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The counter at Dune Bakery in South Queensferry, with croissants, pains au chocolat, twists, cruffins and focaccia sandwiches behind glass.
South Queensferry

Dune Bakery

A bakery on the High Street in South Queensferry, a short walk from the Forth Bridge, with croissants, twists and cruffins on the counter and focaccia sandwiches for lunch.

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South Queensferry has the Forth Bridge, and anyone who loves a good pastry will tell you it has Dune Bakery too.

This small bakery on the High Street fills its counter every morning with tall, glossy croissants, pains au chocolat and pain suisse, twists of cinnamon, pistachio or custard with cardamom, and cruffins filled with custard. At lunchtime there's thick focaccia, split and filled as sandwiches, and good coffee, hot or iced, to go with it all. There's often a queue, but it moves quickly, and there are benches nearby looking out over the water to the bridges, which makes a lovely spot to eat them. At the weekend you can pre-order a collection box through its own website and pick up a whole selection at once. It opens at 9am and closes at 3pm, so make it a morning stop on a day out by the Forth.

A short drive awayCammo EstateAn 18th-century estate on the western edge of Edinburgh, now a public park of fields, woods, a walled garden and a castellated water tower.9 min by roadSee itRound stone tower with battlements standing above open farmland
Before you go

Open five days a week, 9am to 3pm.

There is no booking: queue at the counter, or pre-order a weekend box through its own website.

Where
35b High Street, South Queensferry, EH30 9HN.
Open
Monday and Thursday to Sunday, 9am to 3pm. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Boxes
Saturday and Sunday collection boxes, and a vegan box on Saturdays, to pre-order online.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance.
Parking
Street parking, some free and some paid; spaces are few on a busy day.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9am–3pm
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
9am–3pm
Friday
9am–3pm
Saturday
9am–3pm
Sunday
9am–3pm

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Where it is

On the High Street in South Queensferry, by the Firth of Forth and a short walk from the Forth Bridge, EH30 9HN.

Close byQueensferry and the Forth.
  1. Cramond Brig reflected in the River Almond among trees.Cramond BrigA three-arched bridge of about 1500 over the River Almond, once the road west out of Edinburgh, with the dates of its repairs cut into its stones.5 miles 11 min by road
  2. Cramond BeachCramond BeachA beach and promenade at Cramond on the Firth of Forth, where a causeway runs out to Cramond Island at low tide and a Roman fort once stood.6 miles 14 min by road
  3. Forth BridgeForth BridgeThe great red cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth at Queensferry, opened in 1890 and a World Heritage Site since 2015.8 miles 18 min by road
  4. House of the BinnsHouse of the BinnsThe 17th-century home of the Dalyell family near Linlithgow, with plaster ceilings made for Charles the First, parkland over the Forth and a tower on the hill.8 miles 21 min by road
  5. Blackness CastleBlackness CastleA 15th-century castle on the shore of the Forth, built like a stone ship run aground, later a garrison fortress and state prison.9 miles 20 min by road
  6. Ruined abbey tower on Inchcolm island, hills rising beyond the firthInchcolmAn island abbey in the Firth of Forth with Scotland's best-preserved monastic buildings, reached by boat from South Queensferry and open April to October.11 miles 22 min by road
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