List of active spaces, by region, followed by allied/similar spaces.
* Current network status unclear, historically included in the network.
Wales
Gentiliza
3 - 7 Duke Street Arcade, Cardiff CF10 1AZ
February 2019 - 2021
Closed. Was a rented vegan café and meeting space.
Follow @ActCaerdydd on Twitter for pop-up social centres in Cardiff/Caerdydd.
twitter.com/ActCaerdydd
Ireland
That Social Centre
23 Prussia Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin
Squatted. 2021
radar.squat.net/en/dublin/social-centre
Also check out this exciting new rural social space near Lough Allen in County Leitrim:
affinitycollective.info
You can check out the history of a famous Dublin Social Centre here:
https://seomraspraoi.org
- The space is currently run under the name 'Jigsaw' and still exists in some ways as a Social Centre but is not closely linked to this network.
And the Warzone collective in Belfast hope to open a new space soon:
- they are still putting on events in other spaces...
https://warzonecollective.wordpress.com
Scotland
Aberdeen Social Centre
Londragan House, 22a Adelphi, Aberdeen, AB11 5BL
Opened 2019. Shares space with Aberdeen TUC.
https://www.facebook.com/AberdeenSC
Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh (ACE)
c/o Edinburgh Palette, 525 Ferry Road Edinburgh EH5 2FF
Opened 1997. Previously squatted, then rented (17 West Montgomery Place)
Preceded by Unemployed Workers' Centre occupation.
autonomous.org.uk
Glasgow Autonomous Space (GAS)
Unit 11, 53 Kilbirnie Street, Glasgow G5 8JD.
Established in 2016. Moving to a new space soon.
Rented.
glasgowautonomous.weebly.com
Pink Peacock די ראָזעווע פּאַווע
451 Victoria Road, Glasgow G42 8RW
2021 - 2023
pinkpeacock.gay
England (North)
1 in 12 Club
21-23 Albion Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 2LY
Began 1981. Building established in 1988
1in12.com
Bentley Urban Farm
High Street, Bentley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN5 0AA
Council owned site. Rent-free agreement.
https://bentleyurbanfarm.com
Casa / Initiative Factory*
29 Hope Street, Liverpool
industrial and provident society.
initiativefactory.org
Disinfo
6 Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge HX7 8EX
2022
Squatted
instagram.com/hebden.disinfo.squat/
Ground
60 Beverley Road, Kingston-Upon-Hull HU5 1YE
Opened 2016. Became part of network in 2018.
Arts, meeting and music space.
ground.tk
Heartcure Collective (Sheffield)
Currently closed.
Was a vegan and animal rights focused rented Social Centre.
heartcurecollective.com
Next To Nowhere
Basement, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HY
Opened 2007 underneath 'News From Nowhere' bookshop.
liverpoolsocialcentre.org
Partisan
Unit 2, New Islington Mill, Regent Trading Estate, Oldfield Rd, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4DE
Collective exists since 2015. Previously at Cheetham Hill Road, July 2017 - 2021.
partisancollective.net
Star and Shadow
210 Warwick St, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 1BB
Originally late 1970s (by Amber Films) Stepney Bank location (November 2006) Warwick Street (May 2018)
Cinema and community space.
starandshadow.org.uk | cannylittlelibrary.tumblr.com
Wharf Chambers
23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 7EQ,
Preceded by The Common Place.
wharfchambers.org
England (Midlands)
Blackcurrent Centre*
24 St. Michaels Avenue, Northampton NN1 4JQ
1989
Building mostly being used as a Housing co-op
blackcurrentcentre.org.uk
Sumac Centre
245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields, Nottingham NG7 6HX
Bought in 2001, opened 2002.
Mortgaged. Preceded by the Rainbow Centre.
sumac.org.uk
Warehouse Cafe, The
54-57 Allison Street, Birmingham B5 5TH
Opened 2019
Workers co-op. Currently closed and looking for a new team.
thewarehousecafe.com
England (South)
BASE (previously Kebele)
14 Robertson Road, Easton, Bristol B55 6JY
September 1995 (squatted); summer 2006 (owned outright)
Features a radical library, art room, apothecary and bike space.
network23.org/kebele2 | www.kebelecoop.org
Cowley Club
12 London Road, Brighton, BN1 4JA
Since 2002
Mortgage, co-operative.
cowleyclub.org.uk
Falmouth Autonomous Community Space
Berkeley Vale, Kimberley Park Rd, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 3PH
2022
Squatted
instagram.com/facs.cornwall
Kobani House
34-36 Southampton Street, Reading RG1 2QS
2019 - Jan 2020
Squatted space in solidarity with the Kurdish Freedom Movement
facebook.com/Kobanî-House-115108603262607
Oxford Action Resource Centre
Upstairs in the East Oxford Community Centre, Princes St (junction with Cowley Rd), Oxford OX4 1DD
Since March 2005
Resource Centre and meeting space. Currently closed due to refurbishment at EOCC.
theoarc.org.uk
Rubicund
Unit 2-3 St. George's Arcade, 5-7 Church Street, Falmouth, Cornwall
Cafe and bookshop
rubicund.co.uk
England (London)
56a Infoshop
56a Crampton Street, Walworth, London SE17 3AE
June 1991. Squatted until 2003, then council rented.
