from £5 / hr · day £20 · closing December 2026
Engine Shed is an incubator in Temple Meads, Bristol. It starts at £20 a day, or £150 a month for up to three named users (larger teams pay more; ask Engine Shed). Tech entrepreneurs who want business support, advisers and a lounge to work from by the day rather than a desk to sign for.
The city's front door for tech innovation, in Brunel's original terminus building inside Temple Meads station — a members' lounge, eighteen offices, meeting rooms and a decade of Bristol's startup story. It is also in its last months: the building closes in December 2026 and the team moves on to run the Bristol Innovations Zone at the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.
Engine Shed closes in December 2026. The team transitions to the Bristol Innovations Zone at the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, reachable by a new entrance two minutes from Platform 15. No transition terms for existing members or office tenants are published, so it's worth asking before you commit.
Connect is £150 a month and Grow is £210 a month, each for up to 3 named Members' Lounge users. Both include use of the Members' Lounge with two guests at no extra cost, a 25% discount on meeting room and event space hire, and a 10% discount at the Members' Lounge café. Grow adds 1-2-1 surgeries with Advisers in Residence, business workshops, a mailbox and registered address, and your branding in the Members' Lounge. Ask Engine Shed for meeting and event hire rates.
From Engine Shed's own published rates, checked 20 October 2026 — a guide, not a quote. Confirm with them directly.
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Inside Bristol Temple Meads station itself, in the original Brunel terminus building. They publish no bus, parking or cycle detail — but you are standing at the station.
Only what Engine Shed states on their own site. Something missing here may still exist — ask them.
Tech entrepreneurs who want business support, advisers and a lounge to work from by the day rather than a desk to sign for.
Anyone planning where to work next year. It closes in December 2026, and the successor space at Temple Quarter carries a WECA funding condition that occupants be connected to growing the regional deep tech economy — so it is not a like-for-like replacement for a general entrepreneur membership.
Pay as you go in the Members' Lounge, no membership needed: £5 an hour, £10 a half day or £20 a day. From Engine Shed's own published rates, checked 20 October 2026 — a guide, not a quote. Confirm with them directly.
Monthly rates start at £150 a month for up to three named users (larger teams pay more; ask Engine Shed). CONNECT membership: £150 a month for up to 3 named users, £250 for up to 10. Connect is £150 a month and Grow is £210 a month, each for up to 3 named Members' Lounge users. Both include use of the Members' Lounge with two guests at no extra cost, a 25% discount on meeting room and event space hire, and a 10% discount at the Members' Lounge café. Grow adds 1-2-1 surgeries with Advisers in Residence, business workshops, a mailbox and registered address, and your branding in the Members' Lounge. Ask Engine Shed for meeting and event hire rates. From Engine Shed's own published rates, checked 20 October 2026 — a guide, not a quote. Confirm with them directly.
Yes. Ask Engine Shed for meeting and event hire rates.
No. Their published access is: Members' Lounge 9am–5.30pm Monday to Thursday, 9am–5pm Friday. It suits a working-hours routine rather than late nights and weekends.
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