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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🍪 🥰 Oreo Cake! We think this might be Jane's best creation yet — though the responses we had to last week's Death by Chocolate suggest she's already set the bar VERY high We're open every day 8:30–4:30 for tea, coffee, cold drinks, home-made lunches, snacks and CAKE @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social is now offering picnics! Grab sandwiches, cold drinks, and ice cream to eat by the Cam, or treat yourself to lunch or cake in the cafe garden. Open every day, 8:30–4:30 in the Visitor Centre. 10% discount for Supporters www.kingfishersbridge.org/become-a-sup...

Two shelves of take-away sandwiches in the fridge of Kingfisher Cafe, including vegan and gluten-free options, in compostable packaging. A shelf of chilled cans of fruit drinks just visible below. All our food is made in-house by our wonderful Chef Jane.

Cafe Manager Karen serving cake behind the counter of the Kingfisher Cafe. Th counter in front of her is stacked with cakes, scones and other treats. All our food is made in-house by our wonderful Chef Jane.

Fruit scones (top left) and cheese scones (bottom right) straight out of the Kingfisher Cafe oven. All our food is made in-house by our wonderful Chef Jane.

Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Become a supporter of Kingfishers Bridge https://www.kingfishersbridge.org/become-a-supporter.html

Background images shows the lush green reed beds, with green trees and the Mound behind, a blue lagoon in the reeds in the foreground and lightly cloudy blue skies beyond.

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🏞️🥾🐾 The Reserve is spectacular in all weathers! 👀🌦️Hide in a hide in the rain, head up on deck in the sun. 🍇🍏 How many types of berry and fruit will you spot here this Bank Holiday weekend? ☕🥪🍰🍪 Fill up at @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social, open every day 8:30-4:30 for freshly-made lunches & treats

View over Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Friday 28 August 2026, looking north from the Mound Hide. Willow trees and autumnal water meadow in the foreground, grazing water buffalo just visible by the lake to the left. A row of green trees on the horizon marks the boundary. Ely Cathedral is just visible at far left. The skies change from blue with light clouds to the left, to dark storm clouds to the right.

The new deck of the East Hide at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Friday 28 August 2026. There is a dark green-painted hide made from a converted shipping container, with a white door to the left. An external wooden staircase runs from the right of the door, up to the roof of the hide, which has wooden barriers all around it. In the distance are autumnal water meadow and green trees marking the Reserve's boundary. The deep blue sky is full of dramatic white and grey clouds, promising rain.

Close-up of a green-leaved mirabelle plum tree heavily laden with orange fruit, at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Friday 28 August 2026

View from above of a round white plate, full of a cheese and ham ploughman's lunch, with four slices of fresh, chunky white bread, dressed mixed salad, apple, pickled onions, and chutney. Made at the Kingfisher Cafe at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Friday 14 August 2026.

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's great to be up and running at last! And wonderful to host Fara Afifi's T'ai Chi and Nature Day in our garden today. If you're looking for a shady spot for a drink and a cake this weekend, we're open every day 10:30 -4:30 at @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social and can't wait to welcome you!

Four people being served at the Kingfisher Cafe at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve, with two people sitting at a table, enjoying a drink and a slice of cake in the foreground.

People enjoying the shade of the parachute awning in the Kingfisher Cafe garden at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve, with people sitting at a table with a drink and a slice of cake in the background

A group of people standing in a circle practicing T'ai Chi under the parachute awning of the Kingfisher Cafe garden at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve, with a picnic table in the foreground

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🥳 RE-OPENING on Monday 6 July! 🎈Mark your diary! ☕🍰🍦🫖 We've given up waiting for delayed deliveries of equipment. So we're starting with coffee and cakes, drinks, snacks & ice cream and will extend the menu as we can. 👋 We hope you like our new look. Karen and her team can't wait to say hello!

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

👩‍🍳We've been quiet on here while hiring a new leadership team and planning our refit. 🛠️Now we can reveal big new ambitions, with building work started and menu planning done. 🙏As this is far more than a refresh, it's taking longer than we first thought. Thanks for your patience, more updates soon!

THE KINGFISHER CAFE Refit in progress! We'll be back in June with:
• a full menu of meals and light bites
• home-cooking with local ingredients
• alcohol license and remote ordering
• more serving and seating areas
• longer opening hours
Details of re-opening plans coming soon! The Reserve remains open every day while the cafe is closed.

