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Bristol/Bath has Colonna, Roundhill, Clifton and Extract.
Not sure about roasters further southwest though.
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There's good coffee in Exeter. Both coffee shops that know what they're doing and roasters.
My favorites are:
The exploding bakery serve great coffee in the city centre.
Crankhouse is a very good roaster (and a nice guy who's into cycling).
There's good coffee to be had in South Devon too, Dartington and Totnes.
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Origin Coffee are based south west too. Portleven?
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Falmouth/Penryn had some decent coffee places when I lived there; given how things were moving when I left (nearly five years ago now!), I can't imagine there are significantly fewer. I think there may have been a roaster on the Penryn industrial estate somewhere? I recall Truro had a couple of OK coffee places, and I'm sure Penzance and St Ives must have them as well; heck, even Redruth has a couple of independent cafes, though I couldn't tell you what their coffee was like.
Cornwall's a beautiful part of the world, and I miss the beaches and countryside dearly, but it's a bloody long way away from anywhere, especially if you're out of one of the towns, and doubly so if you're car-free. Not exactly a cheap county to live in either.
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Apart from London/Brighton and obvs Northants (@StevePeel ;) ) where are the big coffee destinations in the UK I know a few notable roasters in Newcastle, bits of Wales, Manchester, Edinburgh etc. Elsewhere? Still vaguely looking to move away from Brighton but having a nice coffee shop/social circle/centre is a big part of any decision. Which sounds ridiculous I know. Is there much going on in the southwest? Cornwall in particular?