Our latest news and blog posts

Spruce up your spokes

The Hardie Cycle Hub is well known locally for its refurb of donated bikes and their resale back to the community at affordable prices. Did you know our Cytech 2 trained apprentice Ross can also service your bike? It's really important to keep your bike in tip top...

Cafe and Clubs are back…

It's been a long time coming, we are absolutely delighted to be able to offer inside seating and toilet facilities following the recent relaxation of restrictions. You can now meet friends in all weathers between 11-3 Monday to Wednesday and 11-4 Thursday through to...

Hot lunches for school kids over half-term

If you are from the Stanford le Hope area and are not able to provide a hot lunch for your children during the holiday then please contact us and we will be more than happy to help. We can offer a collection service for a hot children’s meal to take away. 🌟Saturday...

Extended Cafe Opening Times

We are delighted and excited to announce to one and all that Hardie Park Cafe's opening times have now been extended! Looking forward to spending some time with you over the half-term holidays. Playtime, scoot, skate, coffee, ice-cream, snacks and coffee await. We...

Rotary East Thurrock supports ‘Benches for all’

Friends of Hardie Park in Stanford-le-hope, recently approached Rotary East Thurrock following their community offer of local funding for small, sustainable projects with long term impact on the area or residents. Hardie Park trustees looked at purchasing a number of...

APRIL Newsletter 2021

Click here for our APRIL 2021 Newsletter Benches and Brunch Talking all things bike : THE BIG PEDAL 2021 The Local Little Sunshine Awards We LOVE your LOYALTY The sign speaks for itself... Woohoo 5 start review! Park user and volunteer video footage Enjoy the read!...

MARCH Newsletter 2021

Click here for our MARCH 2021 Newsletter We are ten years into the project and have a community cafe that has been in place for 5 years, such an amazing achievement. The trustees now manage Friends of Hardie Park alongside a fantastic team of volunteers and will...

Let’s talk about Hardie Park

Our Friends spent time with us in the Summer of 2019 sharing their views on our park community. Thank you to all of those involved. It's been amazing to document a snapshot of what we think is a very special place too... Friends: Colin Friends: Sheila Friends: Jude...

FEBRUARY Newsletter 2021

Click here for our FEBRUARY 2021 Newsletter Look how far we have come! Food glorious food So, we had snow! You made my day / Valentines Hub's wheels keep on turning Kid's meals Enjoy the read! Contact details: Hardie Park Cafe, Hardie Road, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex....

Look how far we have come

With this year marking Hardie Park’s 5th Anniversary since the opening of the cafe building, it’s a great time to have a look back at what we’ve achieved in this short space of time. With the help of an army of loyal, hard-working, close-knit and quite frankly,...