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Community Living Rooms Network Accessible

Find all the locations on the Community Living Rooms map in text format below.

Last updated: 16 April 2024

Next review: 16 April 2025

The Community Living Rooms Network is a collection of free to access, friendly community spaces across the borough where residents can relax in public, encounter familiar faces and make new acquaintances.  

Our Community Living Rooms

Community Living Rooms host regular social and creative activities plus many spaces can offer food support or a hot meal. 

You will also find opportunities to access information and advice around topics such as health and wellbeing, debt management, welfare benefits, and energy advice.

Please check this list regularly to find your local Living Room, as all rooms will be opening on different dates and times.

Use the list below to find information about your space offers including opening hours, facilities, and activities. The spaces are listed geographically under their postcode area: E10, E11, E17, and E4.

E10 Postcode Area

Leyton Orient Community Hub

Leyton Orient Trust's Community Living Room is based within the iconic football club. The space is perfect for adults and children alike, offering age-appropriate games (both traditional and electronic) and activities. Hot drinks and healthy snacks are provided.
 
Mondays: 12pm to 1pm is Digital Hour and 1pm to 3pm is relaxed space
Wednesdays: 12pm to 1pm is Seated Exercises with Nusrat and 1pm to 3pm is relaxed space
Fridays: 12pm to 1pm is Board Games Hour and 1pm to 3pm is relaxed space


First Thursday of the month will be Sewing and Crafts, with all materials provided, from 12pm to 3pm.
 
Employment support is provided once a fortnight. 
 
Community Health Champions will have a regular presence in this Community Living Room. Health Champions are trained volunteers who want everyone in Waltham Forest to get and stay healthy. They can give you advice and support to connect you with the support you may need. To find out more visit the Leyton Orient Website. 

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible, step-free toilet, baby changing area, and wide doorways. 

The Cornerstone Leyton  

  • Type of Space: Community Hub, offering a family after school drop in and parent and baby morning  
  • Address: The Cornerstone, 149 Canterbury Road, E10 6EH   
  • Phone: 02085582121  
  • Email: lindsey.donoghue@thecornerstone.org.uk  
  • Website: www.thecornerstone.org.uk  
  • Opening Hours: After school drop in Tuesdays 3.15pm-4.30pm; Parent and baby drop in mornings Thursdays 10.30am-12pm (both sessions are term time only)  

Cornerstone Community Hub is based in Leyton with multiple activities for families running across the week. 

Our Tuesday After School drop in is aimed at anyone with primary aged children (older siblings are also welcome). Sessions feature toast, drinks and healthy snacks and the opportunity to play different card games, board games, craft activities and group games.  

Our Parent and Baby drop in is a welcoming space for parents with babies age one year and under. This offers parents a space to connect with other parents and to have a cup of tea or coffee whilst their baby plays. This runs alongside breastfeeding support from Henry and  advice and signposting to other relevant local services.  

Accessibility: The site is fully accessible, step free, wheelchair accessible with a disabled toilet, baby changing area and wide doorways.  

E11 Postcode Area

Leytonstone and Wanstead Synagogue

Our Community Space offers a friendly and relaxed environment for visitors to enjoy free tea or coffee, snacks, hot food, and a chance to chat. Visitors can remain within the communal space or enjoy the gardens. A large range of books, magazines, and newspapers are available to read and there is a play area for children. Volunteers are available to help visitors and learning about Jewish culture and practices is encouraged. We also have a gardening group which visitors are welcome to join. 

Get in touch with the Leytonstone and Wanstead Synagogue team by filling out their contact form.

Accessibility: Outdoor Space, Wheelchair accessible, quiet room, wide doorways, and baby changing area.

Holy Trinity & St Augustine of Hippo Community Food Share and Living Room  

We run a welcoming community space with free refreshments, free community library, access to Wi-Fi and creche facilities. There are also opportunities to access creative courses with the adult learning centre and opportunities for one-to-one meetings with housing representatives and health professionals. 

Residents can also access our non-referral Community Food Share which offers both non-perishable long life essentials and perishable rescued food - every Tuesday between 11am and 1pm. 

E17 Postcode Area

The Mill at Coppermill

  • Type of Space: Social Activities 
  • Address: 7-11 Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, E17 7HA 
  • Phone: 020 8521 3211 
  • Email: info@themille17.org 
  • The Mill website
  • Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday from 9:30am to 5:30pm. Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 2pm. 

