Pay-as-you-go coworking in London costs anywhere from about £4 an hour to £70 a day in October 2026, and the cheapest option depends almost entirely on how long you stay. For a short visit, paying by the minute wins easily: an hour and five minutes on Werksy at the London average of £4.75 an hour costs £5.15. For a long day at a pricier space, a day pass bought from the space itself can work out cheaper.

What rarely saves you money is the bit in the middle: credits.

Below is every option I could find, with real prices, and the maths for two visits: a quick 1hr 5min and a proper 6-hour day.

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What are the pay-as-you-go coworking options in London?

Pay-as-you-go coworking in London comes in four shapes: day passes (WeWork On Demand, Hubble, Wezoo), hourly bookings (Regus), monthly banks of hours or credits (Croissant, Hubble monthly plans, WeWork All Access) and per-minute billing with no booking (Werksy).

Here’s how they line up, as of October 2026:

Sources: each company’s London or pricing page, checked 17 to 18 October 2026. Desana sells to enterprises, not individuals.

Werksy is a UK app that gives you access to spaces designed for working in, from coworking spaces to hospitality venues built for it, paying by the minute with no booking or membership. There are 169 Werksy spaces across 64 UK towns and cities (October 2026).

How much does a 6-hour coworking day cost in London?

A 6-hour coworking day in London costs between about £22 and £70 on pay-as-you-go, depending on the option and the building. Werksy at the £4.75 average comes to £28.50. A WeWork On Demand day starts at £40, and the median Wezoo hot desk is £54.

(Totals are my maths from the listed rates.)

Same building, different routes in. Shoreditch Exchange is £5 an hour on Werksy and listed at £36 a day on Wezoo, so Werksy is cheaper for any visit up to 7 hours 12 minutes. Venture X White City is £7 an hour on Werksy and £48 a day on Wezoo, so Werksy wins until about 6 hours 51 minutes.

How much does a 1hr 5min coworking visit cost in London?

A 1hr 5min coworking visit in London costs £5.15 on Werksy at the average rate, because Werksy bills the exact 65 minutes. Any day pass charges the full day, so the same visit costs £20 to £70 elsewhere.

That’s the bit I care about most. Stay 1hr 5min on Werksy and you pay for 1hr 5min. Not two hours. Not a day. There are no credits on Werksy, so nothing is rounded up into a unit you didn’t use.

Why do credit-based coworking plans cost more than they look?

Credit-based coworking plans cost more than they look because you buy credits in fixed bundles, and bookings rarely cost a neat multiple of the bundle. So you almost always end up with leftovers you’ve paid for and haven’t used.

I’ll be honest: I don’t love credit-based platforms. To me they feel designed to mask overpaying. You buy credits in fives, the desk costs seven, and there’s always something left over.

I call that the Leftover Tax.

Here’s a real example. Hubble’s monthly plans start at £500 + VAT for 100 credits, and each credit is worth £5 (Hubble help centre). Hubble says a coworking desk costs “around 6 to 8 credits per person per day” (What are credits?).

• At 7 credits a desk-day: 14 days uses 98 credits. 2 credits (£10) left.

• At 8 credits a desk-day: 12 days uses 96 credits. 4 credits (£20) left.

(My maths.) To be fair to Hubble, unused credits roll over while you’re on the plan, and monthly plans come with 15 to 30% off pay-as-you-go prices. But if you cancel, you get one month to use what’s left, and then any unused credits expire (Hubble help centre).

WeWork All Access includes a few room credits a month, and its FAQ says they “will not roll over into the next month” (WeWork All Access).

Not every plan has the problem. Croissant sells hours, not credits, so an hour of plan is an hour at a desk, and unused hours roll over for up to six billing cycles (Croissant FAQ). The catch there is the membership itself, plus extra time charged in 30-minute blocks.

Credits are a currency that only exists so the price is harder to see. (If coffee shops did this, you’d buy beans in packs of five and every latte would cost seven.)

Do you need a coworking platform to book a desk in London?

You don’t need a coworking platform to book a desk in London for most solo working days. Many operators, WeWork and Regus included, sell day passes directly, and per-minute access covers the shorter visits without a booking.

Here’s how I’d actually do it:

1. Open Werksy and find a space near you. Browse London spaces here.

2. Walk in and work. You pay by the minute.

3. If it’s a long full day at one of the pricier spaces, ask whether the space sells a day pass. If it does and it’s cheaper, buy it from them directly. Not every Werksy venue sells day passes, so check.

That’s it. Werksy finds you the space, and you pay whichever price is lower for the day you’re actually having.

I don’t think the other platforms save you much money or time on top of that, unless you need a meeting room. Meeting rooms are where WeWork, Hubble and Regus genuinely earn their keep.

Where is Werksy not the best pay-as-you-go option?

Werksy is not the best option if you need a meeting room, want to bring a guest or need a reserved seat, because Werksy doesn’t offer those. It also has fewer London spaces than the big marketplaces: 62 listings against about 200 coworking spaces on Hubble.

A few more honest ones:

• Very long days at expensive spaces. At £9 an hour, 6 hours is £54. That’s the same as Wezoo’s median day pass.

• Cheap day passes exist. Wezoo lists Impact Hub Euston at £9.60 a day, and Hubble lists easyHub Chelsea at £20. Hard to beat for a full day.

• Heavy users. Croissant’s 120-hour plan works out at about £1.91 an hour (my maths: £229 divided by 120). If you really work 120 hours a month in coworking spaces, that’s cheaper than £4.75.

So use the cheaper thing. That includes us when it’s cheaper, and not us when it isn’t.

What’s the best pay-as-you-go coworking option for a team in London?

The best pay-as-you-go coworking option for a London team depends on whether you need meeting rooms. For desk days without meeting rooms, Werksy for Teams costs £10 a seat a month plus the minutes used. For regular meeting rooms and day offices, Hubble or WeWork make more sense.

What Werksy for Teams includes:

• £10 per seat per month, plus the time people actually use

• No service fees

• A monthly spending limit per employee

• Up to 20% off selected spaces

• Nothing builds up when someone’s ill or on holiday

• Each person uses whichever space is closest that day

For comparison, Croissant’s Early Stage team plan is $10 per employee per month (shown in dollars on its pricing page) plus an 8% booking fee, billed in blocks of 10 employees (Croissant pricing). Hubble’s monthly plans start at £500 + VAT. Werksy for Teams has no meeting rooms or guest passes, so if your team meets clients weekly, factor that in. See Werksy for Teams.

Connor
Founder, Werksy

Quick answers

What is pay-as-you-go coworking in London?

Pay-as-you-go coworking in London means paying only when you use a desk, with no long contract. You can pay by the day (WeWork On Demand, Hubble, Wezoo), by the hour (Regus), from a monthly bank of hours (Croissant) or by the minute with no booking (Werksy).

How much is a coworking day pass in London?

A coworking day pass in London costs about £20 to £70 in October 2026. WeWork On Demand day passes run from £40 to £70, Hubble lists £20 to £60 with an average of about £35, and Wezoo’s median hot desk is £54 a day.

What is the cheapest way to cowork in London for an hour?

The cheapest way to cowork in London for an hour is per-minute or hourly billing rather than a day pass. On Werksy, 1 hour 5 minutes at the £4.75 average rate costs £5.15, and Regus hourly coworking starts at £4 an hour.

What are the alternatives to WeWork On Demand in London?

The main alternatives to WeWork On Demand in London are Werksy (per minute, no booking or membership), Hubble and Wezoo (day passes), Regus (hourly or daily), and Croissant (monthly bank of hours). Booking a day pass directly with the coworking space is also an option.