1. The Bat's Wing Tea Room, Isle of Wight
Not only does Blackbird serve the best tea and cake in Brighton, it's also got a delightful café dog named Miss Potter.
3. Tiny Tim's Tearoom, Canterbury
Eat delicious cakes in a sunny tea room, or go one step further and join the monthly Tiny Tim's pudding society. If you'd prefer a more traditional tea, try The Moat.
4. The Bridge Tea Rooms, Bradford-on-Avon
If historically perfect tea is your thing, then visit The Bridge Tea Rooms. It's been around since circa 1675, it's won numerous awards, and all the waiting staff wear Victorian costumes. Adorable.
5. Claridge's, London
Afternoon tea at Claridge's is simply divine. Endless sandwiches, dainty china, and perfect service. Yes, it's pricier than most, but worth it.
6. The Hidden Treasure Tea Room, Devon
Low-key with a vintage feel, Hidden Treasures is a little gem. It also caters brilliantly for vegetarians and gluten-free/wheat-free customers.
7. Sally Lunn's, Bath
The oldest house in Bath is best-known for one thing – the Sally Lunn bun. Rich, like a brioche, it suits either sweet or savoury flavours, and is worth travelling for.
8. Bettys, Harrogate
Bettys is an institution, and rightly so. Pictured here is the Harrogate branch, but there are five others across the north of England, including branches in York, Ilkley, and Northallerton.
9. Miss B's Tea Rooms, Melton Mowbray
If you're in Melton Mowbray, it would be sacrilege not to get a pork pie. And you'll need a cup of tea to wash it down with too.
10. The Willow Tearooms, Glasgow
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1904, The Willow Tearooms is an art nouveau haven that serves a particularly good scone.
11. Lucy's Tearoom, Stow-on-the-Wold
A sweet tea room in the Cotswolds with a really good gluten-free menu. Look at that gluten-free apple and almond cake!
Draped in wisteria, this utterly charming tea room is pretty as a picture. And if you like, you can stay in the adjoining B&B.
Homemade cherry scones. Need we say more?
14. The Orangery, Whitstable
This rather affordable tea room is located in the grounds of Whitstable Castle. The menu starts from two crumpets with butter for £1.
Housed in a beautiful 16th-century building, this tea house is run by jam-making firm Tiptree, so you can anticipate a fine spread.
16. Harriet's Cafe Tearooms, Cambridge
With two branches, one in Cambridge and one in Bury St Edmunds, you can easily get a fix of Harriets' delicious cakes and steaming hot tea.
Check out those cupcakes – they are something else! And the scones don't look half bad either.
18. Lee Rosy's Tea, Nottingham
A slightly edgier tea room, Lee Rosy's puts on gigs and serves up delicious vegan peanut-butter cookies.
19. The Cobbles Tea Room, Rye
The perfectly picturesque Cobbles Tea Room prides itself on its loose-leaf tea.
20. Anteaques, Edinburgh
Part tea room, part antiques shop. What more could you want?
21. Tu Hwnt l'r Bont Tearoom, Conwy
With a name that translates as "beyond the bridge", Tu Hwnt I'r Bont couldn't be more breathtaking if it tried.
