The Edinburgh Tool Library
At Edinburgh Tool Library you can borrow tools from our inventory of thousands of them.
Don’t know how to use them? No problem! We bring members together to build and learn by sharing skills and knowledge.
Book a Bench
As a member you get access to the Leith Community Workshop. All levels of experience are welcome.
£10 Standard Members / £3 Concession Members for a 3 hour booking.
Borrow Tools
We have over 3000 tools available across our Portobello, Meadowbank, Colinton & Wester Hailes libraries
Loans are FREE for 7 days with a Tool Library Membership
📣 Newsletter
The best way to hear about new class announcements, news and updates, jobs and volunteering opportunities
🎟️ What’s On: August
Classes, courses and community events happening throughout this month.
✏️ Refer A Friend
Refer a friend and you both get an extra month of membership for free! Offer until 31/8/26.
Pick up a referral card from one of our locations.
🪚 Young Adults Makers Group
Free learning and making opportunities for people aged 16 to 24. Between September and November
Care and Repair
Tool Donations
We give old tools, a new home. Contact us to find out if we can take your tool.
Volunteer Powered
The tool library community is supported by over 100 volunteers and a small number of part-time staff.
You don’t need to be a DIY expert or a master crafts person to volunteer with us.
By borrowing tools rather than buying them we have saved households an incredible £3 million. A worthwhile saving considering the average drill is used just 13 minutes in its lifetime!
We protect the environment too; buying these tools would mean an extra 420 tonnes of CO2 pollution, the equivalent of driving a car around the world 180 times!
