Laboratory 24

Our new space, leased from July 2010.

Location

London Hackspace: Laboratory 24
Unit 24
Cremer Business Centre
37 Cremer Street
London E2 8HD

Access

Cremer business centre is open 24/7. Access is through the main vehicle gates on Cremer Street. These gates are sometimes shut with the chain draped over them, and sometimes completely locked at night. If they're locked, you just have to ask the security guard who will be in his office next to the gates. Stairwells may also be locked at night but the guard will unlock them. If he's not in his office, you can phone Ace Security (number on the board outside) who will contact him.

A key is required to access the space outside of prearranged events. We will be enabling RFID access for paying members shortly, but for now please see Keyholders to find a key if you need access.

There are two stairwells in the building: north and south, both have freight and passenger lifts. You can use either. We're on the second floor. The stairwell furthest from the gates is a little closer to both car parking spaces and the space, but the loading bay is both under cover and adjacent to a goods lift.

It is fully wheelchair accessible.

Getting There

By Bus

49, 242, 243, 394, 67 (alight on Kingsland Road [Hoxton Station (HG)/Spitalfields (HF)], 0.1 miles)
26, 48, 55, N26, N55 (alight on Hackney Road [Hoxton Station (KN)/Hoxton Station (KA)], 0.1 miles)

Map of surrounding bus stops and routes (pdf)

By Underground

Old Street (Zone 1, 0.7 miles, Northern Line)
Liverpool Street (Zone 1; 1.1 miles; Central, Circle, Hammersmith and City, and Metropolitan Lines)
Aldgate East (Zone 1; 1.2 miles; District, and Hammersmith and City Lines)

By Rail

Hoxton (Zone 1/2, 0.1 miles, East London Line (London Overground))
Old Street (0.7 miles, Northern City Line)
Cambridge Heath (0.8 miles; Lea Valley, West Anglia Main Lines)

By Car

The space is outside of the congestion charge zone.

We have two spaces for cars (36 and 37). You must park in the correct spaces, and display one of our four permits in your windscreen (copies not acceptable). There is local on-street parking in the immediate area but a controlled parking zone (Zone F - Business) operates Monday-Friday 7:30-18:30 and Saturday 7:30-13:30. However, it should be possible to use these bays outside of this time. Please check before you park.

There is a loading bay near the lifts which can be used for up to 30 minutes.

By Bicycle

If you come by bicycle you can leave it in the bike rack provided at the rear of the car park, chain it to the balcony, or take it inside the space. Please use good security for your bike - D-Lock or similar - as member's bikes have been the target of theft.

There are two Barclays Cycle Hire stations nearby - these are expected to open on/after the 30th July:

Opposite Hackney Community College, Falkirk Street.
Shoreditch High Street, near the church.

Information

Facilities

Hot and cold water is available, but not strictly drinkable. Filtered drinking water is available via the smaller tap on the big sink.
Three-phase power is available in the dirty shop.

Zones

The room on the far left is designated as a dirty shop, for heavy industrial equipment and anything that generates a significant amount of mess. Please ensure any equipment in here that makes any noticeable amount of noise is on rubber feet.

Emergencies

We have a landline phone near the electricity meters that is on an active line.
There is a first aid kit and fire blanket on the wall to your left as you enter the space.
In the event of a fire, please activate the fire alarm - there is an alert button to the right as you exit through the front door of the space.
There are two stairwells available from the front balcony, one in either direction - do not use any of the lifts in an emergency. The rear door leads on to a balcony with a fire escape at the very end.

Locking Up

When leaving, please remember to:

Check that any food is in the bin and all of the washing up is done.
All computers and other appliances (especially soldering irons and heaters) except Babbage (the server) are switched off.
Lock the rear door.
Close all the windows (rear windows, and those in the toilets).

Noteworthy local amenities

C W Tyzack - Hardware Merchants & Ironmongers
Song Que Cafe - Vietnamese restaurant
City Beverage Company - Coffee, Beer, Wine.
Hermes, the nearest cafe on Kingsland Road, sells excellent hot and cold Italian ciabattas

I had a chicken kebab from the kebabbery next to the Mathmos shop, and lived to tell the tale - artag.