Whittard of Chelsea is a British chain of shops selling coffee, tea and related products.

In 1996 it was floated on the Alternative Investment Market, and expanded rapidly, building a chain of about 120 shops and several tea rooms.

[2]: 195  It went bankrupt in 2008; more than fifty of the shops were closed, and the company was restructured into private equity ownership.

[3] The company was started by Walter Whittard, who opened a tea shop in Fleet Street in 1886, and remained in his family until 1973.

[2]: 195  It made heavy losses in an attempt to establish an internet sales business, which was closed down in about 2001.