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Bells Tea Shop

38-39 Steep Hill, Lincoln LN2 1LU, United Kingdom
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slow afternoons on steep hill have a particular quality to them, the kind where the gradient of the street itself seems to slow your pace before you've even decided to stop. bells tea shop sits at 38-39, which puts you right in the middle of one of lincoln's most walked stretches of road, and that location does a lot of the work. you're not hunting for it. regulars here are vocal about the place, consistently and over time, which says more than any single visit could. the tea side of the menu is genuinely treated as an equal to the coffee, not an afterthought for people who don't drink espresso. worth arriving before the hill gets busy, with a flat white and no particular reason to leave quickly.

curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated 22 Jun 2026

nri score69
buzz0
local cred72%

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+44 1522 262272

website

bellslincoln.com/

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4.6

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