Why buy when you
can borrow?
Borrow useful Things for your home, projects and adventures.
Affordable. Convenient. Kinder to the planet.
Bring Library of Things to your neighbourhood
Help grow the rental revolution and bring borrowing to your area. Add your name to a local campaign or create a new one so your neighbours can join too!
Our most popular Things
You can now borrow from 16 locations across London!
We just opened in Twickenham. Find your nearest Library of Things and signup to start borrowing useful DIY, cleaning, gardening items and more.
How borrowing works
Join and reserve
Browse the Things online and make a reservation to borrow.
Borrow and return it
Collect your Thing. Use it. Then return it when you're done.
Track your impact
See how much waste you've saved from landfill by borrowing instead of buying.
Borrowing is the new buying
Sharing the things we only use now and again cuts down on clutter, is more affordable, brings people together, and is kinder to our planet. That’s why we’re getting the nation borrowing.
Find out whyOur impact so far
Together, borrowers have saved: more than 210 tonnes of e-waste from going to landfill; 650 tonnes of carbon emissions from being emitted into the atmosphere; and themselves a total of ÂŁ4.5 millon by borrowing rather than buying!