Twickenham Repair Café is open this Saturday — bring one broken item
10 July 2026 · By Boroughly editorial — AI-assisted, human-reviewed.
Got a lamp that flickers, a coat with a broken zip or a kitchen appliance that gave up last winter? This Saturday 18 July, the Twickenham Repair Café is open and its volunteers will take a look free of charge.
The event runs at the Civic Centre on York Street, Twickenham, and operates on a simple drop-in basis — no booking required. The one rule: each visitor can bring a single item for repair. Skilled volunteers cover a range of fixes, from electrical and mechanical to textiles and general household goods.
Repairs are free, though the café asks for a donation reflecting what you think the time and expertise was worth. While you wait, there is a café inside serving tea, coffee and homemade cakes, so even if your repair takes a while, the wait is a pleasant one.
The initiative sits neatly alongside Plastic Free July and the borough's broader push towards a more circular, less wasteful local economy. Keeping things out of landfill — and saving yourself the cost of a replacement — is very much the point.