Hone Hone

Jewellery workshop · Hone Limehouse, East London The workshops your craft deserves.

Jewellery benches to rent in East London: the kit you can’t keep at home, and a bench you can use at midnight.

From£190a month
A jeweller at her bench in the jewellery workshop at Hone Limehouse

The bench and the tool area

Every bench comes equipped. The heavy kit is shared, a few steps away, and yours after your induction.

A jeweller’s bench by the window

Your bench

Lamp · pendant drill · tool storage · extraction

Eight benches, each one set up to work from on day one.

The rolling mill

Rolling mill

Shared tool area

Sheet and wire from your own stock, without sending it out.

A jeweller soldering with a torch at the bench

Torches and annealing

At the bench and in the tool area

Soldering at your own bench, with the extraction on.

Cuttlefish casting on the bench

Casting furnace and forge

Shared tool area

Casting in-house, plus a forge area for the heavier work.

A doming block and hammers

Heavy tooling

Doming · forming · vices · anvils

The kit that doesn’t fit on a bench, ready when you need it.

A jeweller using the pendant drill at her bench

Pendant drill at every bench

Flexible-shaft motor

One on every bench, so you never wait for one.

Every machine in the building

Bench members use every workshop across our buildings. Woodwork, the makerspace, metalwork and the jewellery workshop, one list.

What’s included

One all-inclusive monthly rate. No joining fee, no hidden costs.

The tools

  • Your induction, included
  • The whole shared tool area
  • SLA printing for waxes and masters
  • Precious metal safe on site

Your bench

  • Lamp, pendant drill and tool storage
  • Benchtop extraction
  • Ventilated polishing area
  • Bright, spacious, exposed brick

The building

  • 24-hour access
  • Both sites and every workshop across our buildings
  • Communal kitchens and a barista coffee machine
  • Canal-side gardens and free high-speed wifi

The benches

Two kinds of jewellery bench, one workshop. Both get the whole tool area, your induction and 24-hour access.

For working here most days

Shared Bench

A bench in the workshop, shared, with everything on it you need to start.

£190a monthAvailable now
  • A shared bench with lamp, pendant drill and extraction
  • The whole shared tool area, after your induction
  • 24-hour access
  • Both sites and every workshop across our buildings

Three-month minimum. Two months’ deposit.

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For running a business from here

Private Bench

Your own bench and your own tool storage, with nobody else’s work on it in the morning.

£360a monthAvailable now
  • Your own private bench and tool storage
  • The whole shared tool area, after your induction
  • 24-hour access
  • Both sites and every workshop across our buildings

Three-month minimum. Two months’ deposit.

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“I can’t imagine the day I would be wanting to leave this place.”

Giulia SannaJewellery workshop · Google review

“A lovely creative environment and amazing facilities which I would not have otherwise had access to.”

Phoebe RichardsonJewellery workshop · Google review

“I love working in this space. It’s positive, lively, friendly and supportive.”

Giovanna MidgleyGoogle review

Who’s here

Jewellers building a name, most of them running the business from their bench. Furniture makers, product designers and architects through the door.

“I can’t imagine the day I would be wanting to leave this place.”
Giulia SannaJewellery workshop · Google review
A jewellery bench by the window in the jewellery workshop
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How it works

Four steps from reading this to sitting at your bench.

01

Book a tour

Pick a weekly tour below. It’s booked the moment you choose a time.

02

Come and see it

Round the workshop with Jai. Twenty minutes: the benches, the tool area and the building.

03

Choose a bench, or don’t

Shared or private, on a three-month minimum. There’s no pitch at the end.

04

Your induction, included

Run by someone who uses this kit every day. Then the workshop is yours, 24 hours.

Getting here

Canal-side in Limehouse, a short walk from the DLR.

Everything at Hone Limehouse

Address

Hone Limehouse
16 Pixley Street, London E14 7DF

By train

  • Westferry DLR · 7 minutes’ walk
  • Limehouse DLR
  • Mile End tube · 5 minutes by bus

By bus

  • Routes 277 and D7

The building

Two Victorian factory buildings on the Limehouse Cut, built in 1911. Brick walls, timber floors, the height and the light kept. Runs on 100% renewable electricity.

Questions

Plain answers. If yours isn’t here, ask on the tour.

All our questions
How much is a jewellery bench?