56a.org.uk
ACAB Cafe
Croydon
Network since 2021.
acabcafe.wordpress.com
Advocacy Academy, The
Currently in the process of moving to new Brixton location.
Joined the network in 2022
theadvocacyacademy.com
Clapham AWS/Autonomous Winter Shelter
9 Weir Road, Balham, Clapham SW12
Current building evicted in March 2024. Existed as a network since 2021.
instagram.com/autonomouswintershelter
instagram.com/clapham_aws
Decentre @ Freedom Press
84b Whitechapel High Street (Angel Alley), London E1 7ZX
Decentre opened April 2016. Current location of Freedom c.1968
Main bookshop downstairs, occasional events.
Tea, coffee and regular meeting space upstairs.
freedompress.org.uk | facebook.com/Decentre-453574544847668
Feminist Library, The
c/o The Sojourner Truth Community Centre, 161 Sumner Rd, Peckham, London SE15 6JL
Archiving and activism since 1975.
feministlibrary.co.uk
Field, The
385 Queen's Rd, Lewisham, London SE14 5HD
Open since Nov. 2014. Home of Touchpaper Library since 2022
Leased
thefieldnx.com | touchpaper.noblogs.org
House of Annetta
25 Princelet St, Spitalfields, London, E1 6QH
Since 2020
Owned by a Swiss charity, run locally by assemble
houseofannetta.org
London Action Resource Centre
62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London E1 1NS
1999 (bought); c.2002 (opened)
Resource Centre and meeting space
larc.space
MayDay Rooms
88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH
c.2013
Primarily a space to safeguard historical material. With meeting rooms, reading room and screening room.
maydayrooms.org
Well Space
241 Well Street, Hackney, London E9 6RG
2021/2022
A space for workshops, art, and activities, that promote active engagement within the community.
wellspacecommunity.co.uk
Recently closed or looking for a new venue:
Common House, The
Unit 5E, Pundersons Gardens, Bethnal Green, London E2 9QG
2013 - 2021
Was collectively rented. Closed November 2021
commonhouse.org.uk
DIY Space For London
Unit 1, 96-101 Ormside Street, London, SE15 1TF
Collective est. 2012, opened 2015.
Co-operative, rented.
diyspaceforlondon.org
G.R.A.S.S.
...now supporting 'not.a.cop.shop' collective
network23.org/grass / instagram.com/not.a.cop.shop
Place On The Corner, The
112 Hounsditch, City of London EC3A 7BD
2022
DIY arts & music community centre
instagram.com/theplaceonthe_corner
Pie & Mash
2019 -
Currently on the move
similar project now in operation at:
acabcafe.wordpress.com
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List of allied/similar spaces and projects...
Beech Hill Bookcycle, Wigan
book-cycle.org/dir/book-cycle-beech-hill
Black Cat Cafe, Hackney, London
blackcatcafe.co.uk
Bolton Socialist Club
boltonsocialistclub.org.uk
Cafe Indie, Scunthorpe
cafeindie.org.uk
Coventry Peace House
coventrypeacehouse.wixsite.com/coventry-peace-house
The Crescent Community Venue, York
thecrescentyork.com
Environment Centre, Swansea/Abertawe
environmentcentre.org.uk
Faslane Peace Camp, Helensburgh, Scotland
faslanepeacecamp.wordpress.com
Foodhall, Sheffield
2015 - 2022
foodhallproject.org
Garden Community Cafe, Newham, London
Currently closed.
facebook.com/thegardencommunitycafe
Hive Community Cafe, Huddersfield
hivecommunity.org.uk/cafe
Housemans Bookshop, London
housmans.com
Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow
kinningparkcomplex.org
Limehouse Town Hall, Tower Hamlets, London
limehousetownhall.co.uk
The Lock-On, Cambridge
facebook.com/thelockon / twitter.com/lockon_the
October Books, Southampton
octoberbooks.org
People's Bookshop, Durham
facebook.com/peoplesbookshop
The Queery, Brighton
thequeery.co.uk
Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC)
risc.org.uk
Save the World Club, Kingston, London
savetheworldclub.org
SPACE4, Islington, London
space4.tech
The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
thetradesclub.com
Yaffle Cafe, Derby
c.2013 - 2020
yafflecafe.co.uk
& also a quick additional shout out for 'The Real Junk Food Project' spaces!