The Tea Junction tea room at Hulme End
Jazz at the Junction!
28 August 2010
Jazz on a Summer's Day
The Chris Gumbly Trio
Chris on sax and clarinet
Dan Nicholls on keys
Rob Anstey on double bass
12noon til 4pm
BBQ planned
Also on 28 Aug a Jam Session by
Michelle from Divinely Delicious in Warslow,
purveyor of fine jams, cheeses, chutneys.
Michelle will be on hand with a tasting session, come along and
try the renowned Tomato Chilli Jam and Damson Cheese
2pm - 4pm
25 Sept 2010
End of Season Bash
Chris Gumbly and Friends
12 noon til 4pm
We now provide gorgeous Blaze Farm "Hilly Billy" Ice Cream in a variety of flavours.
Do you have a favourite or unusual cake recipe? If you have then Rebecca would love to hear from you as she is passionate about cakes. Baking them that is! You could even swap recipes and tips! email Rebecca
Hulme End is a delightful hamlet in North Staffordshire in the beautiful Peak District National Park. The Hulme End Tea Junction - Tea Rooms - opened on 1st August 2009, offering a selection of food and drinks to be consumed on the premises, and there is also a picnic area for those visitors catering for themselves. The dishes on offer in the Tea Junction are all home-made using, wherever possible, local produce.
Open six days a week, Tuesday to Sunday from April to September and weekends in other months (closed January), 10.00am to 5.00pm, making the Tea Junction the perfect spot to eat out in the Peak District – whether walking, driving or cycling.
Staffordshire and Derbyshire comprise many picturesque villages and beauty spots with well used public footpaths connecting them. Hulme End is only 1½ miles from Hartington, which is situated over the border in Derbyshire and is known for its famous Cheese Shop. Visitors to the area 100 years ago would have seen the Manifold Valley Light Railway in operation, steaming through the Manifold Valley from one end to the other, Waterhouses to Hulme End. The Hulme End Tea Junction is housed in the sympathetically refurbished old engine shed, recently completed using the original roof arches.
The proprietor of the Tea Junction, Rebecca Simcock, was brought up in this area, living close to Swainsley tunnel, and now lives in Leek where she runs her outside catering business Katherine Simcock Catering.
Gifts on offer in the Tea Junction are locally made and include candles from nearby Cheshire, pottery from Burslem in Staffordshire and Artisan sweet and savoury biscuits from Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Also a selection of preserves and jams made nearby in Nottinghamshire.
Adjacent to the Tea Junction is the Hulme End Visitor Centre - the original ticket office and waiting room for the Manifold Valley Light Railway, which now houses railway books and books of local interest, railway artefacts, some gift items, and much information about the area.
Hulme End also boasts a thriving local grocery store and the Manifold Valley Hotel - until recently the Light Railway Hotel – offering accommodation and refreshment.
In 2004 Rebecca took part in a cycle ride to commemorate the centenary of the opening of the Manifold Valley Light Railway, a 24-mile trip to Waterhouses and back starting from Hulme End and, for the outward journey, using the roads which existed at the time of the railway’s construction between 1902 and 1904. Needless to say, the 8-mile return journey along the track was much easier than the preceding 16 and it seems that the Peak District is called that for good reason!