Dobbies Garden Centre Pennine

Good range of outdoor plants, nicely displayed. Loads of cache pots, some seem a bit over prices but personal opinion. Decent range of 'tropical' indoor plants, can often get a bargin. Heavy reliance on garden ephemera, and around the till is a bit like a gift shop. Decent little garden centre though, I do enjoy a wander around it

We went for afternoons tea. Wow it was delicious, great selection of sandwiches, an amazing scone with jam and clotted cream. Petite pastries and macarons. Too many to eat so had to take some home. Unlimited tea and coffee topped it off. Service was excellent, couldn’t do enough for us. Highly recommend. So much we have been back again.

Great garden centre with wide selection of plants and gifts, but we went for the lovely cafe. We were recommended this place as a good spot to take my father in law out from the home for coffee and cake, and it was just perfect for that. Wide range of beautiful, fresh cakes and great coffee. There's a beautiful veranda you can sit on in sunny weather and have your coffee. The cafe staff are lovely and helpful, which is good as it was our first time and we were really confused and did everything wrong, but they were very kind. Cafe procedure. You find a table first, which has a table number you have to remember. If you go past the cake display area, there is a till at the back, in the seating area inside where you place your order. The waitress then brings your items out to your numbered table. Bonus news - there is a garden centre loyalty scheme here for (I think) about £12/year, which gives you two free coffees every month. Worth it if you are coming here regularly. It's a lovely spot, and dad did enjoy coming, but he's not up to trips out at the moment. Fingers crossed he'll be back on form soon and we can take him here again.

Just wow this is another fantastic garden centre that's very well set out with some fantastic plants that are in excellent condition. From walking in to leaving it was a very pleasant experience with very helpful staff that takes time to make sure you have just what you need to go in the right place at your home. The house plants was a good variety with a few that we had not seen before along with some fantastic cactus that I had to bring home with me. The tea and coffee was top notch and very fresh cake went down well in the excellent cafe. On a nice day the seating area outside with the fantastic views is a must to go with the excellent menu.