How to find us
London School of Coffee is only a five minute walk from Norbiton station, you can catch an overboard train from Waterloo station, full details of train times are available from National Rail Enquiries.
If you are travelling by car please contact us to arrange parking, there are limited spaces available at £10 per day, unfortunately Kingston is not a great place to park due to traffic restrictions, so please contact us if you are coming by car.
If you have flown into Heathrow, you catch buses 285 or 111 towards Kingston, and alight at the Bentalls Centre, Kingston upon Thames, it will take approximately 1 hour. From there it's best to take a 5 minute taxi ride to Princeton Mews, 167-169 London Road, Kingston.
How to get in: on the security keyboard next to the gate press CALL then press 2 and the gate will be opened from the school office, the entrance for which is just inside on the left. If the security keyboard fails, please call us on your mobile phone.
John Thompson
John Thompson has over a decade of experience in the speciality coffee industry and has worked on projects in the field through to retail.
His work at origin has spanned several continents, and he is fortunate to have worked closely with coffee growers in several countries to develop long term relationships and sustainable buying programs. As part of the buying team at Taylors of Harrogate he carried out social audits on coffee estates and co-operatives, and worked with growers on coffee quality improvement and production issues.
John has extensive manufacturing experience including an extensive and working knowledge of coffee laboratory equipment and of the roasting and packing process in a food production environment.
