How peaceful grounds, good coffee and familiar faces can help create new family traditions. One of my favourite things about Maple Park Café is not actually inside the café at all. It is the view out of the window. At this time of year, the grounds around us really do come into their own. After the recent mixture of rain, sunshine, rain, sunshine, and then more rain just to keep us all guessing, everything has gone slightly wild in the best possible way. The grass is greener,

One of the things we love most about Maple Park Café is that no two days are ever quite the same. People often visit us for breakfast, lunch, coffee and cake, but over the last four years we’ve discovered that we’re also running an unofficial wildlife sanctuary. The food is for our customers, of course, but that hasn’t stopped a variety of local residents from dropping by to see what’s going on. Our location gives us fantastic views across the countryside and pond, and we’ve

At Maple Park Café, we have always tried to keep our prices fair, honest and good value. Whether someone is visiting us for a coffee and a sandwich, meeting friends for lunch, ordering afternoon tea, or arranging catering for a wake, we know that price matters. We also know that people choose us because they trust us to provide good food, friendly service and a warm welcome at important moments. That is why we do not take price changes lightly. Our latest menu and pricing upd

At Maple Park Café, we have always believed that a café can be much more than somewhere to buy a cup of coffee. It can be a place of comfort, conversation, reflection and quiet support. Recently, David was invited to join Nichola Reeder on Over My Dead Poddy for an episode called “Brewing Community Through Grief.” The podcast explores conversations around death, funerals, grief and the questions many people often feel unable to ask. For Maple Park Café, this was a very meanin

Really pleased to have taken part as a speaker at this year’s London Coffee Festival on the panel: ☕ “More than just a coffee: A spotlight on community” A huge thank you to Nichola Reeder for inviting me to be part of such an interesting discussion alongside Jayne Cromwell from Carnival Coffee Roasters and Cemal Ezel OBE from Change Please. We spoke about the changing role of cafés as community spaces and the reality that community doesn’t just happen by accident. It takes pl

Christmas Day can be a wonderful time for families and friends to come together, but for many people it can also be one of the loneliest days of the year. Last Christmas, we wanted to do something simple that might make a difference locally, so we opened our doors for a free Christmas Day afternoon tea. The idea wasn’t about putting on a grand event. It was about creating a warm, welcoming space where people could come for a chat, a cup of tea and some company, whether they w