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Today's lesson · Abbotsbury, Dorset

Scones,
plain or fruit.

A traditional tea room in the centre of Abbotsbury, inside the village's old schoolmaster's house. Homemade cakes and scones, and light lunches.

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A glass cake stand piled with golden scones, with two small slate labels in chalk reading Plain scones and Fruit scones

On the board

  1. 1

    Homemade scones

    Plain or fruit

  2. 2

    Homemade cakes

    From the cake stands on the counter

  3. 3

    Light lunches

    A light lunch at a tablecloth table

  4. 4

    Tea

    Served at tables laid with white cloths

The tea room inside: round tables laid with white cloths, dark wooden chairs, a beamed ceiling and a dresser lined with teapots and cups

The schoolroom, now

White tablecloths, wooden chairs, a beamed ceiling and a dresser full of teapots, all under the slate roof of a mid-nineteenth-century schoolmaster's house.

Where to find us

Address
1 Back Street, Abbotsbury
Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4JPIn the centre of the village
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30am – 4pm
Closed MondaysAs listed on Google. Hours can change, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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The stone front of the Old Schoolhouse on Back Street, with hanging baskets of red flowers, pots by the door and a small hanging sign reading The Old Schoolhouse Tea Rooms
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1 Back Street · Abbotsbury

Tea behind the diamond panes.

The Old Schoolhouse keeps a complete set of lozenge-pattern glazing bars in its stone mullioned windows. Behind them: a traditional tea room serving homemade cakes, scones and light lunches.

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The tea room inside: round tables laid with white cloths, dark wooden chairs, a beamed ceiling and a dresser lined with teapots and cups

Homemade scones

Plain or fruit

Homemade cakes

From the cake stands on the counter

Light lunches

A light lunch at a tablecloth table

A tall chocolate layer cake topped with chocolate curls on a glass cake stand, over a white lace tablecloth
A glass cake stand piled with golden scones, with two small slate labels in chalk reading Plain scones and Fruit scones
The stone front of the Old Schoolhouse on Back Street, with hanging baskets of red flowers, pots by the door and a small hanging sign reading The Old Schoolhouse Tea Rooms

Visit

Address
1 Back Street, Abbotsbury
Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4JPIn the centre of the village
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30am – 4pm
Closed MondaysAs listed on Google. Hours can change, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Abbotsbury · the school week

Bell rings at 10:30.

Six days a week, a traditional tea room opens in the old schoolhouse on Back Street. Monday is the day off.

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MonClosed
Tue10:30–16:00
Wed10:30–16:00
Thu10:30–16:00
Fri10:30–16:00
Sat10:30–16:00
Sun10:30–16:00

As listed on Google. Hours can change, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.

Lessons

Period 1
Homemade scones
Period 2
Light lunches
Period 3
Homemade cakes
A glass cake stand piled with golden scones, with two small slate labels in chalk reading Plain scones and Fruit scones
A tall chocolate layer cake topped with chocolate curls on a glass cake stand, over a white lace tablecloth
The stone front of the Old Schoolhouse on Back Street, with hanging baskets of red flowers, pots by the door and a small hanging sign reading The Old Schoolhouse Tea Rooms

Registration

Address
1 Back Street, Abbotsbury
Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4JPIn the centre of the village
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30am – 4pm
Closed MondaysAs listed on Google. Hours can change, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Record · The Old Schoolhouse, 1 Back Street · Grade II

A listed building, with scones.

Built in the mid-nineteenth century as the schoolmaster's house. Today it's a traditional tea room in the centre of Abbotsbury, serving homemade cakes, scones and light lunches.

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Description

Built
Mid-19th century, as a detached schoolmaster's house
Walls
Rubble stone, squared and coursed
Roof
Slate, with stone gable copings
Windows
Stone mullioned, with a complete set of lozenge-pattern glazing bars
Door
At the centre, under a depressed arch
Current use
Tea room

Building details from Dorset Council's Historic Environment Record (MDO14008).

The stone front of the Old Schoolhouse on Back Street, with hanging baskets of red flowers, pots by the door and a small hanging sign reading The Old Schoolhouse Tea Rooms
Plate 1 · Back Street front
The tea room inside: round tables laid with white cloths, dark wooden chairs, a beamed ceiling and a dresser lined with teapots and cups
Plate 2 · Interior, as a tea room

Location

Address
1 Back Street, Abbotsbury
Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4JPIn the centre of the village
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30am – 4pm
Closed MondaysAs listed on Google. Hours can change, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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The stone front of the Old Schoolhouse on Back Street, with hanging baskets of red flowers, pots by the door and a small hanging sign reading The Old Schoolhouse Tea Rooms

Abbotsbury · Dorset

Look for the hanging baskets.

On Back Street, in the centre of the village, flowers spill down the old stone wall of the schoolhouse. Inside: a traditional tea room with homemade cakes and scones.

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What's on the stands

Homemade scones

Plain or fruit

Homemade cakes

From the cake stands on the counter

Light lunches

A light lunch at a tablecloth table

A tall chocolate layer cake topped with chocolate curls on a glass cake stand, over a white lace tablecloth

4.8

out of 5 from 307 Google reviews, and 4.7 from 412 on Tripadvisor.

Ratings as shown on Wanderlog, October 2026.

Come by

Address
1 Back Street, Abbotsbury
Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4JPIn the centre of the village
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30am – 4pm
Closed MondaysAs listed on Google. Hours can change, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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The tea room inside: round tables laid with white cloths, dark wooden chairs, a beamed ceiling and a dresser lined with teapots and cups
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End of term report · Abbotsbury

Top of the class for tea.

A traditional tea room in the old schoolhouse on Back Street, serving homemade cakes, scones and light lunches. Here's how it scores.

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SubjectMarkExaminer
Food hygiene5 / 5Food Standards Agency, May 2026
Visitors' reviews4.8 / 5307 Google reviews
Travellers' reviews4.7 / 5412 Tripadvisor reviews
Certificate of Excellence2019Tripadvisor

Review scores as shown on Wanderlog, October 2026. The 2019 certificate is on display in the tea room.

Examples of work

A glass cake stand piled with golden scones, with two small slate labels in chalk reading Plain scones and Fruit scones
Scones, plain and fruit
A tall chocolate layer cake topped with chocolate curls on a glass cake stand, over a white lace tablecloth
Chocolate cake
The tea room inside: round tables laid with white cloths, dark wooden chairs, a beamed ceiling and a dresser lined with teapots and cups
The tea room

Parents' evening

Address
1 Back Street, Abbotsbury
Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4JPIn the centre of the village
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30am – 4pm
Closed MondaysAs listed on Google. Hours can change, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
Facebook
facebook.com/oldschoolhousetearoomsThe tea room's own page: news and messages
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