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Etching · Intaglio · Lithography · Printmaking · Relief Printing
Brixton · SW9 8RR
A Brixton print studio with open access, a keyholder scheme and courses, plus a tutor-led Etching Club that runs on Tuesday evenings. The club is deliberately informal, with an experienced tutor on hand and a ten-session block that stays valid for a year.
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Cnc · Woodworking
South East London
A communal joinery and fabrication workshop in South East London, with bench hire by the day, week or month and commercial-grade machinery. A place to work at your own pace with the kit already in the room.
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Furniture Making · Joinery · Metalwork · Woodturning · Woodworking
Walthamstow · E17 6BX
An open-access wood and metal workshop in Walthamstow, run as a social enterprise, with bench hire, memberships, studios, courses and a cafe. A place to keep a project on the go rather than a one-off.
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Digital Fabrication · Metalwork · Woodworking
Edmonton · N18 3QT
A large open workshop in Edmonton where members share professional wood, metal and digital-fabrication facilities. Workspace runs on 12-month subscriptions, so a bench is reserved for the year rather than rebooked each visit.
Space
Ceramics · Repair · Woodworking
Camden · NW1 9XZ
A volunteer-run charitable shed in Camden where members over 40 work on practical projects or follow hobbies in the company of others.
Experience
Enamelling · Jewellery Making · Silversmithing · Stone Setting · Wax Carving
Hatton Garden · EC1R 5EN
A Hatton Garden jewellery school running small open-workshop courses in silversmithing, stone-setting, wax carving and enamelling, alongside specialist masterclasses. Evening courses run as eight-week terms.
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Ceramics · Handbuilding · Pottery · Raku · Wheel Throwing
Hammersmith; Barnes · W6 0LD; SW13 9LW
A ceramics studio across two sites — a railway arch in Hammersmith and a space behind Barnes High Street — offering memberships, individual or group tuition, and member skill shares. Professional Membership gives up to 20 hours a week, on a two-month minimum.
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Ceramics
South London
A ceramics studio co-op in South London offering open-access membership four days a week, with shared kilns and glazes. It is built for new and experienced makers who want to work at their own pace, beyond classroom hours.
Community
Ceramics · Craft · Jewellery · Making · Textiles
Bloomsbury / Deptford
A craft social enterprise and business incubator with sites in Bloomsbury and Deptford, home to independent makers working across craft disciplines, including ceramics, jewellery and textiles.
Experience
Ceramics · Glass Mosaic · Mosaic Making · Tilework
NW3 2HP
A mosaic studio running ongoing Tuesday workshops, where a group works on different projects side by side. Materials are included.
Space
Ceramics · Metalwork · Printmaking · Textiles · Woodworking
Kensington · W8 5BU
A long-running creative studio and open workshop in Kensington, with shared wood, metal, plastics, ceramics and printmaking facilities. Access runs through a membership scheme.
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Darning · Mending · Repair · Sewing · Upcycling
Ealing · W5 4UA
A volunteer-run group teaching clothes repair, meeting in Ealing libraries and community rooms rather than a place of its own. The sessions cover mending, darning, sewing and upcycling.
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Etching · Lithography · Printmaking · Relief Printing · Screen Printing
Mile End · E3 4RR
An artist-run, not-for-profit printmaking studio on Copperfield Road in Mile End, running open-access sessions alongside courses and residencies. The open sessions are independent — you develop your own projects and your own skills.
Space
Jewellery Making · Metalwork · Silversmithing
Camberwell; Peckham · SE5 8QT
A south London jewellery school and specialist studio with a professional membership scheme for working jewellers. Members are encouraged to network and share knowledge and skills.
Experience
Jewellery Making · Metalwork · Silversmithing
Hatton Garden · EC1N 7TJ
A Hatton Garden jewellery workshop and showcase space running multi-week classes. The weekly Wednesday class is taught by jeweller Annie Ruthven-Taggart.
Community
Furniture Making · Woodworking
Acton, West London
A member-owned co-operative of independent furniture designer/makers, sharing a workshop in Acton. The members own and run it.
Space
Etching · Lithography · Monotype · Printmaking
SW9 0FN
A not-for-profit printmaking studio in south London, offering co-working access, courses and an annual etching programme. Work covers etching, monotype and lithography.
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3D Printing · Cnc · Electronics · Laser Cutting · Metalwork · Woodworking
Limehouse
A creative workshop campus in Limehouse, with separate memberships for furniture making, jewellery and a makerspace. Studios come with 24-hour access.
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3D Printing · Electronics · Laser Cutting · Making · Prototyping
White City
Imperial College's prototyping hackspace at White City, open to students, staff and external innovators as members. Labs, expert mentors, courses and events sit under one roof.
Space
3D Printing · Ceramics · Laser Cutting · Making · Textiles · Woodworking
Bloomsbury / Stratford
UCL's multi-materials workshop and materials library, across Bloomsbury and Stratford. Membership is free and comes with training and members' events.
