Hotel Elephant launched Elephant & Castles first coworking space for creative entrepreneurs on Spare Street in 2016. Spread across five railway arches, Spare Street provides a new model for creative working with emerging artists, recent graduates, start-up and growing creative businesses working alongside one another. With space for over 80 Creative Entrepreneurs, Spare Street is South London’s newest and most exciting entrepreneurial community.
The coworking arches 1 & 2, have been fitted with a bespoke interior designed to complement the curve of the arch and maximise on the natural light from the floor to ceiling windows at both ends of the spaces. Two sweeping curved walls provide a dynamic and flexible partitioning system for creating private spaces, with folding front panels which can change the rooms from private to open plan. The coworking arches offer different membership options to suit individuals and teams, from one day desk rental to longer term private office spaces for teams.
“At Spare Street, we’re creating a truly dynamic Creative Business community. Where artists, makers, graduate talent and start-ups collide to create innovative ideas, products and businesses” (Emily Woodhouse, Co-Director of Hotel Elephant)
The UK’s capital city is a well-established hub for flexible office space, home to a wide selection of spaces from household industry names such as WeWork and The Office Group to unique independent providers. This vast city can be split into five areas; Central, North, South, East and West, each with a slightly different offering for businesses. As the core of the city, Central London is naturally, a popular area for businesses and in turn a hub for flexible office space. Shoreditch is known for its vibrant tech scene, and in the prestigious West End area of Mayfair you’ll find some of the largest and well-established companies in the world.
In the East of London, Hackney has become popular with creative industries, and sitting in stark contrast is Canary Wharf which is the financial hub of the city. South London is an up-and-coming area for businesses looking for more affordable rent prices and in areas like Brixton, more flexible workspace is opening up as demand grows. In the West of the city, this leafy area is a popular residential area, but its fast links into central London still make it a desirable location for businesses. A trend we are beginning to see is more flexible workspaces opening up in residential markets to cater for those preferring to work closer to home.
London offers many benefits for businesses, despite the often high rent prices for offices, the city is well-connected through its underground system and has a bustling social scene and green spaces to enjoy. The flexible office market continues to grow and as more providers come onto the scene, there is plenty of choice to suit your business’ needs.
Our local experts in London are on the ground with an in-depth knowledge of the city and the different market offerings, so that we can find you the right workspace, for the best price. If you’re looking for the best area of London for your business, read our London business guides or contact the team who will be happy to help.
Kim at Workthere provided us with a report detailing various offices that matched our requirements, we toured the shortlisted options and found a great space that ticked all of the boxes. Kim helped negotiate the deal and overall the service provided was professional and efficient. We would recommend Workthere’s services to anyone looking for an office space.