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Durham Market Hall · Mezzanine

Under the iron roof, up the stairs.

Cafe Cenno is the family-run café on the mezzanine of Durham’s indoor market — breakfasts, lunches, afternoon teas and home-made scones, above the stalls.

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Inside Durham Market Hall: the glazed iron roof above Cafe Cenno's tables and counter

Morning

Breakfasts, and coffee with one of the home-made scones.

Midday

Lunches, savoury pies and quiches.

Afternoon

Afternoon teas, cakes and traybakes.

A pie with chips, mushy peas and a jug of gravy

The hall

Durham’s Market Hall goes back to the Durham Markets Company Act of 1851. Its roof runs in a series of pitches on cast-iron columns; the café looks out under it from the mezzanine.

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Address
Mezzanine level, Durham Market Hall
Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJInside the indoor market, upstairs.
Hours
Monday, 9am – 3.40pm
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 4.30pm
Sunday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Cafe CennoThe café’s own Facebook page
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jo@cenno.co.ukAs listed in the Durham BID business directory
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City of Durham · Market Hall

Notice

is hereby given that on the mezzanine there is kept

A Family Café

serving, from Monday to Saturday,

Breakfasts · Lunches · Afternoon Teas
Home-made Scones · Savoury Pies · Quiches
Cakes & Traybakes

Cafe Cenno — family run, at home in the Market Hall for more than a quarter of a century.

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Baked quiches and a pie in their dishes
Pies & quiches from the café.
Inside Durham Market Hall: the glazed iron roof above Cafe Cenno's tables and counter
The mezzanine, under the market roof.

1851The Durham Markets Company Act is passed.

1996The refurbished Market Hall opens Monday to Saturday.

2026Food hygiene rating 5, inspected in May.

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Address
Mezzanine level, Durham Market Hall
Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJInside the indoor market, upstairs.
Hours
Monday, 9am – 3.40pm
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 4.30pm
Sunday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
Facebook
Cafe CennoThe café’s own Facebook page
Email
jo@cenno.co.ukAs listed in the Durham BID business directory
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Home-made, upstairs!

Do the rounds of the market stalls, then climb to the mezzanine for a pot of tea and something home-made at Cafe Cenno.

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Sconeshome-made
Piessavoury
Quicheson the counter
Traybakes& cakes
A plate of home-made fruit scones
A pie with chips, mushy peas and a jug of gravy
4.4on Google · 421 reviews
5food hygiene · May 2026

Visit

Address
Mezzanine level, Durham Market Hall
Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJInside the indoor market, upstairs.
Hours
Monday, 9am – 3.40pm
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 4.30pm
Sunday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
Facebook
Cafe CennoThe café’s own Facebook page
Email
jo@cenno.co.ukAs listed in the Durham BID business directory
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Today’s menu, Durham Market Hall.

Breakfast through to afternoon tea, made by a family business on the market’s mezzanine.

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Breakfast

Breakfasts to start the market day, with coffee.

Lunch

Lunches, savoury pies and quiches.

Afternoon tea

Afternoon teas, home-made scones, cakes and traybakes.

A pie with chips, mushy peas and a jug of gravy
A plate of home-made fruit scones
Baked quiches and a pie in their dishes

Visit

Address
Mezzanine level, Durham Market Hall
Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJInside the indoor market, upstairs.
Hours
Monday, 9am – 3.40pm
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 4.30pm
Sunday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
Facebook
Cafe CennoThe café’s own Facebook page
Email
jo@cenno.co.ukAs listed in the Durham BID business directory
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Afternoon tea

A pot of tea above the market.

Scones made in-house, cakes and traybakes, and a table on the mezzanine of Durham Market Hall.

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A plate of home-made fruit scones

Top tierCakes & traybakes

Middle tierHome-made scones

Bottom tierSavoury pies & quiches

Not literally a stand — just everything the café bakes, stacked up.

Inside Durham Market Hall: the glazed iron roof above Cafe Cenno's tables and counter

Visit

Address
Mezzanine level, Durham Market Hall
Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJInside the indoor market, upstairs.
Hours
Monday, 9am – 3.40pm
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 4.30pm
Sunday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
Facebook
Cafe CennoThe café’s own Facebook page
Email
jo@cenno.co.ukAs listed in the Durham BID business directory
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Cafe Cenno

Mezzanine level · Market Hall

It’s easy to walk straight past a café that sits upstairs inside a market. Here is the way to the tables.

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1

Find Market Place in Durham city centre.

2

Go into the indoor Market Hall.

3

Head up to the mezzanine level.

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Breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea at Cafe Cenno.

Inside Durham Market Hall: the glazed iron roof above Cafe Cenno's tables and counter
Baked quiches and a pie in their dishes

Visit

Address
Mezzanine level, Durham Market Hall
Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJInside the indoor market, upstairs.
Hours
Monday, 9am – 3.40pm
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 4.30pm
Sunday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
Facebook
Cafe CennoThe café’s own Facebook page
Email
jo@cenno.co.ukAs listed in the Durham BID business directory
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