Here, you’ll journey around the globe with delicate bites that reflect the sounds and flavours featured in the novel Around the World in 80 Days tucking into everything from New York inspired smoked salmon and cream cheese on mini bagels to soft petit beurre Natais biscuits; a nod to esteemed Head Pastry Chef Pierre Morvan’s who calls Nantes home.

Afternoon tea has been served in The Savoy’s pretty Thames Foyer since 1889. A pianist plays Adele and Fred Astaire numbers on a grand piano set under a stained glass dome and gazebo.

Serving over 500 pots a day, this salon sits on the fourth floor of the St James’s department store. Expect white linen tablecloths laid with camellia china, a tinkling Steinway and a classic spread.

To celebrate the arrival of spring bringing a burst of colour and life across the city’s parks, this London stalwart pays homage to those first buds with its meadow-inspired afternoon tea.

All pale pink walls, green marble, crystal chandeliers and gilded ceilings, the Grand Saloon lives up to its name. This showy space, in the heart of Covent Garden’s theatreland, is the setting for a Regency-inspired afternoon tea created by baker Lily Vanilli.

Possibly the prettiest place to come for afternoon tea in the capital is marshmallow-pink Peggy Porschen. Snap a photo under its flower-framed entrance before heading inside to tuck into even prettier freshly baked cakes, pastries, sandwiches and scones — each linked to themes that change every few months.

Served in the art deco-feel, bookshelf-lined Gatsby’s Room, this afternoon tea provides a dose of Stateside flavour.

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Ilori and his obsession with colour is what makes afternoon tea at this landmark Knightsbridge hotel really pop.

The Goring is fit for royalty and, indeed, Kate Middleton stayed the night before her wedding. Afternoon tea is served in The Veranda, a fig-tree-filled and birdcage-adorned space which has an opulent indoor-outdoor feel.

Every spring/summer and autumn/winter this afternoon tea, served in the Collins Room, gets a revamp, offering photogenic “couture cakes” riffing on catwalk favourites.

You’ll find this dinosaur-themed affair just five minutes from the Natural History Museum, where Dippy the Diplodocus is in residence.

The Mirror Room in Rosewood London serves afternoon tea with a side of surrealism. You’ll want to have your phone out — incredible cakes and pastries based on Salvador Dali’s pieces including Queen of Hearts and Butterfly Windmills are so striking they’ll be the star of your Instagram feed.

Served on the 35th floor of The Shard, the afternoon tea at Asian-inspired restaurant Ting provides unrivalled views of London.

Founded as a tea room in the 1920s, The Rosebery is a vision in pistachio ice cream shades and calming Jenny Smith prints.

Just the ticket for traditionalists, the Ritz’s tea is served in the hotel’s former ballroom complete with chandelier and murals glinting with gold.

Good news — this cocoa-tastic afternoon tea, dreamt up in partnership with the Roald Dahl Story Company, doesn’t require a golden ticket.

For a more relaxed afternoon tea in London, make for this next-level garden centre in leafy Richmond. During summer the wild-at-heart Garden Afternoon Tea takes place in an outdoor courtyard, and a jasmine-filled greenhouse when the temperature drops.

Once you’re settled into curved green velvet sofas in the David Collins-designed lounge, salmon, yellowtail, jalapeño and vegetable yuzu truffle canapes arrive to start this Japanese-infused afternoon tea.

As you’d expect from an award-winning bar masterminded by mixology maestro Mr Lyan, the afternoon tea at Lyaness puts as much care into its cocktails as its tea list.

Pastry chef Jessica Prealpato’s afternoon tea menu is inspired by Kew Gardens. Expect everything from nettle scones to lobster and caviar tartelle topped with a bisque cream.

You’ll need to be decisive at this Parisian-inspired tea house that’s taken over a listed Georgian townhouse in Covent Garden: there are close to 1,000 options on its tea menu.

The calming notes of Keiko Kitamura who plays the strings of Koto, Japan’s national instrument, fill the room at the Prince Akatoki in Marylebone.