This article is a list of community currencies that are, or have been, used in the United Kingdom. There are various models such as complementary currencies, local currencies, Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS) and Time-based currency:

Started Currency Status Comment Organisations Model Website
2012 Bristol pound[1] Defunct 2021[2] Bristol Pound Community CIC, Bristol Credit Union, Bristol City Council Local currency bristolpound.org
2009 Brixton pound[3] Migrated to a cryptocurrency 2021[4] Transition Town Brixton Local currency brixtonpound.org
TBC Cardiff pound Not launched Initial exploration circa 2015. Proposed launch for 2020[5] Local currency cardiffpound.co.uk
2002[6] Eko Active as of November 2019 Currency of Findhorn Ecovillage, Moray, Scotland Ekopia, Hygeia Foundation Community currency www.ekopia.org.uk/investments/eko-community-currency/
2015 Exeter pound Defunct 2018[7] Exeter Pound CIC Local currency exeterpound.org.uk
2014[8] Kingston Pound Active as of July 2022 Digital only, no paper currency. Transition Town Kingston Local currency kingstonpound.org
2008 Lewes pound[9] Active as of June 2019 Transition Town Lewes Local currency thelewespound.org
2018 Lake District pound[8] Defunct 2020[10] Lakes Currency Project[10] Regional currency lakedistrictpound.com
TBC Oxford pound Not launched Initial plan was not successful in 2013. In 2017, a Green Party councillor put a new proposal forward to the council.[11] Local currency oxfordpound.org.uk (archive)
2009 Stroud pound Defunct 2013 Website not updated since 2012,[12] but Stroud Pound Co-op Ltd still exists as of November 2019.[13] Transition Town Stroud, Stroud Pound Co-op[14] Local currency stroudpound.org.uk (archive)
2007 Totnes pound[3] Defunct 2019[15] Transition Town Totnes Local currency totnespound.org

Warwick & Leamington 'Oak'. Active as of July 2023.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Rachel (September 19, 2012). "Bristol launches city's local currency" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Marking the End of the Bristol Pound, and the Start of Something New".
  3. 1 2 "No money? Then make your own". BBC News. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  4. ↑ "Brixton Pound chooses the Algorand blockchain on which to develop a tokenized version of their innovative Complimentary Local Currency, the Brixton Pound".
  5. ↑ Squires, Carly (August 2, 2017). "Cardiff could have its own currency by 2020". walesonline.
  6. ↑ "Findhorn Eko currency is hot off the press". 28 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Finch, Hannah (July 31, 2018). "What went wrong for the Exeter Pound?". devonlive.
  8. 1 2 Smith, Sophie (July 27, 2017). "From the Lake District to east London: which areas have local currencies?". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  9. ↑ Jamie Doward and Naomi Loomes (2008-08-17). "Lewes, the proud town that is printing its own money". Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  10. 1 2 "Lake District Pound: Currency forced out by contactless technology". BBC. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "The Oxford Pound - City could soon get its very own currency". The Oxford Times.
  12. ↑ "Home". April 5, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05.
  13. ↑ "STROUD POUND CO-OP LTD - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  14. ↑ Scott Cato, Molly (2012). "Stroud Pound: a Local Currency to Map, Measure and Strengthen The Local Economy" (PDF). International Journal of Community Currency Research. 16: Section D 106–115.
  15. ↑ "Totnes pound: Currency killed by 'cashless economy'". BBC News. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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