At Hone Limehouse a shared jewellery bench is £190 a month and a private bench £360, each with extraction, a lamp and a pendant drill, the shared tool area and 24-hour access. Three-month minimum. Two months’ deposit.

What does the price include?

Everything: your bench with lamp, pendant drill, tool storage and extraction, the whole shared tool area after your induction, the polishing area, the precious metal safe, kitchens, coffee, wifi and the gardens. No joining fee, no hidden costs.

Shared or private bench, what’s the difference?

A shared bench is yours to work at most days, shared with another jeweller. A private bench is yours alone, with your own tool storage and nobody else’s work on it in the morning.

How do the contracts work?

Three-month minimum. Two months’ deposit. Notice periods are set out in the agreement.

What are the hours?

24-hour access to both of our buildings for shared and private bench members.

Is my work safe?

There’s a precious metal safe on site. Ask on the tour about storage at your own bench.

Can I use the makerspace and the woodwork shop?

Bench members use both sites and every workshop across our buildings, after an induction on anything with a blade or a bed.

Is there a jewellery workshop in Bristol?

Opening early 2027 at Hone Bristol in Fishponds: 8 benches at £150 a month. The opening list hears first.

Can I speak to someone?

Email info@honeworkspace.com or WhatsApp 07424 105667. Or book a tour and ask on the way round.

Come and see it for yourself

The weekly tour takes you round the makerspace, the workshops and the building, with whoever is making things that day. It’s booked the moment you choose a time.

When
Tuesdays 3.30pm and Thursdays 11.30am
Where
16 Pixley Street, Limehouse, London E14 7DF
Host
Jai
Takes
About twenty minutes, longer if you get talking
You’ll see
The jewellery workshop, your bench and the tool area, then the makerspace, the woodwork shop and the rest of the building
Then
Choose a bench, or don’t. There’s no pitch at the end.

Weekly tour · Hone Limehouse

Book a tour

Pick a time. Places are live from the diary.

None of these work? Request a call back

Weekly tour · Hone Limehouse

Book a tour

16 Pixley Street, Limehouse, London E14 7DFWe’ll email you the day, the time and everything you need to find us.

Pick a time. Places are live from the diary.

None of these work? Request a call back

Every machine in the building

Bench members use every workshop across our buildings after an induction. Studio tenants use them at member rates. This is the whole list.

Jewellery workshopThis page

  • Rolling mill
  • Casting furnace and forge
  • Ultrasonic cleaner
  • SLA 3D jewellery printingWaxes and masters
  • Ventilated polishing areaAway from the benches
  • Pendant drill, catch and bench pegOn every bench, with a lamp and extraction
  • Pickle cleaner
  • Barrel cleaner
  • Vices, anvils and ring sizersThe heavy end of the bench

Woodwork shopSee the woodwork shop

  • Martin T60A sliding table sawPanel and solid timber
  • Martin T60 sliding table sawThe second sliding saw
  • SCM planer thicknesser
  • Wadkin bandsaw
  • Robland T110i spindle moulderProfiles, tenons and rebates
  • Wadkin spindle moulderThe second moulder
  • Holz-Her Sprint 1315 edgebanderCabinet work
  • Apollo ATC 1325 CNC router2.5 m × 1 m bed, automatic tool changer. Shared with the makerspace
  • Router table
  • Wood-turning lathe
  • Vacuum pressVeneering and curved work
  • Sedgwick morticer
  • Meddings engineering drillShared with metalwork
  • iTech linisher
  • AG six-bag dust extractionOn every machine
  • Extracted spray roomFinishing, fully extracted

MakerspaceSee the makerspace

  • Apollo ATC 1325 CNC router2.5 m × 1 m bed, automatic tool changer. Shared with the woodwork shop
  • Trotec Rayjet R500 laser cutterCut and engrave
  • Formlabs Form 3+Resin printing
  • Ultimaker S7 ProFilament printing
  • Bambu Lab printerFast filament printing
  • Electronics areaSoldering and hot-air stations, multimeters, hand tools
  • Woodwork benchHand tools, chop saw, sanders, small bandsaw

MetalworkSee the metalwork

  • WeldingOpen to every member after an induction
  • Meddings engineering drillShared with the woodwork shop
  • Cutting

Every machine needs an induction, and your induction is included. Ask on the tour about anything not listed.

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We’ll call you

Tell us what you’re looking for and we’ll ring you back soon. We’ll email you a note as well.

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