CAFE COOK BOOK
In celebration of the wonderful bakers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to provide the delicious homemade cakes sold in the North Lodge Park Cafe we have published a stunning cook book. You can buy the book online, in the park cafe or Jarrolds. .
SPONSOR A BRIDGE PLANK
Be part of the story of North Lodge Park. You can sponsor one of the new bridge planks, this includes a brass plaque with up to 3 lines of your own words. Read more…
Chronicles of the Park
North Lodge Park opened on Saturday 18 May 1929 – and to mark 90 years of Cromer’s clifftop park we have published a 28 page ‘Brief History’ of the Park 1929-2019. You can buy the book online, in the park cafe or Jarrolds.
Park Cafe
See the latest reviews for our cafe on TripAdviser
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A tiny cafe with a very limited number of tables, it was packed when we visited so we had to brave the winter wind and sit outside in the cold... read more 
machinmad
2/23/2020
We only spotted these tea rooms on trip advisor because they are quite well hidden in the corner of a park. The staff were delightfully helpful and the food was... read more 
notfatcontroller
1/09/2020 Run by Friends of North Lodge Park a volunteer organisation to support the park. Good coffee and homemade cakes. 
roselydden
12/17/2019 - Peculiar but lovely. Wonderful friendly atmosphere and delicious home made cakes.
We’re made to feel welcome and we’re looked after. 
stevetravelsandeats
12/15/2019 A community tea room run by a team of volunteers. They have a wide choice of home-made cakes, including gluten free, savoury and sweet crepes and delicious sausage rolls. The... read more 
33Anita
11/20/2019 Fab little gem we stumbled upon lovely cakes and drinks. Staff were very friendly will definitely be back again when next in the area 
367simono
11/09/2019 -
It's a very good good place for afternoon tea and cakes
We stumbled across this little hidden gem in North Lodge Park
I was quite surprised to find... read more 
ronl773
10/21/2019 We've visited twice so far this week and plan to return again & again. Delightfully delicious and absolutely gorgeous cakes, freshly made crêpes, lovely coffees and gravy bones for Scamp... read more 
Gorleston_Girl
10/15/2019 A super very small establishment run by volunteers who provide tasty extremely well filled crepes, home made cakes & biscuits and a good range of teas & coffees. They made... read more 
David M
9/10/2019 - What a lovely afternoon, sunny sky, wonderful brass band playing for 2 hours, and great tea & cake delivered to our seats on the wall. They even made me a... read more
Larry B
9/08/2019 Stunning cake here. We had a slice of Victoria Sponge and a slice of Cherry Bakewell. Reasonable price and perfectly home made. Heartedly recommended. Great to sit inside or out,... read more 
neiljmarshall
8/06/2019 Wow! What a lovely cafe and great cheerful volenteers. I had a coffee and a homemade tea cake. They were both delicious. They had lots of other lovely cakes, so... read more 
Nopasssword
7/27/2019
The Park cafe is closed until further notice
Part of the next phase of the project will be to place benches on the upper lawn; we are in the early stages of planning this. If you are interested in sponsoring a bench, please leave your details here.
Friends of North Lodge Park
We thought long and hard about whether to go ahead with this project in the current unprecedented times. After much deliberation, and with support from NNDC, it was decided to go ahead – so when the bridge is finished and we emerge from the other side of this pandemic Cromer will have something to celebrate
Inevitably it has taken time to research, develop and get approval for such an ambitious scheme, but the funding was finally in place just as the country locked down.
You rose magnificently to the challenge of helping the project financially by sponsoring a plank. Although successful grant applications contributed over £80,000 towards the project, with a significant contribution from Cromer Town Council and the Government Pocket Parks fund, most of the funding has come from the community, with a major contribution (£90,000) from café takings thanks to our customers, volunteer staff and bakers.
There was a fantastic response to our funding appeals, with over £25,000 raised from individual plaques for sponsored planks on the bridge, and from sales of our books of café cake recipes (Will You Marry Me?) and the Brief History of the Park.
Some of the periphery works - such as benches – are being delayed and still need funding: there’s still time to sponsor a plank or buy one of the books – see northlodgepark.org.uk for full details – to help complete the project.
With the current restrictions in place, we can't be definitive on dates, it depends how much the suppliers are impacted over the coming weeks. But the contractor, Modern Method Construction Ltd will commence on June 1st, although some of the play equipment and landscaping outside the main contractors’ remit will be implemented later.
The new zig-zag wooden bridge will allow explorers of all ages and abilities to easily access the new play area which will include a range of new play equipment as well as areas of wild flowers and pathways to open up access to the cliff top path. The bridge itself will include some elements of play and will take approx. 6 weeks to construct. During this time the sunken walkway will be closed to the public with diversion notices in place.
One of our youngest fans has been in touch – Freddie from Harlow in Essex who was bought a copy of Will you Marry Me by his visiting Grandma, Liz, for his 14th birthday last September. She says that he has always loved helping her with baking but our Cook Book has really fired his interest because it’s so easy to use and has lovely tempting photos!
And Freddie has enjoyed some immediate success too as his first attempt at a Coconut and Raspberry Cake resulted in him gaining the highest marks at school in his Food Technology pre-GCSE course. He says he has cooked several more since being locked-in – another Jam and Coconut sponge for his other grandparents and a Chocolate and Orange Drizzle birthday surprise for his mum plus gluten free Raspberry Bakewell and Lime and Blueberry Drizzle for a very grateful Uncle who usually misses out on sweet treats with his allergy. Now he says he is planning to cook something that he really fancies trying – giant Sausage Rolls!
Shops might be shut but our Cook Book is easily obtained on-line so if you haven’t got a copy yet we still have a few left. A lovely gift for idle hands during this enforced home staycation!
To retain some of these benefits, next week we will issue a newsletter summarising the things we would have discussed at the AGM. If there is anything you would like to see included, or if there are questions you would have raised at the AGM please email them to friends@northlodgepark.org.uk by the weekend and we will endeavour to include answers in the AGM newsletter.