The Mill's Living Room is open to anyone in the local community.  
 
Various activities are available to join, such as sociable knitting and sewing groups, drawing classes, scrabble and craft groups (free or low cost). For more information visit the mill at coppermill events page.
 
The Mill runs an honesty library with a wide variety of books and local newspapers. 
 
A children's play room for under 5s is available. 
 
Volunteer-led sessions are available, such as CV writing and using digital devices. We also host information sessions from adult education and ESOL providers, health and wellbeing advice and council services. 

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible, step-free toilet, disabled toilet , baby changing area. 

Queens Boundary Community & Friends of St Barnabas

Our hall is safe, need sensitive, inclusive and non-judgmental demonstrated via activities/services such as: 

  • Weekly food pantry - £4.50 shopping bag for low income families 
  • Weekly health walk - coffee and chat 
  • Migrant Support - storytelling and leadership training, WF Migrant Action Group sessions, ESOL assessments weekly. 
  • Gardening group - monthly at Thomas Gamuel Park 
  • Women only exercise: weekly class 
  • Tai Chi: weekly class  
  • Memory café: older persons lunch club 

 Thursdays: book club, sewing/knitting club, men’s group and board-games club. 
 
Sundays: fortnightly pop-up sessions 

Accessibility: Wheelchair access, step-free toilet, disabled toilet and quiet room. wide doorways, baby changing area and support also available in Filipino. 

The Hornbeam Hub

The Gleaners also run a pay-what-you-feel community café based at The Hornbeam Centre on Tuesdays from 11am to 3pm. They use surplus produce quality ingredients that would otherwise go to waste to make tasty, plant-based meals. 


HEET (Home Energy Efficiency Training) can offer energy advice and Hornbeam supports people to access healthy affordable food via emergency food provision, or other community mutual aid initiatives. 

Citizens Advice drops ins every Thursday from 11am to 3pm.

Accessibility: Wheelchair access, step-free toilet, disabled toilet and quiet room. wide doorways, baby changing area - Support also available in Turkish and French. 

The Lloyd Park Centre Community Living Room

  • Type of Space: Community Kitchen and Social Activities 
  • Address: The Lloyd Park Centre, Winns Avenue, Walthamstow, E17 5JW 
  • phone: 020 8527 1737 
  • Email: lpc@tlpcc.org.uk 
  • The Lloyd Park Centre website
  • Opening hours: every Friday (during school term) from 10am to 2pm 

The Lloyd Park Children's Charity run a range of activities, advice and support events for children and their families. Within each session, families will also have free access to a wide range of educational games, puzzles and free art materials to allow parents/carers and their children to get creative and have fun together with their peers. The living space will also be providing healthy and affordable lunchtime meals for families, hot meals served at 12 noon. 

Accessibility: Outdoor space, wheelchair access, step-free toilet, disabled toilet and quiet room. Wide doorways, baby changing area and support also available in Romanian and Urdu.

Walthamstow Salvation Army

'The Meeting Place' is a warm and inviting space where anyone is welcome. This space offers a relaxed room in a café style with access to newspapers, crafts, board games, internet access, a play space, and the use of a couple of computers. Some light snacks are also provided.  

Citizens Advice drops ins every Friday morning from 10am to 1pm.  

Accessibility: Wheelchair access, step-free toilet, disabled toilet and quiet room. wide doorways and baby changing area.

Waltham Forest Community Hub 

We offer a community coffee morning to help reduce social isolation. We offer health and well-being activities as well as a chance to meet new people.

Priory Court Community Living Room 

  • Type of Space: Community Living Room and Social Activities  
  • Address: Priory Court Community Centre, 11 Priory Court, E17 5NB 
  • Phone: 07947766251 
  • Email: gabriel@wmbiglocal.org 
  • Opening hours: Mondays 12.00 to 5.00pm and Thursdays 12.00 to 5.00pm 

A friendly space that offers arts and crafts, board games, a toddler zone, knitting and crochet, table tennis and pool table as well as free WiFi and refreshments. Visitors can come and go as they please with no need to pre-book. 

Skills Within Developments at The Hornbeam Centre

The Skills Within are offering a free, welcoming, and safe space for people to sit, rest, and socialise and enjoy a free healthy hot meal and refreshments.

Citizens Advice drops in’s 3pm to 5pm every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. 