The Kingfisher Cafe's new serving counter and bar being installed in the Visitor Centre at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve

Behind-the-scenes building work in progress for the Kingfisher Cafe's new storage room at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🗓 We're very sorry that we're closed again this weekend, due to staff shortages. 💔 We hate to disappoint our loyal customers and are working hard to re-open as soon as possible. 👩‍🍳 Meanwhile, we're recruiting a Cafe Manager: see findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/1792... or email our Reserve Manager.

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

🧑‍🍳We’ve been rigorously taste-testing our new banana and chocolate muffins today. Can confirm they are DELICIOUS 😋 ✨And miraculously, there are still plenty left for you! 🫵 🕙🕟 We’re open 10-4:30 Sat-Sun this winter. See you soon! 🔜

Cafe Manager Zoe filling a muffin tin with delicious banana-chocolate mix in the kitchen of the Kingfisher Cafe

Cafe Manager Zoe putting a tray of delicious banana-chocolate muffins on a cooling rack in the kitchen of the Kingfisher Cafe

The remains of a banana-chocolate muffin, after the cafe manager, the reserve manager and yours truly had each taken a quarter. Can’t think who ate the last piece 🤔

The Kingfisher Cafe winter opening hours: Saturdays 10-4:30, Sundays 10-4:30
With all your usual favourites plus seasonal specials!

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🎄We're entering the Christmas zone! 🥧 Home-made mince pies for sale from tomorrow, 6 December, plus all your usual favourites 🗓️ Weekend opening through December 🎁 Open Boxing Day and New Year's Day 👀 And watch this space for details of our New Year woodland quiz trail — fun prizes to be won!

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We love the view from our new East Hide! 🌳🐃🦆🐴🌞 If you haven't tried it for yourself yet, pop over this weekend and stay for some lunch or* a cake at @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social — open 10-4.30 on Saturday and Sunday 🫖🍲🍰☕ *and

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🤔If only we could attach aromas here... 👩‍🍳 The most AMAZING smells are filling the kitchen as chef Zoe (of the stripy trousers) whips up some NEW RECIPE vegan apple, cinnamon and walnut cake. 🥣 There'll be curried sweet potato and lentil SOUP (also vegan) on the menu this weekend too. Can't wait!

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

❄️ As the nights draw in and our weekday visitor numbers drop, it's time to move to Winter Opening Hours ☕ From now until the spring, we'll just be open Saturdays and Sundays, 10-4:30 🍰 We're looking forward to baking and serving all your usual favourites plus some seasonal specials! See you soon!

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🕷️🕸️ Blow the cobwebs away and get outdoors with us this weekend! 👻 🎃 Halloween family fun @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social on Friday 31 October, 3-8pm £3 🥾🍂 Family walk into the Reserve, where visitors can't normally go, Sunday 2 November, 2pm £10/£5 kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🎃 We're looking forward to feeding you this half term: lots of lovely spooky-themed cakes and bakes in the oven... 🧙‍♀️ 🔟 And don't forget your 10% cafe and events discount for Supporters — we keep a members' list by the till in case you don't have your card with you 🪪

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🧙‍♀️👻 Book now for Half-Term Halloween hi-jinks at Kingfishers Bridge! 🕸️🦇 🎃 🔥 🎨 📖 Lots of family-friendly fun for just £3 per person, plus scrumptious food to order or buy on the day 🥔 🍰☕ 🗓️ Friday 31 October, 3-8pm kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/hall...

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Halloween

Join us on Friday 31 October for family-friendly Halloween fun! From 3pm to 8pm, you can enjoy: - Delicious baked potatoes with a choice of toppings,* from the Kingfisher Café - Toasted marshmallows o...

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

👻 🧙‍♀️ Trick or treat? 🦇 🎃 It's TREATS ONLY at Kingfishers Bridge this Halloween, with all sorts of family fun for just £3/person, plus fabulous food from @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social! 🕒 3-8 pm, Friday 31 October 📲 Book now at kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/category/eve...

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

👻 Dare you visit us after dark on Halloween? 🕷️ 🎃 Join us for freaky family fun and fab food from @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social, 3–8pm on Friday 31 October 🧙‍♀️ 🎟️ Tickets just £3/person (free parking) 🥔 Baked potatoes £5–£7.50 🦇 Book: kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/hall...

Purple background festooned with pumpkins, bats, ghosts, witches' hats. The text in orange and black reads, "Join us for HALLOWEEN. Creepy craft making, pumpkin carving, toasted marshmallows, face painting from 5pm, spooky stories from 6pm, jacket potatoes and yummy cakes. Fri 31st Oct, 3pm – 8 pm"

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Yes, that's 10% on all your café favourites, from cakes to milkshakes — and free parking! It's a bargain: sign up now!

