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Blackhorse Workshop is a social enterprise dedicated to making, offering easy access to a fully equipped wood and metal workshop that’s open to all.


We strive to be inclusive and welcoming, while championing the power of making to improve wellbeing and bring people together.
We offer courses and events, studios, bookable open access woodwork and metalwork workbenches, monthly memberships, and supported sessions led by expert technicians to help you get started. Our local and young person’s creative programmes explore new ways to discover making.

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At our Walthamstow site, you’ll find a fully equipped wood machine shop and bench space, as well as metalwork area, assembly space and woodturning facilities. Each area has its own health and safety induction which you’ll need to complete before getting started – use of our machinery is at your own risk.

If you’re looking for a studio or membership, we have a range of options for makers of all kinds; from desks to self-contained studios and converted shipping containers; and 1-month, 6-month and annual workshop membership.

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The Workspace

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Our Cafe is a community space providing great food and coffee, seven days a week. The Cafe hosts regular exhibitions of our members and local makers, and run a monthly Community Kitchen, offering a vegetarian/vegan meal on a pay-what-you-feel basis. Children and pets are welcome. 

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Our Cafe

Our Maker Showcase is a celebration of the creative businesses past and present working out of Blackhorse Workshop, giving an insight into the professional side of the space and celebrating  craftmanship. We hope this will inspire people to get involved with making through great stories of makers and their processes.

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Makers Showcase