Food Guide - Spring 2026

🥕 🥦 🍏 🍉 Free or very low-cost groceries & meals 🍉 🍏 🥦 🥕

For services that require referrals, contact Adult Early Help,

Waltham Forest Council or the NHS

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MONDAYS

  • Free Breakfast & Coffee Hub, 10:00 - 12:00, Leyton Trinity Methodist Church, 280 Leyton High Road, E10 5PW. no referral needed.

  • Solidarity Supermarket, 16:00 - 18:00, The Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street, E17 9AH.Low-cost bulk and surplus food on a sliding scale, no referral needed.

  • Eat Or Heat, 18:30 - 19:30, Quaker Meeting House, Jewel Road, E17 4QU.Food bank, referral required.

TUESDAYS

  • Peabody Pantry, 08:30 - 14:00, Salisbury Manor Primary School, 4 Burnside Ave, London E4 8YJ. Pay £4.50 for £15+ worth of food, need to register.

  • Eat Or Heat, 10:00 - 11:00, South Chingford Congressional Church, 161 Chingford Mount Rd, London E4 8LT. Food bank, referral required.

  • Holy Trinity Church Food Share, 11:00 - 13:00, 4 Holloway Road, Leytonstone, E11 4LD. £3 for £40+ worth of food, no referral needed.

  • Highams Park Food Aid, 11:00 - 13:00, All Saints Church, Church Avenue, E4 9QZ. Food bank, E4 area only, referral required.

  • PL84U Food Bank, 12:00 - 14:00, Unit 29, Forest Business Park, Argall Avenue, E10 7FB. Council tax letter required for proof of address, referrals for large families.

  • Friday Hill Food Rescue, 13:00 - 14:30, 19 Chingdale Road, Chingford, E4 6HZ. Local area only, proof of address required.

  • Soul Food cafe at St Andrew’s, 17.30 - 19:00, 153 Colworth Road Leytonstone, E11 1JD. Max 40 people. No referral needed. Finishes end of March.

WEDNESDAYS

  • Elim Pentecostal Church Food Share, 10:00 - 12:00, Hainault Road, Leytonstone, E11 1EL, referral or proof of receiving support required,.

  • Highams Park Food Aid Cafe, 11:00 - 13:00, All Saints Church, Church Avenue, E4 9QZ. E4 area residents only, Community Cafe, no referral needed.

  • PL84U Food Bank, 12:00 - 14:00, Unit 29, Forest Business Park, Argall Avenue, E10 7FB. Council tax letter required for proof of address, referrals for large families. 

  • Eat Or Heat Food Bank, 13:00 - 14:00 & 18:30 - 19:30, Quaker Meeting House, Jewel Road, E17 4QU, referral required.

THURSDAYS

  • Greenleaf Centre Food Bank, 10:00 - 12:00, The Greenleaf Centre, 67-69 Greenleaf Rd, E17 6QP. Self-referrals, with proof of support services required.

  • Elim Pentecostal Church Food Share, 10:00 - 12:00, Hainault Road, Leytonstone, E11 1EL. Referral or proof of receiving support required.

  • Highams Park Food Aid, 11:00 - 13:00, All Saints Church, Church Avenue, E4 9QZ. E4 area only, referral required.

  • The Gleaners Community Living Room, 11:00 - 15:00 (meal served at 1pm), The Hornbeam Centre 458 Hoe St, E17 9AH, no referral needed.

  • The Lighthouse Project, 12.00 - 14:00, St Mary’s Church, Church Road, E10 5JP. Food pantry, no referral needed.

  • The Drive Food Stall, 12:00 until food runs out. Outside Gateskill House, The Drive, E17 3DD. No referral needed.

  • Foodcycle Community Meals, 18:30 - 20:30, St Mary's Welcome Centre, 8 Church End, E17 9RJ, no referral needed.

FRIDAYS

  • Leytonstone Community Fridge, 12:00 - 13:00, 578 High Road Leytonstone, E11 3DA. Food bank, no referral needed.

  • OrganicLea Community Living Room, 12:00 - 14:00, Hawkwood Nursery, 115 Hawkwood Crescent, E4 7UH. Free lunch, no referral needed.

  • Welcomestow Social Fridays, 12.30 - 15.00, Baptist Church, 65 Blackhorse Road, E17 7AS, side entrance. Hot food and social activities, no referral needed.

  • Cann Hall Masjid Food Bank, 16:00 - 18:00, 145 Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone, E11 3NJ. Social services referral required.

  • Eat Or Heat, 18:30 - 19:30, Quaker Meeting House, Jewel Road, E17 4QU. Foodbank, referral required.

SATURDAYS

  • Rukshana Khan Food Bank, 10:00 - 12:00, 6-8 Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow E17 6QQ. Referral or proof of benefits required.

  • Leytonstone Community Fridge, 12:00 - 13:00, 578 High Road Leytonstone, E11 3DA, Food bank, no referral needed.

  • PL84U Food Bank, 12:00 - 14:00, Unit 29, Forest Business Park, Argall Avenue, E10 7FB. Council tax letter required for proof of address, referrals for large families.

  • Faizan-E-Islam Masjid, 14:00 - 16:00, 757 Lea Bridge Road, Walthamstow, E17 9DZ. Hot food collection & delivery.

  • Seventh Day Adventists Food Bank, 16:00 - 19:00, 14 Drayton Road, Leytonstone, E11 4AR. No referral needed.

SUNDAYS

  • Leytonstone Community Fridge, 11:00 - 12:00 every other Sunday, 578 High Road Leytonstone, E11 3DA. No referral needed

  • Masjid Tawhid Food Bank, 12:00 - 13:00, 80 High Road Leyton, E15 2BP. No referral needed

  • Faizan-E-Islam Masjid, 14:00 - 16:00, 757 Lea Bridge Road, Walthamstow, E17 9DZ. Hot food collection & delivery

MULTIPLE DAYS & FOOD CO-OPS 

  • Kukoolala Cafe, Mon - Fri, 09:30 - 10:30, 3 Marsh Lane, Leyton, E10 7BL. Free meals, no referral needed

  • Christian Kitchen, every day, 19:30, Mission Grove Car Park, E17 7DB. Free hot meal, no referral needed.

  • Cooperation Town - Various places and times in Waltham Forest, Hackney & Haringey. Join a food coop! Save £££ by collectively buying bulk groceries, plus free surplus food. For more info email saul@cooperation.town

This list is collated and kept updated by our amazing Food Hub Coordinator, Jess. Are you on this list and need the info updated? Does your project need adding? Do you just want to tell Jess how great he is? You can email him at volunteering(at)hornbeam.org.uk