Welcome to Hotel Elephant
Flexible, Affordable Creative Workspaces in Elephant & Castle.
Hotel Elephant is a not-for-profit workspace provider, based in Southwark with over 14 years of experience delivering workspace, exhibitions, events, and education spaces in the Elephant and Castle. Our goal is to provide and safeguard long-term space for arts, culture, and creative enterprise in London.
Spaces Available Now
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Book A Day Pass
Rent a desk for the day at Spare Street Works. Ideal for those looking for an ad hoc desk space to work from.
Discounts are available for blocks of 5 & 10 passes.
Available Monday - Friday 9 am- 5:30 pm. Book by 8 am for same-day bookings. Each day pass gives you access to one desk for the day, high-speed wifi and free tea & coffee.
Click the button below to book a day pass at Spare Street Works.
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Office & Desk Space
Spare Street Works is your local coworking space, by Hotel Elephant.
Flexible desk and office spaces for individuals and small teams. Our 4 and 6-person office units are a great option for start-ups and small teams. For larger teams, we have one 26-desk space available.
All spaces come fully furnished, with high-speed wifi, utilities, and perks like unlimited tea and coffee.
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Studio Space
Explore our available studio spaces in Southwark. Ideal for artists, makers, and those in the creative industries.
We have two studio locations in Elephant & Castle, SE17.
Studio Spaces are advertised as a total monthly price, including utilities and communal services. Different contracts are available including flexible licence agreements and longer-term subleases.
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Project Space
Hire our project space in Elephant and Castle, SE17. This 900sqft space is ideal for workshops, rehearsals, meetings and exhibitions. It comes equipped with a projector, screen, desks and kitchenette.
Spare Street Works, SE17
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Spare Street Works is your local coworking space, by Hotel Elephant. Based in Elephant and Castle, South London, Spare Street Works provides flexible desk and office space for individuals and small teams.
Fed up of working from home? Our day passes and dedicated desks are ideal for freelancers and remote workers looking for a productive workplace close to home. Our 4 and 6-person office units are a great option for start-ups and small teams. For larger teams, we have one 26-desk space available.
All our desk and office units are provided fully furnished, on flexible contracts with high-speed wifi, utilities and a postal address included. All members benefit from great perks such as unlimited free tea and coffee, a free bookable meeting space, plus 10% off in our cafe.
Located on the edge of Zone 1, we are just a 5-minute walk from Elephant and Castle station, which is served by the Bakerloo and Northern lines, plus the overground. London Bridge and Waterloo Stations are less than 15 minutes away by public transport, with Central London easily accessible on many bus and tube routes.
Locations
Spare Street Studios, SE17
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Spare Street is made up of five newly refurbished, glazed-fronted railway arches. Providing 24 studio spaces for recent graduates and local creatives, we are pleased to be able to offer a permanent creative enterprise hub in the Elephant & Castle.
Arch 4 is dedicated to ‘noisy & messy’ work and Arch 3 is dedicated to ‘quiet & clean’ work. Studio members get 24/7 access and high-speed Wifi. The studios host a wide range of practices from fine artists, costume makers, jewellers and digital creatives.
St Johns School, SE17
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We are pleased to be able to offer high-quality spaces in this historic, former school building. St Johns provides workspaces for artists, makers, and small creative businesses.
All our spaces have lots of natural light, heating, wifi, and access to communal facilities such as kitchens, wash-out sinks, and a bookable project space for our members.
Find Your New Space
Meet Our Members
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Xenia Busalova
Xenia Busalova lives and works in London where she graduated from the Royal College of Art and InnovationRCA. After many years of independent art practice, numerous exhibitions including, but not limited, Royal Academy of Arts, fine art galleries and two international biennales she founded her brand of porcelain jewellery FARPHPORIA.
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Ben Blease
Ben is an accomplished motion designer and graphic artist who has been honoured with a BAFTA nomination for their work. With extensive experience in both broadcast and agency environments, Ben is well-equipped to tackle any creative challenge
FAQ’s
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No, despite the name, we’re not a Hotel! Hotel Elephant is a not-for-profit company established in 2009 to provide space for Arts, Culture & Creative Enterprise in Southwark. Hotel Elephant started life as our co-founder, Reuben’s studio and education space. The name, Hotel Elephant, was the title of an exhibition of large-scale drawings of the Elephant & Castle demolition sites. The name was inspired by a set of large red neon letters from the top of the old London Park Hotel, one of the demolition sites Reuben had been drawing. Reuben had been given some of these letters, which were featured as part of the exhibition and have formed part of our signage ever since. Some of the letters can be seen illuminated at the front of our arches on Spare Street.
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We are spread across a few locations in the Elephant and Castle area. Our primary location is Spare Street (SE17) where we offer both studio spaces and coworking space. In the Summer of 2022 we opened a new workspace building in a former primary school, St Johns Walworth, both our SE17 spaces are a short 5-7 minute walk from Elephant and Castle tube station.
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You can make an enquiry about our studio spaces here, and we can discuss which of our studios might best suit your needs, and then we can organize a tour. For our office spaces, you can book a tour here and we can discuss which of our workspaces will suit you and your business.
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We have a broad remit to provide studio spaces for people working within the arts and creative industries. This includes fine artists and makers, as well as people working in the design and digital creative industries. Our members include painters, costume designers, photographers, filmmakers, jewellery designers, animators and ceramicists.
We understand that creative practices can be varied and would always encourage potential studio members to send us an enquiry to let us know what your requirements are. We’re always happy to help!
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We have several different workspace offers, including studio, desk and office spaces.
Our studio spaces are for artists and makers looking for a full-time space to make their work. Studio members include painters, costume makers, jewellers, ceramics and digital creatives.
Our coworking space, Spare Street Works provides day passes, dedicated desks and offices for small teams (4 & 6 person spaces). We also have one large 26-desk space. Our coworking space is ideal for freelancers, remote workers, start-ups and growing businesses.