Based in the Coronation Recreation Ground, Hersham, Surrey, UK, we provide our community with access to a multi functional, safe space. With us people can reduce waste and access many beneficial initiatives such as the Library of Things, Community Fridge, Hygiene Bank, Refill Point, Skill Share, Small item recycling, Community Garden, Seed Bank, Jigsaw swap, Book Swap to name but a few – all under ONE roof!
Upcoming Bookings at The Studio
Below is a chronological list of the various events running at The Studio at the Eco Hub. If you are interested in learning more about any event, just click on it. Thanks
LATEST NEWS
September 17th 2025
Our new Studio is available to hire!
After a lot of work, The Studio is now looking amazing and is available to hire via the booking system. The standard flat rate is £15 per hour. If you are a charity or not for profit please have a chat with us. The Studio is perfect for Yoga, Pilates, art clubs, antenatal classes, photography shoots etc etc. The Studio is not suitable and therefore not available for private parties children’s or otherwise. Please follow this link to book the Studio Studio Room Booking
September 1st 2025
And we’re in!
After a long hot summer of frantic activity, the Eco Hub reopened today at our new home in Hersham. Believe me when I say the amount of time, effort and indeed money needed to make this move happen and to get to this stage is astonishing. Our volunteers have given up so many hours, and showed such commitment to the project and the community, its truly humbling. A team of true heroes.
We would like to thank the officers at Elmbridge Borough Council for working with us over the last year. Councillors Ashley Tilling and John O’Reilly for support from their Your Fund Surrey and councillors discretionary funds, The Climate Action team at Elmbridge Borough Council, Bentley motors, Hersham Squires Garden Centre, The National Lottery, Elmbridge Borough Council Community Fund and Elmbridge Borough Council CIL fund. Without their very generous support, this move would not have happened.
The excitement doesn’t stop there though. Herbert (our affectionate name for the new building) has additional space – a room we have called The Studio. The Studio is setup with high speed WiFi, a desktop pc, 65″ Samsung interactive screen, LED colour changing lighting and storage space for personal items.
The Studio is available for small groups to hire at very reasonable hourly rates. It is suitable for E.G. yoga/pilates classes of up to 6 + instructor, mum and toddler groups (~20 people), groups supporting those with sensory needs, afternoon coffee meetups, office days out, boardgame club, cinema club, Lego club, (we have 20,000 Lego pieces to play with!) etc etc etc. If you’re interested please do get in touch at info@elmbridgeecohub.org.uk
Hope to see you at the New Eco Hub (Herbert), very soon.
August 2025
Eco Hub to reopen Monday 1st September 2025 at Herbert Crook Pavilion, Rydens Grove, Hersham
As you know, we have been working really hard throughout August preparing to reopen at our new permanent home in Hersham. Our volunteers have worked really hard cleaning, repairing, decorating and fitting out the building. As such we are delighted to say we will reopen on Monday 1st September at 9am. All of our usual initiatives will return – The Community Fridge, Refill, Library of Things, Book, boardgame and jigsaw swap to name but a few. You will notice the new community garden is in rather a “raw” state. We would ask people to refrain from exploring too much around the grounds as this area is a work in progress so there may be tools etc left out. We are also finding a lot of broken glass and sharp metal on the surface of the ground so if you are going to walk around, please no children and absolutely no open toe shoes/sandles. See you soon in Hersham!
June 20th 2025
The Eco Hub will close for the month of August.
Due to school holidays, volunteer family commitments and the need to reset prior to the move to Hersham, the Eco Hub will close at 4pm on Thursday 31st July and reopen Monday 1st September. All Library of Things hires will need to be returned prior to the Hub closing. Thank you and have a great summer.
March 26th 2025
Eco Hub 2024 Annual Review published
Click on the link below for a web friendly compressed version. Please email info@elmbridgeecohub.org.uk if you would like a full sized, uncompressed version.
*2024 Annual Review*
March 23rd 2025
National Lottery funding awarded to the Eco Hub!
The Eco Hub been successful at securing a grant of £14,600 from the National Lottery Community Fund!
This is restricted CORE funding that can only be used to help cover costs such as utilities, insurance, volunteer expenses and salaries. This funding will secure the future of the Eco Hub for another 2 years. Thank you National Lottery!
March 20th 2025
Hygiene Bank open
Today, thanks for a grant from Elmbridge Borough Council we launched our new Hygiene bank.
Period products are free to all. 1 box/packet per person.
Other items such as deoderants, soap, shaving, dental are marked up with a suggested dontion – kept to an absolute minimum. Any money generated from these donations will allow us to continue the initiative in particular fully subsidising the provision of free period products. If you are in need and unable to pay, please speak to one of our volunteers and we will doour best to help you. No judgement. No Bias. No Shame.
March 20th 2025
New Items added to Library of Things
Today we are delighted to let you know that we have added:
*Heavy Duty 3×3 meter gazebo (green)
*Drain Rods (9meters)
*Electronic Moisture/Damp meter
*Electronic Stud wall/cable/pipe detector
*Ryobi cordless multitool – comes with a variety of attachments
Monday 9 – 4pm
Thursday 9 – 4pm
Friday 9-4pm
Saturday 9 – Midday
Welcome to Elmbridge Eco Hub
Everything we do is centred around THREE things:
We exist exclusively for the benefit of the people in our community. We want to ensure every member of our community has access to food, skills and equipment either free or at very low cost.
We want to provide people with the opportunity to learn and share their knowledge with others. We strive to encourage and facilitate people to reach their potential, improve confidence and their understanding of the world we live in.
We believe in the circular economy and trying to improve our environment. We aim to recycle, upcycle, reuse what we can, reduce waste and teach others to do the same.
Do you want to get involved?
If you would like to get involved with The Hub, have a look at the different initiatives we run, and decide which you would prefer to be part of. It may be that there is more than one initiative that interests you, and that’s great. Simply pop into the Hub and have a chat with one of the volunteers or management team.
We want to provide people with the opportunity to learn and share their knowledge with others. We strive to encourage and facilitate people to reach their potential, improve confidence and their understanding of the world we live in.
If you are a business, looking to improve your CSR, then look no further.
We have a multitude of options to offer from corporate litter pick days, supporting the Community Fridge, spending a day in the community garden, conducting a skill share session or helping with the Library of Things.
We kindly ask for a financial contribution of £10 per volunteer, which helps us to cover our costs, and keep the Hub running.