[jonty]

The UK Hackspace Foundation maintain an accurate list of active UK spaces:

http://hackspace.org.uk/view/Main_Page

It looks like the nearest ones to you are Manchester and Leeds, both of which are excellent. If they're too far away then you should start a new space!

This is the guide we give to people when they ask for advice on how to get going:

http://hackspace.org.uk/view/Starting_a_Hackerspace

[shanelja]

Hey, good detective work. :) Thanks for that, should probably have gone further in!