Buildbrighton

Buildbrighton is one of a loose network of independent hackspaces around the world. It works a lot like a gym for geeks: you pay a monthly fee (whatever you think the services are worth to you) and you get access to the equipment and facilities at the space.
It’s a little hard to find, as the main entrance to their workshop is inside a place called Rodhus, an arts/​crafts workshop space. To get in you have to find the back entrance to Rodhus and ring a bell located on a cartoon robot!
There’s three areas in BuildBrighton, a large co-​working/​open plan desk area with a kitchen, a wood– and metal-​working shop (with welder, lathes, saws etc), and a computer-​controlled manufacturing shop (with laser cutter, 3D printers etc).
Everyone involved with the community is very friendly, their Thursday open-​evenings are usually full of people asking eachother advice about various making-​related skills.