Traditional afternoon tea is a beloved British custom that all visitors to London just have to try. And during the holiday season, some of London’s top afternoon teas get spruced up with Christmas spirit, making them even more irresistible. With warming teas and sweet and savory seasonal treats, here are our favorite holiday-themed afternoon teas in London that will warm you from the inside out.

Festive Afternoon Teas in London

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Lanesborough’s Festive Afternoon Tea

Served in the opulent Michelin-starred Céleste dining room, The Lanesborough has one of the best afternoons teas in London. This year’s Festive Afternoon Tea includes an edible Christmas ornament made of chocolate and a hazelnut snowball. There’s also Christmas-themed sandwiches like roast turkey on cranberry bread.

The Lanesborough’s Festive Afternoon Tea starts at £55 per person, or at £65 with a glass of Irroy Champagne.

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Sketch’s Champagne Christmas Afternoon Tea

Sketch is one of London’s coolest and most creative venues. This year, they’re hosting a fun and festive twist on their always-popular afternoon tea in their Gallery room. Along with tea, treats and champagne, there’s also live concerts with carol-singers performing every afternoon throughout the holiday period.

In addition to the holiday-themed afternoon tea in the Gallery room, Sketch’s other rooms come stocked with Christmas spirit too. Upstairs, in Sketch’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant called The Lecture Room & Library, you’ll find a five-meter Christmas tree dressed in gold and silver.

Sketch’s Champagne Christmas Afternoon Tea is £80 per person. Children’s Christmas Afternoon Tea is £50 per person and includes a limited edition Christmas Pat the Bear toy.

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Biscuiteers’ Christmas Afternoon Tea

Notting Hill’s Biscuiteers is a favorite spot for a cup of tea or coffee, and it’s also a great option for a fun and festive treat. Their jolly afternoon tea features fresh fig scones with mulled winter jam; Christmas pudding macarons; coconut snow cake and of course some warming English breakfast tea or hot chocolate.

While you’re at this cute café and shop (which is right around the corner from the charming Leicester apartment and the spacious Danebury apartment), you can also do some Christmas shopping. There are plenty of seasonal treats and edible stocking stuffers to buy for your family and friends like DIY gingerbread house kits, boxes of iced holiday-themed biscuits and even personalized Christmas cake.

Biscuiteers’ Christmas Afternoon Tea starts around £35 per person.

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Dorchester’s Festive Champagne Afternoon Tea

The Dorchester’s new executive pastry chef, Sarah Barber, shines with her Festive Champagne Afternoon Tea. Tea comes with an array of holiday pastries. There’s the Santa’s Hat Gingerbread, made with pannacotta and mulled wine jelly, and the Chestnut Cassis Mont Blanc cake, which is made with blackcurrant and lemon mousse, chestnut biscuit and edible gold leaf. Tea’s served in The Promenade, a lavish but comfortable space.

Also, on weekends you can attend the Christmas Carols Afternoon Tea. This includes a choir performing traditional carols while you enjoy your seasonal afternoon tea in the loveliest of settings.

The Dorchester’s Festive Champagne Afternoon Tea cost £85 per person, including a glass of Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Champagne or £45 per child aged 5 to 12 (complimentary for children under 5). The Dorchester’s Christmas Carol Afternoon Tea cost £95 per person, including a glass of Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Champagne or £45 per child aged 5 to 12 (complimentary for children under 5).

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