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Coffee, cake and soup under the long red sign on Kington High Street.

Border Bean is an independent coffee shop at 22–24 High Street, open Monday to Saturday from 9am. Locally roasted coffee, homemade cakes and freshly made soup.

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Border Bean from across the High Street: a cream and red fascia over two shop windows, with people at tables outside
A black coffee in a white cup and a slice of cake on a wooden café table

On the counter

  • Locally roasted coffee
  • Homemade cakes, usually with gluten-free and vegan options
  • Freshly made soup
  • Artisan teacakes and ciabatta

From the café’s Visit Herefordshire listing. Ask on Facebook what’s on today.

4.6Google · 226 reviews

4.7Tripadvisor · 139 reviews

5Food hygiene rating (February 2026)

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22–24 High Street
Kington HR5 3AXHerefordshire, a few miles from the Welsh border
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 9am – 4pmClosed Sunday. Hours as listed on Google; other listings differ, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Kington · Herefordshire · near the Welsh border

The coffee stop on the English side of the line.

Kington sits a few miles from Wales, and Offa’s Dyke Path runs through the town. Border Bean is on the High Street, at number 22–24.

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Legend

Locally roasted coffee
Freshly made soup
Homemade cakes, usually with gluten-free and vegan options
A small outdoor seating area
Disabled access and baby changing

From the café’s Visit Herefordshire listing. Ask on Facebook what’s on today.

The Border Bean sign: red capital letters on cream, the O drawn as a coffee bean
Landmark: the sign above the door
A black coffee in a white cup and a slice of cake on a wooden café table
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4.6 Google · 226 reviews

4.7 Tripadvisor · 139 reviews

5 Food hygiene rating (February 2026)

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Address
22–24 High Street
Kington HR5 3AXHerefordshire, a few miles from the Welsh border
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 9am – 4pmClosed Sunday. Hours as listed on Google; other listings differ, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Bunting up, coffee on, door open.

Border Bean is a coffee shop on Kington High Street, with a few tables out front. Monday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm.

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The shopfront seen along the pavement: bunting across the windows, plants and café chairs outside
A black coffee in a white cup and a slice of cake on a wooden café table

What you’ll find

  • Locally roasted coffee
  • Homemade cakes, usually with gluten-free and vegan options
  • Freshly made soup
  • Artisan teacakes and ciabatta
  • Free wifi
  • Disabled access and baby changing

From the café’s Visit Herefordshire listing. Ask on Facebook what’s on today.

Since January 2026 a local mother and daughter, Rachael and Ahnya Lloyd, have run the café, and they mean to keep it a social hub for the town.

4.6Google · 226 reviews

4.7Tripadvisor · 139 reviews

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Address
22–24 High Street
Kington HR5 3AXHerefordshire, a few miles from the Welsh border
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 9am – 4pmClosed Sunday. Hours as listed on Google; other listings differ, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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A Kington coffee shop, in new hands

Same café. New hands on the coffee machine.

Border Bean has been on Kington High Street since 2013. In January 2026 it passed to new owners, who are keeping it much as it was, with a few new things on the menu.

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2013

Two friends open up

Kathy Thompson and Beccy Haydon start Border Bean at 22–24 High Street.

Border Bean from across the High Street: a cream and red fascia over two shop windows, with people at tables outside

2026

A mother and daughter take over

Rachael and Ahnya Lloyd, from a local family, take on the café in January. Among their additions: smoked salmon and scrambled egg.

A black coffee in a white cup and a slice of cake on a wooden café table

Source: Shropshire Star, January 2026.

Still on the counter

  1. Locally roasted coffee
  2. Homemade cakes, usually with gluten-free and vegan options
  3. Freshly made soup
  4. Artisan teacakes and ciabatta

From the café’s Visit Herefordshire listing. Ask on Facebook what’s on today.

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Address
22–24 High Street
Kington HR5 3AXHerefordshire, a few miles from the Welsh border
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 9am – 4pmClosed Sunday. Hours as listed on Google; other listings differ, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Two shop windows, one coffee shop.

Border Bean is at 22–24 High Street, Kington: a light, spacious café under one long sign.

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The Border Bean sign: red capital letters on cream, the O drawn as a coffee bean

To drink

Coffee from local roasters, by the cup.

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The shopfront seen along the pavement: bunting across the windows, plants and café chairs outside

To eat

Homemade cakes (usually with gluten-free and vegan options), freshly made soup, artisan teacakes and ciabatta.

From the café’s Visit Herefordshire listing. Ask on Facebook what’s on today.

4.6Google · 226 reviews

4.7Tripadvisor · 139 reviews

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Address
22–24 High Street
Kington HR5 3AXHerefordshire, a few miles from the Welsh border
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 9am – 4pmClosed Sunday. Hours as listed on Google; other listings differ, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Homemade cake, with a label for everyone.

The cakes at Border Bean are homemade, and there are usually gluten-free and vegan options among them. Coffee is locally roasted. Kington High Street, Monday to Saturday.

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GF

Gluten-free options, usually

VE

Vegan options, usually

Soup

Freshly made

Coffee

Locally roasted

From the café’s Visit Herefordshire listing. Ask on Facebook what’s on today.

Border Bean from across the High Street: a cream and red fascia over two shop windows, with people at tables outside

Look for the cream and red shopfront

22–24 High Street, with a small outdoor seating area out front. Disabled access, baby changing and free wifi inside.

4.6 Google · 226 reviews4.7 Tripadvisor · 139 reviews

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Address
22–24 High Street
Kington HR5 3AXHerefordshire, a few miles from the Welsh border
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 9am – 4pmClosed Sunday. Hours as listed on Google; other listings differ, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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