Use this directory to find a scrapstore near you.

Renée Materials (Online)

Renée Materials reduces waste and cuts emissions on a large scale by offering businesses’ off-cuts, surplus stock, and leftover materials for reuse. We feature high-quality materials like paper, wood, textiles, leather, glass, metal, and yarn through our marketplace.”

Birmingham Playcentre Network, Birmingham

“Enjoy the joy of crafting while helping the environment at BPCN.”

Address and Opening Times:

Birmingham Playcare Network
Hollymoor Centre
8 Manor Park Grove
Birmingham
B31 5ER

Tuesday – Friday 10.00 am- 4.00 pm
1st and 3rd Saturday of the month 10.00 am – 2.00 pm

Children’s Scrapstore, Bristol

“The Children’s Scrapstore is a reuse charity dedicated to helping businesses divert reusable waste away from landfill/energy recovery to help improve art and play opportunities for children, young people and adults.”

Address and Opening Times:

Scrapstore House
21 Sevier Street
Bristol
BS2 9LB

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Thursday 11.00 am – 5.00pm

Re-Imagine Resource Centre, Cambridgeshire

“At Re-Imagine, we are finding creative ways to help look after our planet.  We are passionate about being creative to be well, and I provide making sessions in-store and run outreach workshops for all types of groups, as well as a fully stocked resource warehouse full of amazing items to be turned into something eco-fabulous.

We collect wonderful materials that businesses normally just throw away, and for a tiny fee, make them available for you to transform into works of art, to play with or wherever your imagination leads…”

Address and Opening Times:

We are on the same site as Witchford Household Recycling Centre.

Witchford Household Recycling Centre
Stirling Way
Witchford
CB6 3FA

Wednesday 10.00am – 2.00pm
Saturday 10.00am – 12.00pm

Bits and Bobs, Cambridge 

“Our Scrapstore is named Bits and Bobs because that’s exactly what you’ll find. In amongst the rolls of colourful card, massive containers full of fabric scraps, there are lots of things we don’t even have names for.”

Address and Opening Times:

3 Commercial Road
March
Cambridgeshire
PE15 8QP
01354 607667

Factory Shop open to members:

Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9.30am to 4pm
Fridays and Saturdays, 9.30am to 2pm

Play and Recycling Centre, Derby

“PARC is a registered charity in Derby providing mountains of fantastic, recycled resources as well as opportunities for people to learn about how we can actively support our environment through reducing waste, re-using and recycling. We offer recycled resources and materials and prevent them from going into landfill. We process these to provide low-cost resources. We encourage creativity and provide opportunities to gain creative skills and share our ideas for how resources can be used. We want people to recycle, repurpose and re-love materials and reduce landfill. Low-priced recycled materials such as wools, fabrics, beads, ribbon, haberdashery, vinyl sheets, blind fabrics, art paper and paints, craft resources and household paint.”

Address and Opening Times:

Play And Recycling Centre
6 – 10 Werburgh Street
Derby
DE22 3QG
01332 299165

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10am-2pm
First and Third Saturday of every month 9:15am-2pm

Artytime Scrapstore, East Sussex

“Using Artytime Scrapstore is a brilliant way to reuse materials and promote recycling. These materials may be supplied to individuals, families and schools. As well as playgroups, holiday clubs, special needs groups and other community organisations such as Scouts and Guides. Please ask about our large group membership. Most of the materials will be free, some may have a small charge.”

Address and Opening Times:

Jarvis Brook recreational park
Crowborough
East Sussex
TN6 2EG

Monday 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm
Tuesday 9.30am – 11.30 am
Wednesday 9.30 am – 11.30 am
Thursdays 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Every second Sunday and the last Sunday of the month, 10.00 am – 12.00 pm

The Gloucestershire Resource Centre, Gloucester

“The Gloucestershire Resource Centre has been promoting creativity in the arts, health, play and education sector through the re-use of materials from industry and business for over 32 years now. We don’t specialise in any type of materials, as we have to run with the surplus being generated by local businesses within our catchment of Gloucestershire at the time. We rely on the national community of scrap stores to exchange materials, so we can provide variety and choice for our 1300-plus members.”

Address and Opening Times:

City Works
Alfred Street
Gloucester
GL14DF

Tuesday 10:00 am – 7:00pm
Wednesday 10:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday 10:00am – 5:00pm
Plus occasional Saturdays 10am – 1pm

The Children’s SCRAP Project, Hackney

“The Children’s S.C.R.A.P project is a registered charity No. 281010 which collects, stores and distributes clean, safe, industrial waste to schools, nurseries, colleges, special needs groups, churches, hospital wards, playgroups, community groups and charitable organisations involved in education.”

Address and Opening Times:

137 Homerton High St
London
E9 6AS

Monday 10.00 am – 6.45 pm
Tuesday-Thursday 12.00 pm – 4.45 pm