Public Access Darkrooms in the North of England

Please contact Redeye if you know of any facilities to add to this page. There've been a lot of closures recently so do tell us if you know of any other darkrooms. In the meantime if you're stuck you could try approaching your local college.

GREATER MANCHESTER

Arden College
Unfortunately this facility is no longer available to the public.

Angel Healthy Living Centre
This darkroom is out of use until further notice.

MERSEYSIDE

Aware
Aware Photographic Arts Centre is now closed.


LANCASHIRE

Prescap
Prescap is a community facility involved in community arts projects, with a darkroom on site. The darkroom has three B&W enlargers with dish processing up to 20x16 inch, (no roller dryer). Preston Photographic Society also holds a key and has two further reserved enlargers. They are open Mon to Fri, 9:30 to 4:30 with full day sessions at £8/£5 (conc), half day at £4 or £2.50 (conc). They also have a digital suite with three computers, slide scanner, A3 printer and video editing software available for £1 per hour plus printing costs of 75p per A3 sheet of photo paper or 50p per A4 sheet. 5a Walton’s Parade, Preston, Lancashire. England. PR1 8QT. Telephone: 01772 887785. Email: prescap@prescap.fsnet.co.uk

Folly
Folly, Lancaster, no longer has a darkroom, but has plenty of digital activities: www.folly.co.uk


CUMBRIA

Studio One Darkroom
Based at Burton-in-Kendal, Studio One is the only wet colour darkroom for hire in the north of England that we know about. Negs up to 5x4" and prints up to 24x20", with a dry to dry colour processor. Contact 01524 784314 or see www.robsara.co.uk/darkroom.htm


YORKSHIRE

Site
Site Gallery, Sheffield, has recently closed its communal B&W darkroom. 0114 281 2077.


SCOTLAND

Stills
Stills in Edinburgh has state of the art technical facilities, and operates as a hub for creative communities in Scotland. They have colour and B&W darkrooms for hire along with studios, a digital lab, equipment and a library. For more info go to www.stills.org/facilities.html

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