Church Gate · Loughborough
Everything here was made while you were asleep.
We are an artisan bakery on the pedestrianised end of Church Gate. Croissants filled the morning you eat them, Danish pastries, cruffins, and the cinnamon morning buns that rarely survive until lunchtime — all of it mixed, proved and baked from scratch in the kitchen behind our counter.
- Tue–Sat8am – 4pm
- 4.9 on Googlefrom 99 reviews
- Vegan & GFon the counter daily
The counter
Four things worth setting an alarm for
Artisan croissants and coffee is what we do. Our case changes with the day’s bake — the menu is never fixed for long — but these four are the ones we are known for.
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The cruffin
Croissant dough, laminated and rolled into a muffin tin, so it bakes into a spiral with a crisp top and a soft middle. The pastry we are best known for.
What is inside follows the day’s bake.
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Fresh-filled croissants
Baked in the morning and filled fresh, rather than sitting in the case pre-filled since the day before. That is the whole difference.
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Danish pastries
The same laminated dough, folded around fruit and custard, baked in the same fresh batches as everything else we make.
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Cinnamon morning buns
Rolled from the dough left over after we shape the croissants, so there are only ever as many as there are. They sell out, and they sell out early.
Come early. We mean it kindly.
Also on, most days
- Coffee
- Iced matcha
- Tarts
- Cakes
- Mini pizzas
- Cheese straws
- Vegan options
- Gluten-free options
We bake everything here, so this list is honest about the day rather than fixed in print. Ask us what just came out.
Lately at Luna
The counter keeps moving
Alongside the four regulars, we put something new on most months. Here is what has come out of our kitchen lately.
- “LUNA TURNS 2!” — birthday weekJuly 2026
- Dot cakes — back by demandJune 2026
- Freeze pops for the hot weeksMay 2026
- Mango coconut matchaApril 2026
- Easter bakes and specialsApril 2026
- Mother’s Day gift boxesMarch 2026
- Pancake Day at LunaFebruary 2026
- The Valentine’s dipping box — “it’s back!”February 2026
- Overnight oat potsJanuary 2026
We announce drops on Instagram and Facebook first — follow @the.lunabakery to catch them.
Our morning
A bakery day, in the order it happens
Laminated dough cannot be hurried and cannot be made the day before. That is why our doors open at eight, and why the good stuff is a morning thing.
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Before light
Dough that was proved overnight comes out cold and gets its final folds.
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The ovens go on
Croissants, cruffins and Danish go in first. The smell reaches the street before we do.
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8am — doors
The case is at its fullest it will be all day. The coffee machine is already warm.
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Through to 4pm
We keep bringing trays out until there are none left. When something is gone, it is gone until tomorrow.
Events & orders
The tables do more than hold coffee
A few evenings and Sundays a year, the counter stops being the point. Everything below has run here at least once.
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Workshops at our tables
Brush & Brew painting evenings, watercolour Christmas cards, vintage-heart cake decorating, a Mother’s Day cupcake masterclass — taught at our tables, with the good coffee on.
We announce the next dates on Instagram.
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Seasonal pre-orders
Christmas-morning pastry boxes, Mother’s Day gift boxes, the Valentine’s dipping box. Order ahead, collect from the counter — they go when the season does.
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Your event, our bake
We take bookings for private events and bigger orders — a workshop for your own group, boxes for an office, a party or a wedding morning.
Email us with dates and numbers.
About
Two bakers, no shortcuts
We are Chandni and Alana, and Luna is ours — a proper independent. Our kitchen is right behind the counter, the person who baked your pastry is usually the person handing it to you, and the size of the day’s bake is decided by what two pairs of hands can laminate before we open.
That is the discipline the whole place is built around. We buy nothing in part-baked, finish nothing off from frozen, and no van restocks our counter at eleven. We take the coffee as seriously as the bake, and work with St Martin’s Coffee Roasters in Leicester. And yes, we sell out — better that than padding the case with something we did not make.
We opened our doors in July 2024 — “coffee and croissant fix from 10am tomorrow” — and turned two in July 2026. Two summers of croissants on what we still think is the cutest street in Loughborough.
Church Gate is pedestrianised outside our door, so we put tables on the street in fair weather. Step-free inside, cards taken, takeaway always.
Visit
50 Church Gate, Loughborough
LE11 1UE · the pedestrianised stretch, a minute from the Market Place
| Monday | Closed |
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| Tuesday | 8am – 4pm |
| Wednesday | 8am – 4pm |
| Thursday | 8am – 4pm |
| Friday | 8am – 4pm |
| Saturday | 8am – 4pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Our bake is finite — by late afternoon the favourites are gone, and that is by design rather than by accident.
Get in touch
Instagram @the.lunabakery
Facebook the.lunabakery
Email lunabakeryltd@gmail.com
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Orders & events
We take bigger orders and private events — boxes for an office, a party or a wedding morning, or a workshop booked for your own group. Our seasonal boxes run as pre-orders; for everything else, email us with dates and numbers.
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