Experience
Jewellery Making · Silversmithing · Stone Setting · Wax Carving
Bloomsbury · WC1N 2NP
A jewellery school at Cockpit Bloomsbury running recurring mixed-level evening workshops, working on your own projects. The 10-week Monday evening workshop is listed at £490.
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Electronics Repair · Mending · Repair · Textile Repair
Kensal Rise · NW10 5SN
A volunteer-led repair café at St Martin's Church, running monthly. Bring something broken — electronics, textiles, household items — and work on it with a volunteer who can fix it.
Space
Electronics · Making · Woodworking
Limehouse · E14 7HA
A small member-run workshop at Limehouse Town Hall, capped at 25 members. Joining runs on nomination, with electronics, woodwork and general making on hand.
Space
Bookbinding · Foil Blocking · Letterpress · Printmaking · Publishing · Risograph Printing
Fish Island · E3 2NQ
An artist-run, open-access studio in Fish Island for printing, bookbinding and publishing. Studio passes and workshops run from the same address; unlimited access is £150 a month.
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Basket Making · Bench Making · Green Woodworking · Spoon Carving · Woodcarving
Hackney
A not-for-profit green woodworking co-operative running outdoor hand-tool courses and members' workshop sessions at Hackney City Farm and Abney Park. Members' days run Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and a couple of Sundays each month.
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3D Printing · Electronics · Laser Cutting · Metalwork · Robotics · Textiles · Woodworking
Park Royal · NW10 6HF
A member-run, non-profit hackerspace in Park Royal, with equipment for electronics, 3D printing, laser cutting, woodwork, metalwork and textiles under one roof. Membership is pay what you think is fair.
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Casting · Metalwork · Mould Making · Sculpture · Welding · Wood Furniture Design
Woolwich · SE18 5NR
A multi-disciplinary 3D-art workshop at Thames Side Studios in Woolwich, with open-access sessions, specialist facilities and staff support on hand. Open-access runs most Thursdays and Fridays, 3.5 hours at a time.
Space
3D Printing · Cnc · Electronics · Laser Cutting · Metalwork · Woodworking
Somerset House
A 20,000 sqft shared making and learning space at Somerset House, run on membership. The workshops cover woodwork, metalwork, laser cutting, electronics, 3D printing and CNC.
Space
Making · Repair · Upcycling · Woodworking
North Kensington · W10 6NQ
A community workshop and makerspace in North Kensington, run by ACAVA. The weekly Tinkering Sessions are free and need no booking, and the work covers making, woodwork, repair and upcycling.
Space
Ceramics
A London pottery studio with three tiers of monthly membership — 6, 10 or 20 hours a month for hand-building. Kiln firings, tools and technical support are included.
Group
Tool Sharpening · Woodturning · Woodworking
Arkley
A woodturning club meeting on the third Wednesday of each month at Arkley Village Hall, where evenings are given to discussion of turning and practical demonstrations on the club lathes.
Space
Ceramics · Handbuilding · Pottery · Wheel Throwing
Greenwich Design District; North Greenwich
A small pottery studio in the Greenwich Design District, with bookable independent studio time and a membership for experienced potters. Membership numbers are kept small.
Space
3D Printing · Cnc · Laser Cutting · Metalwork · Woodworking
Park Royal · NW10 6HF
A not-for-profit open workshop of 6,000 sqft in Park Royal. Woodwork benches, professional wood and metal machines, CNC, laser and a spray room, accessed on membership.
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Printmaking · Screen Printing
Dalston · E8 2DS
An open-access screen-printing studio and gallery on Millers Avenue in Dalston, selling studio membership and running screen-print workshops. Members get eight screenprinting beds, a fully stocked studio shop, storage, a washout room and an exposure unit; the studio says it is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Experience
Embroidery · Garment Making · Machine Sewing · Mending · Quilting · Sewing
Islington · N1 8LR
A sewing school and fabric shop on Essex Road in Islington, running multi-week courses in machine sewing, garment making, quilting, embroidery and repair. The Introduction to Machine Sewing course is five weekly sessions at £350; Introduction to Garment Making is six weekly sessions at £420.
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3D Printing · Cnc · Electronics · Laser Cutting · Metalwork · Woodworking
Ham
An all-inclusive community makerlab in Ham, with electronics, laser cutting, 3D printing, CNC and an informal wood shop. It runs as part of the Ham United Group CIC, and membership is free.
Space
Ceramics
Railway Arch 377, East London · E7
A public-access ceramics makerspace under railway arch 377 in East London, with two ways to be a member and bookable classes alongside. An Affiliate membership is pitched at the price of a coffee per week.
Group
Making · Repair · Woodworking
Rotherhithe
A men's-shed style workshop in Rotherhithe for people aged 55 and over, run by London Bubble Theatre Company and Time & Talents. Sessions are drop-in and practical, covering woodwork, repair and making, with refreshments provided.
