Guy Owen

A new local bakery is set to cook up a storm when it opens in Lincoln next week.

The Ticklebelly Lane Bakery and Tea House will open on Guildhall Street, serving up fresh bread, cakes and pastries.

There will be a ground floor kitchen and tea room with an upper floor dining area and a cosy attic.

The bakehouse is expected to open next week. Photo: Guy Owen for The Lincolnite

The company will also be teaming up with Teapigs to provide customers with a variety of exotic teas as well as selling traditional ones.

An official opening date has not been confirmed, however owner James Cook confirmed it would be next week.

Speaking to The Lincolnite, James said: “We’re a bakery that started off in a front room, moved onto a bakehouse on Doddington Road and have since progressed and grown.

“We don’t mess about with additives and emulsifiers, and we’re far and beyond anything else on the High Street.”

The bakery and tea house will also be offering experience days this Christmas where people will learn the skill of artisan baking and decorating.

Ticklebelly Lane began in 2011 in North Scarle and opened up a bakehouse on Doddington Road in 2014.

Residents of Lincoln will soon be able to use the £12 million footbridge again on the High Street as the repair works are set to be completed later this month.

Network Rail told The Lincolnite that the bridge, which opened in June 2016 and closed temporarily for repairs, will reopen on Thursday, November 30.

Photo: Guy Owen for The Lincolnite

Rail engineers began work on resurfacing the steps in September to correct a number of faults.

A Network Rail spokesperson previously said: “As we said at the time, we were not happy with the finish of the bridge and we committed to carry out further work to it to bring it up to the standard which the people of Lincoln deserve.

Photo: Guy Owen for The Lincolnite