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Grounds Cafe - Birches Valley

Grounds Cafe - Birches Valley
Cafe and coffee shop in Rugeley
Birches Valley Forest Centre, Birches Valley, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2UQ
Opening hours: 9:30 - 16:30 (Mon - Fri), 9:00 - 17:00 (Sat / Sun)
 Vegetarian  Gluten Free  Open Sunday
Listing updated: December 2025
coffee

Coffee is roasted by themselves in Cambridge

taste

During our visit we had the Christmas fruit cake alongside a fruit & nut tiffin and cappuccino

selection

Large choice of cakes, traybakes, pastries and sweet treats. Sandwiches, baguettes, wraps, toasties and sausage rolls too

value

Americano (£3.45), cappuccino (£3.45), flat white (£4.40), tea (pot, £2.65), soup (£6.00), toasties (from £5.00), baguettes (from £5.35), mince pie (£1.00), cake slice (£3.95), tray bakes (from £3.25), croissant (£2.05), cinnamon roll (£2.90)

storage

Dedicated Forestry Commission bike racking out front

groups

Plenty of space inside and out for adventurers of all kinds

location

Located within the Cannock Chase Forest and directly outside their MTB trails and GoApe centre, it's a bustling cafe perfect for setting you up for the day or post relaxation

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Staffordshire
Inside Grounds Cafe, Cannock Chase
Cake selection at Grounds Cafe, Cannock Chase
Inside Grounds Cafe - Birches Valley
Sandwich selection at Grounds Cafe, Cannock Chase
Inside Grounds Cafe, Cannock Chase
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Located at Cannock Chase Forest, home to popular MTB trials and GoApe, is this popular roastery with a chain of seven cafes across the UK. A mecca and welcome retreat for walkers, cyclists and adrenaline junkies looking for their caffeine and cake fix.

On our Christmas visit cakes included; carrot spice frost cake, raspberry & coconut slice, millionaire shortbread, Oreo brownie or millionaire shortbread, fruit & nut tiffin, lemon & blackberry cake and Bakewell slice. There’s a large selection of sandwiches, toasties, wraps, baguettes and morning pastries too.

Last visited in December 2025

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