Hey Londoners!👋 Why buy when you can borrow?
Hey Londoners!👋 Why buy when you can borrow?
Can you believe a drill is only used for 3 minutes a year? Instead of cluttering your cupboards with stuff you don’t use often - share useful household items with neighbours instead!
From carpet cleaners, to drills, or projectors - Library of Things is a place where you can borrow useful household items you don’t need to use often.
Find your local library below and join a growing community of people sharing items and skills to save money, repair broken items and cut down on wasteful one-time purchases.
Can you believe a drill is only used for 3 minutes a year? Instead of cluttering your cupboards with stuff you don’t use often - share useful household items with neighbours instead!
From carpet cleaners, to drills, or projectors - Library of Things is a place where you can borrow useful household items you don’t need to use often.
Find your local library below and join a growing community of people sharing items and skills to save money, repair broken items and cut down on wasteful one-time purchases.
How borrowing works
1. Join and reserve
Browse the Things online and make a reservation to borrow.
2. Collect in-store
Collect your item in-store and take it with you. Use our guides and support if you need a hand.
3. Return it
Return your item back to the store, ready for another neighbour to use.
How borrowing works
1. Join us and reserve
Browse the Things online and make a reservation to borrow.
2. Collect in-store
Collect your item from your local library. Use our guides and support if you need a hand at home.
3. Return it
Once you're finished, return your item to the store, ready for another neighbour to use.
Ready to start borrowing?
Affordably rent 30+ useful household items for cleaning, DIY, gardening & more for a few pounds per day.
Save 25% with our concession membership.
Ready to start sharing?
Affordably rent 30+ useful household items for cleaning, DIY, gardening & more for a few pounds per day.
Save 25% with our concession membership.
Find your local Library of Things
We're in 13 locations all across London - with more on the way this year!
Choose your location from the list below to get started or tell us if there isn't one near you yet. We'll let you know when one near you is opening.
Ready to get started?
Join Library of Things to borrow tools and learn DIY skills without breaking the bank.
We're teaming up to say no to wasteful one-time purchases.
We're working in partnership with councils and communities across the city to bring affordable item rental to neighbourhoods across London so everyone can access the items they need to maintain their homes affordably.
Almost 11,000 Londoners have already saved £570,000 by using their local Library of Things to affordably rent cleaning, DIY and gardening items.
Together we've saved 106 tonnes of waste from ending up in landfill - that's the equivalent to almost 10 London Routemaster buses! 🌍
Say no to wasteful one-time purchases
We're working in partnership with councils and communities across the city to bring affordable item rental to neighbourhoods across London so everyone can access the items they need to maintain their homes affordably.
Almost 11,000 Londoners have already saved £570,000 by using their local Library of Things to affordably rent cleaning, DIY and gardening items.
Together we've saved 106 tonnes of waste from ending up in landfill - that's the equivalent to almost 10 London Routemaster buses! 🌍
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