in a straight line from each shop’s postcode: Redemption Roasters — Broadgate (about 50 m), Rosslyn Coffee — London Wall (about 350 m), Nagare Coffee — Spitalfields (about 400 m), Story Coffee — Devonshire Square (about 400 m), Ozone Coffee — Creechurch Lane (about 600 m) and Dark Arts Coffee — The Great Frog (about 650 m).

Redemption’s Broadgate kiosk is the closest. Several of the City shops publish weekday-only or limited weekend hours, so check before a weekend trip; the City of London page collects them.

• Redemption Roasters — Broadgate
  The Pavilion, 3 Broadgate, EC2M 2QS
• Rosslyn Coffee — London Wall
  118 London Wall, EC2Y 5JA
• Nagare Coffee — Spitalfields
  Ground Floor, 40 Brushfield Street, E1 6AG
• Story Coffee — Devonshire Square
  7 Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YH
• Ozone Coffee — Creechurch Lane
  10–12 Creechurch Lane, EC3A 5AY
• Dark Arts Coffee — The Great Frog
  1 Holywell Lane, EC2A 3ET

Near Cannon Street

3 shops in our directory are within about 700 m of Cannon Street, in a straight line from each shop’s postcode: Rosslyn Coffee — Queen Victoria Street (about 100 m), Rosslyn Coffee — London Wall (about 650 m) and Monmouth Coffee — Borough Market (about 700 m).

Rosslyn’s Queen Victoria Street shop lists Saturday hours, while Monmouth’s Borough Market shop is closed on Sundays.

• Rosslyn Coffee — Queen Victoria Street
  78 Queen Victoria Street, EC4N 4SJ
• Rosslyn Coffee — London Wall
  118 London Wall, EC2Y 5JA
• Monmouth Coffee — Borough Market
  2 Park Street, SE1 9AB

Near Farringdon

3 shops in our directory are within about 700 m of Farringdon, in a straight line from each shop’s postcode: Prufrock Coffee — Leather Lane (about 300 m), Catalyst Coffee — Gray’s Inn Road (about 500 m) and Ozone Coffee — Ludgate Hill (about 700 m).

Prufrock serves food made from scratch on Leather Lane, and Ozone’s Ludgate Hill bar is a weekday espresso bar.

• Prufrock Coffee — Leather Lane
  23–25 Leather Lane, EC1N 7TE
• Catalyst Coffee — Gray’s Inn Road
  48 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8LT
• Ozone Coffee — Ludgate Hill
  56 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7AW

Near Charing Cross

3 shops in our directory are within about 700 m of Charing Cross, in a straight line from each shop’s postcode: Redemption Roasters — Jermyn Street (about 600 m), Monmouth Coffee — Covent Garden (about 650 m) and Redemption Roasters — Drury Lane (about 700 m).

Monmouth’s Covent Garden shop is closed on Sundays, and Redemption’s Drury Lane shop has a brunch menu.

• Redemption Roasters — Jermyn Street
  35 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6DT
• Monmouth Coffee — Covent Garden
  27 Monmouth Street, WC2H 9EU
• Redemption Roasters — Drury Lane
  40 Drury Lane, WC2B 5RR

Near King’s Cross and St Pancras

2 shops in our directory are within about 700 m of King’s Cross and St Pancras, in a straight line from each shop’s postcode: Origin Coffee — The British Library (about 250 m) and Redemption Roasters — Coal Drops Yard (about 400 m).

Origin pours inside the British Library, which opens its café at 10am on Sundays, and Redemption’s Coal Drops Yard shop is down a flight of steps from Stable Street.

• Origin Coffee — The British Library
  The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB
• Redemption Roasters — Coal Drops Yard
  Unit 109, Lower Stable Street, N1C 4DR

Near Victoria

2 shops in our directory are within about 700 m of Victoria, in a straight line from each shop’s postcode: Redemption Roasters — Victoria Station (about 50 m) and Workshop Coffee — Eccleston Street (about 200 m).

Redemption’s Victoria kiosk is on the station concourse and is takeaway only. Workshop’s Eccleston Street café is its only current London café.

• Redemption Roasters — Victoria Station
  Unit 33a, Victoria Station, SW1V 1JU
• Workshop Coffee — Eccleston Street
  22 Eccleston Street, SW1W 9LT

Near Waterloo

2 shops in our directory are within about 700 m of Waterloo, in a straight line from each shop’s postcode: Origin Coffee — Scoresby Street (about 400 m) and Old Spike — Southwark (about 650 m).

Both are in Southwark, nearer Waterloo East than the main concourse.

• Origin Coffee — Scoresby Street
  84 Scoresby Street, SE1 0XN
• Old Spike — Southwark
  47–51 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0BS

Near Fenchurch Street

2 shops in our directory are within about 700 m of Fenchurch Street, in a straight line from each shop’s postcode: Ozone Coffee — Creechurch Lane (about 150 m) and Story Coffee — Devonshire Square (about 500 m).

Ozone’s Creechurch Lane bar is a weekday espresso bar that closes at 3pm on Fridays, and Story’s Devonshire Square shop currently opens Monday to Thursday.

• Ozone Coffee — Creechurch Lane
  10–12 Creechurch Lane, EC3A 5AY
• Story Coffee — Devonshire Square
  7 Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YH

Stations with little or nothing close

Only one listed shop is within 700 m of London Bridge (Monmouth Coffee — Borough Market, about 150 m), Blackfriars (Ozone Coffee — Ludgate Hill, about 250 m) and Euston (Origin Coffee — The British Library, about 550 m).

We list no shop within 700 m of Paddington and Marylebone. That reflects the gaps in our research, not a claim that nothing good is there.

If you are heading for one of these, the neighbourhood pages and the full directory are the better starting point.

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