Based in the Elmgrove Estate, in the centre of Walton-On-Thames, 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, Refill Point, Skill Share, Small item recycling, Community Garden, Seed Bank, Jigsaw swap, Book Swap to name but a few – all under ONE roof!
LATEST NEWS
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
March 12th 2025
Its Scarecrow Competition Time!
March 11th 2025
Easter Closure
The Eco Hub will close from midday Saturday 5th April until 9am Thursday 24th April to coincide with the Easter school holidays.
March 10th 2025
Move Update
The move to Coronation Rec in Hersham is still going ahead. Planning permission is being sought to change the use of the building from children’s day nursery to community use – application number 2025/0099.
There have been some comments submitted by members of the public on the application page stating “work has started” and commenting on the “environmental impact of tree felling”. To clarify, at the time the application was submitted and indeed to this point, the Eco Hub has NOT conducted ANY works on the building or land. Indeed, we are yet to agree terms on a lease so any works being undertaken are by the Council on their property and their land, not by us. The removal of 6 massively overgrown fir trees however does mean the public path leading to the Rec and through the car park is now much safer for pedestrians. It also means there will be much more air and water available to create a new, amazing bio diverse Community Garden on the land when we do finally move in.
Following the end of the previous tenants lease, the Council have and continue to undertake essential maintenance and upgrades to the building. These include – improving loft insulation, replacing guttering & facias, installing modern anti legionella water heaters, installation of a fully accessible bathroom, and installation of new fire doors. These works are required to ensure the building is safe, watertight and compliant and would have been scheduled anyway. These works are nothing to do with our planning application.
Clearly we cannot take control of the building until planning permission is granted and the lease has been agreed. To this end, we are looking at early to mid May 2025 to complete, but we all know how unpredictable moves can be! Once we complete we will have full access to the land and property to start decorating and fitting out the building and creating the new garden. It may therefore be July or later before the Eco Hub is up and running in Hersham
Please bear with us whilst we negotiate the various processes. In the meantime the Eco Hub will operate as normal from Elmgrove in Walton. Thanks
March 2nd 2025
Recycling Update
Please refer to the recycling initiative page as many of the recycling programmes have now closed. Thanks
Monday 9 – 1pm
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.