Unusual Afternoon Teas

The ones that don’t involve sitting still. Tea on Wheels is afternoon tea served aboard a moving vintage bus — sweet bites and city sights from the top deck, from £149. Afternoon Tea with Bottomless Bubbly and Cocktails at MAP Maison swaps polite sipping for genuinely bottomless drinks alongside the tapas and tea, £129. And Visit Lightroom with Afternoon Tea at RAILS pairs an immersive digital art show in King’s Cross with a railway-themed spread afterwards, £154.

Afternoon Tea for Two at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane is the classic done right — Palm Court, Mayfair, the works, from £109 (add Champagne for £129 if the occasion calls for it). Buckingham Palace and Clermont Charing Cross Afternoon Tea combines the State Rooms and Royal Collection with tea afterwards at the Clermont, £169 for two. These are the ones you book when “nice” needs to become “genuinely special.”

Several. Postal Museum & Afternoon Tea at The Great Northern Hotel lets you ride Mail Rail underground before tea arrives, £129. Windsor Castle Entrance & Sparkling Cream Tea at Clarence Brasserie combines the Castle with Prosecco and scones afterwards, £129. Cutty Sark with Afternoon Tea and a Hop-on Hop-off River Pass and Entrance to Blenheim Palace with Afternoon Tea for Two both work the same way — see something properly historic, then sit down for tea, from £144 and £149.

Plenty. Cocktail Masterclass and Afternoon Tea teaches you to shake two cocktails before the sandwiches arrive, £129. Sparkling Japanese Tapas Afternoon Tea for Two at La Bibliothèque pairs fizz with Japanese small plates, from £99 (or go fully Unlimited Cocktails Japanese Tapas Afternoon Tea at the same venue, £149). Edinburgh/Glasgow Gin Afternoon Tea puts you on a vintage bus for gin and sightseeing through either city, from £119 (Sparkling version, £129). And Chaiwala Cocktail Afternoon Tea for Two at Zindiya, Birmingham, does chai cocktails and a Mumbai market feel, from £49.

Celebration Afternoon Tea for Two at the Lion Rock Tea Room is Prosecco and scones at one of Cheddar Gorge’s prettiest tearooms, from £49. Vegan Afternoon Tea with a Glass of Fizz does the same plant-based, also from £49. And Royal Pavilion and Sparkling Cream Tea for Two at the Wine Cellar combines Brighton’s most eccentric building with a cream tea and fizz afterwards, from £64.

It can. Luxury London Yacht Overnight Stay with Afternoon Tea gets you a night aboard with afternoon tea, balcony views and breakfast by the Thames thrown in, from £349. If you want the yacht without the overnight commitment, Afternoon Tea for Two Onboard Sunborn Luxury Yacht does it as a standalone afternoon, from £89.

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