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

👩‍🍳 Our Katey's been baking for the weekend! 🧀 Cheese scones & fruit scones 🍪 Choc chip cookies 🤎 Vegan Biscoff loaf 🤍 White choc blondies 🍰 Victoria sponge 👍 And our ever-popular Tiffin is next up! 🥾🐾 Come and fill your boots before and/or after a walk on the Reserve. We're open every day 10am-4pm

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Friday morning, fresh from the oven: 🌿 hearty vegan sausage rolls 🍪 rich triple-choc cookies 🧀 cheese scones and fruit scones 🍰 and a classic Victoria sponge-to-be is next! ☕ 🥪Plus hot & cold drinks, paninis, milk shakes, ice creams... everything you need to fuel an autumn walk on the Reserve 🥾🐾

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

✅ Amazingly, the A10 bridge work at Waterbeach has finished EARLY, so no need for complex route planning if you’re intending to visit us from the south this weekend 👍

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

👩‍🍳 Friday baking just for you! 🍒 Cherry Bakewell blondies, right out of the oven 🍰 Coffee and walnut cake waiting to be iced 🍪 Vegan Biscoff loaf ready to be scoffed ☕ Carista coffee, milkshakes, paninis, ice creams, and all your other favourites! 7️⃣ We're open EVERY DAY 10-4 pm on the Reserve 👢🐾🌞

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

😎 What a glorious day to be out on the Reserve! 👒 Bring sun cream, water, a hat and binoculars, and make the most of our woodland walks and riverside willows as well as the big open skies 🏞️ 👀 What will you see on your visit? 🐴🦋🐃🌸🐝🌿🪶 ☕️🍦🍰🌮 And @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social is open 10-4 every day!

A black water buffalo stands sideways on in grassland with hedges behind, looking straight at the camera at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve

Meadowland with trees on the horizon under a blue sky with mackerel clouds at at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve

A hedge, wooden gate and golden grassland with trees behind, as the sun shines though light cloud at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve

Coffee, milkshake and food on white plates on the wooden counter of The Kingfisher Cafe, drinks fridge and door in the background. at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

🤍💛🤎 Victoria Sponge and triple-choc cupcakes, from kitchen to café counter today — and to YOUR plate this weekend? Plus all the usual deliciousness: paninis, brownies, blondies, drinks, ice creams... ⚠️ (Don't forget: the A10 is closed from Waterbeach to Stretham this weekend: visit us via Wicken!)

Triple-choc cupcakes and Victoria sponge layers cooling under white covers on the wooden counter of the Kingfisher Café's kitchen

Ace cook Zoe icing a Victoria sponge, with a black cake mixer in the background and a cake rack in the foreground, on the wooden counter of the Kingfisher Café's kitchen

Seven triple-choc cupcakes on a white plate on the wooden counter of the Kingfisher Café, viewed from above

Triple-choc cupcakes on a white plate in front and an iced Victoria sponge behind on the wooden counter of the Kingfisher Café. Drinks fridge and coffee machine in the background.

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

☔ Need to shake off this sudden autumn weather? We've been baking just for you! ☕ Coffee & walnut cake 🍒 Cherry Bakewell blondies 🍪 Oreo cheesecake brownies 👩‍🍳 Vegan Biscoff loaf fresh from the oven! 🪨 Rocky road, triple choc chip cookies 🥪 Plus hot drinks and paninis in our cosy Visitor Centre 🥰

The counter of the Kingfisher Cafe, with blackboard showing prices on the left, cakes and crisps on the counter, and the coffee machine and drinks fridge in the background

Three-layer coffee and walnut cake, with piped icing, on a white plate in a Tupperware container, on the counter of the Kingfisher Cafe, with drinks fridge in the background

Triple-choc chip cookies and Rocky Road on a white plate under a mes cover decorated with strawberries, on counter of the Kingfisher Cafe

Vegan Biscoff loaf being tested for readiness, by a baker using a skewer. The loaf is on the rack of an open oven at the Kingfisher Cafe.

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Don't forget - we are open today 10 -4 @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social and we want to feed you!

