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Why own a drillyou'll use foreleven minutes?

Spannerwick is Kelsby's tool library: 412 drills, ladders, sewing machines and pressure washers on one long wall, lent out by the week for whatever you can afford.

Browse the catalogue Join from £2 a month
  • No deposit on most tools
  • 7-day loans
  • Volunteers who'll show you how
  • 412tools on the shelves
  • 3,184loans in the last year
  • £96kmembers didn't spend on tools
  • 1,207members across Kelsby

01How it works

A library card, but for tools.

  1. Join for what you can afford

    Pick a monthly amount from £2. Everyone gets the same card and the same shelves.

  2. Reserve online, or just turn up

    Check what's on the shelf, hold it for 24 hours, and collect it on your way home.

  3. Use it, then bring it back

    Most loans run for a week. We check, clean and sharpen everything between borrowers.

02On the shelf this week

The ones everybody asks for.

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  • On the shelf

    Cordless combi drill

    Drilling & fixing

    Two batteries, masonry and wood bits, a box of wall plugs.

    Loan
    7 days
    Deposit
    None
    Power
    Cordless

  • Out, back Wed

    Pressure washer

    Cleaning

    Patio head and 8 m hose. Our most borrowed tool in summer.

    Loan
    3 days
    Deposit
    £20
    Power
    Mains

  • On the shelf

    Step ladder, 8 tread

    Ladders & access

    Platform top with a tool tray. 150 kg rated.

    Loan
    7 days
    Deposit
    None
    Power
    Hand

  • On the shelf

    Sewing machine

    Sewing & craft

    Straight, zigzag and buttonhole. Spare needles inside.

    Loan
    14 days
    Deposit
    £20
    Power
    Mains

03Workshops

Borrow the know-how, too.

Evening classes, a Saturday repair café and a sharpening club, taught by members who've done it a hundred times.

This week's sessions

  • Mon18:30

    Drill confidence: walls, plugs and fixings

    Beginner · £8 · 3 of 8 places left

  • Tue19:00

    Sharpening club

    All levels · Free · 7 of 12 places left

  • Thu18:00

    Sewing machine basics

    Beginner · £10 · 2 of 6 places left

04Membership

Pay what fits. Borrow the lot.

£2 to £15 a month, chosen by you and changeable any time. Everyone gets the same card, the same shelves and the same welcome.

Choose your amount

What members say

“I needed a tile cutter for one weekend. It would have cost me £60 and lived in the shed for ten years. Instead it cost a walk to the yard.”

Priya, Ropewalk Road

“The repair café fixed my nan's sewing machine in twenty minutes, then showed me how to keep it running.”

Callum, Mill Lane

Your card, your shelves, from £2 a month.

Join online in two minutes, collect your card on your first visit and borrow the same day.

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