E4 Postcode Area

All Saints Church Highams Park

  • Type of Space: Community Kitchen and Social Activities 
  • Address: Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ 
  • phone: 07759 573667 
  • Email: peter.rogers@allsaintshp.org.uk 
  • Highams Park Hub website
  • Opening hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays: 11am to 2pm and every second Wednesday: 11.30 am to 2.30pm 

We are open on Tuesdays and Thursdays as a community café with hot meals and drinks available. We also offer an afternoon with social and creative activities every second Wednesday, along with the café service.  

Citizens Advice drops ins every first and third Thursday of the month and every second and fourth Wednesday of the month.  

Accessibility: Outdoor space, wheelchair access, step-free toilet, quiet room and baby changing area. 

OrganicLea

  • Type of Space: Community Kitchen and Social Activities 
  • Address: Hawkwood Nursery, 115 Hawkwood Crescent, E4 7UH 
  • phone: 07920 816 297 
  • Email: nick@organiclea.org.uk 
  • OrganicLea website
  • Opening hours: Every Friday 12pm to 2pm

OrganicLea is a community food project based in the Lea Valley. We offer a regular weekly activity for Wellbeing in the Garden, providing a safe space for people to engage in meaningful physical and creative activity, increase social connections, enjoy nature, and build self-confidence. The sessions will integrate simple gardening activities (soil, seeds, weeding, preparation, planting, harvesting) with the nationally recognised Five Ways to Wellbeing (connect, be active, take notice, learn, give). The activity also includes a healthy lunch eaten together with other volunteers, learners, and staff. 
Confirm your attendance to Nick by email or phone to ensure enough meals are prepared.

Accessibility: Outdoor space, wheelchair access, step-free toilet, quiet room, and baby changing area. 

Age UK Waltham Forest

A meet-up space for isolated older adults aged 60 and over living in Waltham Forest. To maximise the opportunities for friendships and peer networks to develop, the group meets regularly for 3 hours on a weekly basis at the Age UK Hub in Chingford. We also hold talks about what benefits are available to older people and offer support on maximising income.

Accessibility: Wheelchair access and disabled toilet. 

Waltham Forest Libraries

Our libraries are always open and available throughout the year, for all residents and non-residents.

All libraries have free Wi-Fi and PC computer use for any residents and non-residents, with plenty of space to study. Here you can also access online courses including language lessons, driving theory test preparation and computer skills lessons.

Each library has daily events for children and adults alike, for more information please see the website, email or visit.

Lea Bridge Library

  • Address: Lea Bridge Road, Leyton E10 7HU
  • Phone: 020 8496 3000
  • Email: libraries.support@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm.

Leyton Library

  • Address: High Rd, London E10 5QH
  • Phone: 020 8496 3000
  • Email: libraries.support@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm 
  • Citizens Advice drop-ins every Monday from 10am to 1pm, appointments from 2pm to 4pm. To book an appointment, contact Citizens Advice Waltham Forest at 0808 278 7838.

Leytonstone Library

  • Address: Church Lane, E11 1HG
  • Phone: 020 8496 3000
  • Email: libraries.support@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 12pm to 4pm.
  • Citizens Advice drop-ins every Friday from 2pm to 4pm, appointments from 10am to 1pm. To book an appointment, contact Citizens Advice Waltham Forest at 0808 278 7838.

Wood Street Library

  • Address: 1 Troubridge Square, Wood Street, E17 3HB
  • Phone: 020 8496 3000
  • Email: libraries.support@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 7pm, Saturday: 9am to 6pm and Sunday: 12pm to 4pm.
  • Citizens Advice drop-ins every Tuesday from 2pm to 4pm, appointments from 10am to 1pm, and every Thursday, drop-ins from 10am to 1pm, appointments from 2pm to 4pm. To book an appointment, contact Citizens Advice Waltham Forest at 0808 278 7838.

Walthamstow Library

  • Address: High Street, Walthamstow, E17 7JN
  • Phone: 020 8496 3000
  • Email: libraries.support@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 7pm, Saturday: 9am to 6pm and Sunday: 10am to 4pm.

Higham Hill Library

Chingford Library

  • Address: The Green, Chingford, E4 7EN
  • Phone: 020 8496 3000
  • Email: libraries.support@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 12pm to 4pm.

Hale End Library

  • Address: Castle Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QD
  • Phone: 020 8496 3000
  • Email: libraries.support@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10am to 6pm. Saturday 10am to 4pm.