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Pattern Cutting · Textiles
Dagenham · RM10 7FN
An open-access textile workspace in Dagenham, hired by the day, with pattern-cutting tables, industrial machines, pressers and a photography area. £100 per person for 10am to 5pm.
Community
Repair · Textiles
East London
An East London community-interest sewing workshop running regular making sessions, with textiles and repair work. Membership tiers are listed as coming soon — Stitch Starter £5 a month, Sew Social £10, Master Maker £20 — and are not yet live.
Space
Printmaking · Textiles
A screen-printing studio offering open-access membership, workshops and a print service. Membership is for printmakers able to print independently.
Group
Meccano · Mechanical Models · Model Making
Falconwood · DA16 2PG
A model-making club that holds four meetings a year at Falconwood Community Centre, plus a public exhibition. Members bring Meccano models, share what they have built, and talk models.
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3D Printing · Ceramics · Electronics · Laser Cutting · Metalwork · Screen Printing · Sewing · Textiles · Woodworking
Herne Hill · SE24 9AJ
A member-owned, volunteer-run workshop in the railway arches at Herne Hill. Woodwork, metalwork, ceramics, textiles, electronics, laser cutting, 3D printing and screen printing, all under one roof.
Group
Alterations · Darning · Mending · Sewing · Textiles
Woolwich · SE18 5NR
A sewing programme running weekly courses and workshops at Thames-side Studios in Woolwich. The work covers sewing, mending, darning, alterations and textiles, so there is a reason to come back with the next thing that needs fixing.
Space
Woodworking
A daily pay-as-you-go community workbench for woodworking tradespeople, with shared machinery and a collaborative floor. £52.50 plus VAT a day, 8am to 4pm.
Group
Electronics Repair · It Repair · Mending · Repair · Sewing
Bethnal Green · E2 9PL
A volunteer repair café in the Mulberry Hall at St Margaret's House, Bethnal Green, part of a monthly series across Tower Hamlets alongside the Royal Foundation of St Katherine and Poplar Union. Repairs run across mending and sewing, electronics and IT.
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Ceramics · Handbuilding · Pottery · Wheel Throwing
Belgravia · SW1W 9NF
A central London ceramics studio in Belgravia with a dedicated members' area. Alongside wheel-throwing and handbuilding, it programmes talks, gallery visits, masterclasses and international trips.
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Bookbinding · Publishing · Risograph Printing · Zine Making
Thamesmead · SE28 8BB
A risograph printing and publishing facility in Thamesmead, offering independent access sessions, inductions and group workshops. Somewhere to make zines, bind books and print your own work.
Space
Etching · Lithography · Relief Printing · Screen Printing · Textile Printing
Woolwich · SE18 5NR
An open-access print studio in Woolwich, with facilities and courses in screenprinting, etching, offset litho, relief, textiles and large-format printing. The range of processes is the reason to stay.
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Goldsmithing · Jewellery · Metalwork · Silversmithing
Hatton Garden / Clerkenwell
A charity for the jewellery trade near Hatton Garden, offering co-working and workshop membership alongside student and apprentice schemes. Link membership is free.
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Ceramics · Handbuilding · Pottery · Wheel Throwing
Peckham; Farringdon; Islington
A network of ceramics studios in Peckham, Farringdon and Islington, with classes, memberships, events and member open studios. Courses run for eight to twelve weeks, at beginners' and intermediate level.
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Making · Repair · Textiles · Woodworking
Brixton / Camberwell · SE5 9HY
A not-for-profit co-operative maker-space near Brixton, built around reuse: woodworking, textiles and upholstery, a machine room and co-working space. Members are makers, artists, local residents and enterprises, and the workshop is the kind you come back to rather than visit once.
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Ceramics · Handbuilding · Pottery · Wheel Throwing
Hoxton · E2 8BW
An open-access ceramics studio with sites in Hoxton, Leyton and Highgate, running on monthly studio membership with classes and an open-studio pass alongside. Monthly membership from £239; the pass is the lighter way in.
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Ceramics · Handbuilding · Pottery · Wheel Throwing
Camberwell · SE5 0BH
A ceramics studio in Camberwell, with a second studio in Oval, offering membership and untutored drop-in sessions for experienced pottery students. Three hours in the studio is £40.
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Carpentry · Diy · Furniture Making · Repair · Woodworking
Hackney · E8 1BT
A community-interest company running beginner-friendly woodworking workshops and volunteer build days from a covered workshop in a Hackney garden. It takes timber waste and turns it into good things.
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Joinery · Letter Carving · Woodcarving · Woodworking
Lewisham · SE13 6NL
A community-interest woodwork workshop on Lewisham High Street, offering weekly project-based classes, day courses and one-to-one teaching. The General Classes run through the week, last three hours and include a tea break.
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Joinery · Woodworking
North London
A communal woodwork workshop in North London renting permanent bench spaces to cabinet makers, joiners and furniture designers. The bench stays yours: tools and materials can be left on site between visits.