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🥳 Hurrah for Bank Holiday weekend! To celebrate, we've made lots of lovely cake for you: 🍰 White chocolate and raspberry cake 🍋 Vegan lemon and blueberry cake ❤️ White chocolate and raspberry blondies ☕🍦🍹🌮 Plus hot drinks, paninis, sausage rolls, ice cream and milkshakes: all your usual favourites

Multi-layered White Chocolate and Raspberry cake, with a slice cut out. Freshly made at the Kingfisher Café just yesterday!

Chunks of Rocky Road, Blondies and Brownies, on a white plate, freshly made at The Kingfisher Cafe.

White chocolate and raspberry brownies, freshly made at The Kingfisher Cafe.

Lemon and blueberry cake, covered in icing, on a white plate, freshly made at The Kingfisher Cafe.

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

👩‍🍳 Prepping for the weekend with a big bake-up! 🍰 A skyscraper of a Victoria sponge 🍪 Smarties cookies and cheese scones fresh from the oven 🍒 Cherry Bakewell blondies in progress ☕🌮🍹🍦Plus hot and cold drinks, paninis, milkshakes, ice cream... 🌳 Enjoy sun or shade in our lovely garden as you eat!

A large Victoria sponge cake under a glass dome on the counter of the Kingfisher Cafe

Smarties cookies and cheese scones on baking parchment, fresh from the oven - still hot and smelling amazing!

Two trays of cherry Bakewell blondies in the oven; two oven dials visible above

The Kingfisher Café's wildlife garden, with a new dining cabin to the left and several picnic benches under the trees.

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🤔 Washing up or a walk on the Reserve after breakfast this Saturday? It's a no-brainer! ☺️ Wind down to Josh Robins' gorgeous folk songs as you eat, and leave the cooking and clearing to us. 🗓️ Live Music Breakfast on 9 August with options for all tastes: www.kingfishersbridge.org/store/p48/Li...

A water buffalo grazing in the meadows at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Photo by volunteer Andrea Fellowes.

Konik ponies grazing in the distance with reeds and wildflowers in the foreground. Water meadows at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Photo by volunteer Andrea Fellowes.

Willow trees on the bank of the River Cam at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Photo by volunteer Andrea Fellowes.

Meadows in the foreground, lake in the background under a blue sky at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Photo by volunteer Andrea Fellowes.

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🤎 🥾 Coffee and cake = the perfect post-walk treat! ☕ Our big coffee machine is back in action, and we've been baking up a storm. 🍰 Victoria sponge, vegan lemon drizzle, rocky road, millionaires shortbread, blondies and brownies: take your pick! 7️⃣ Open 7 days a week @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social

Striped coffee mug and striped Victoria Sponge cake on the cafe counter with a coffee machine in the background

A selection of baked treats on a striped plate under a glass dome

Banner for the Kingfisher Cafe, reading "Now Open 7 Days a Week! For fresh baked cakes and sweet treats, lunches, ice-cream and milkshakes" www.kingfishersbridge.org

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

😎 Oh look, it's going to be PERFECT weather for our Live Music Breakfast on 9 August! Book now at www.kingfishersbridge.org/store/p48/Li...

Weather forecast for the morning of Saturday 9 June is full sunshine, 19-21 degrees c. Perfect outdoor breakfast weather!

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

🎼 Join us for breakfast in our beautiful wildlife garden, with two hours of live music from local talent Josh Robins! 🗓️ Saturday 9 August, 9–11 am 🥓 cooked breakfast with Spinney Abbey local meats 🫘 veggie cooked breakfast 🥐 continental breakfast Book at www.kingfishersbridge.org/store/p48/Li...

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️ Hands up if you'd like DELICIOUS HOME-MADE CAKE with your walk this weekend! We're open 10-4 Saturday & Sunday, serving: • vegan sprinkle cake • classic Victoria sponge • cheese scones • Freshly baked baguettes with ham, egg, cheese, tuna, or home-made lentil pate, all with side salad and...

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Looking for a wild adventure? Then come to our Family Open Weekend on 12-13 July, 10 am - 4 pm Bug hunting • Pond dipping • Owl pellet dissection • Bird ringing • Guided tours of the Reserve • Face painting • Live music • Fab food ... and much, much more, with lots of local nature organisations

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Come down to @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social this weekend for delicious home-made food, hot & cold drinks & ice-cream! We're open 10-4:30 Saturday-Sunday, offering: • Scrumptious sausage rolls • Freshly baked filled baguettes • Cookie-dough & vegan Biscoff brownies We can't wait to welcome you! 🥰

People sitting at picnic benches enjoying cafe life at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve

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