Hobbies
Pursuits followed for their own sake — where the reward is the doing, the knowing or the collecting.
What counts as a hobby here: A pursuit followed for its own sake, where the reward is the doing, the knowing or the accumulating rather than a physical contest or a finished object. Activities can belong to more than one strand, and several here do — miniature painting is a hobby and a craft; orienteering is a sport and an outdoor pursuit.
Birdwatching
HobbyFinding, identifying and recording wild birds — a hobby you can start from a kitchen window.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
Geocaching
HobbyUsing GPS coordinates to find containers hidden by other people, in places you would never otherwise stop.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsModerate effort
Metal detecting
HobbySearching ground with a detector for coins, artefacts and history — under a legal framework that matters.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
Astronomy
HobbyObserving the night sky, from naked-eye constellations to telescopic deep-sky objects.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsSedentary
Orienteering
SportHobbyNavigating between control points on a detailed map, at whatever speed suits you, against the clock.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Miniature painting
HobbyCraftPainting small figures and models to a standard far beyond what their size suggests is possible.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
Journaling
HobbyCraftWriting regularly for yourself — as a record, a thinking tool, or a creative practice.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
Wild swimming
SportHobbySwimming in rivers, lakes and sea — enormously rewarding, and the one hobby here that regularly kills people who get it wrong.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Fishkeeping
HobbyKeeping a freshwater or marine aquarium — which is really the practice of keeping water, with fish as the beneficiaries.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
Bonsai
HobbyCraftGrowing and shaping trees in containers over decades — horticulture first, aesthetics second.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
Home brewing
HobbyCraftMaking beer, cider, wine or mead at home — a fermentation craft where cleanliness matters more than recipe.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
Model railways
HobbyCraftBuilding and operating a miniature railway — part modelmaking, part electronics, part landscape painting in three dimensions.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
3D printing
HobbyCraftMaking physical objects layer by layer from a digital model — a manufacturing process that became a domestic hobby, with all the calibration that implies.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
Astrophotography
HobbyPhotographing the night sky, from a camera on a tripod to hours of accumulated exposure through a tracked telescope.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
Yoga
SportHobbyA family of movement and breathing practices with a long history, now most commonly met as a class in a hall — and far more varied than that suggests.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
Hiking
SportHobbyWalking longer distances over rougher ground — the cheapest way into the outdoors, and the one whose risks are most underestimated.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
Music production
HobbyCraftRecording, arranging and mixing music on a computer — a craft with a very low entry cost and a famously steep middle.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
Wild camping
SportHobbySleeping out in open country away from any campsite — legally straightforward in Scotland, considerably less so almost everywhere else in Britain.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Campervan conversion
CraftHobbyTurning a panel van into somewhere you can sleep, cook and sit out the rain — carpentry, wiring and plumbing in a space that moves.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Dog training
HobbyTeaching a dog to live well with people — a genuine skill with a contested literature and a surprising amount of law attached.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
Fiction writing
HobbyCraftMaking up stories and writing them down — the cheapest serious craft there is, and one where finishing is a separate skill from writing.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
Game mastering
HobbyRunning roleplaying games for other people — a distinct craft of preparation, improvisation and table management.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
CNC routing
CraftHobbyCutting parts from a digital design on a computer-controlled router — a workshop machine that is genuinely powerful and genuinely unforgiving.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
Fly fishing
HobbySportCasting a weighted line to present an almost weightless artificial fly — the one branch of angling where the casting is the skill.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
Bicycle maintenance
HobbyCraftServicing and rebuilding bicycles, from a puncture to a full wheel build — the rare craft that pays for itself.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
Bikepacking
SportHobbyMulti-day riding with everything you need strapped to the bike — camping, navigation and cycling combined into one problem.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
Angling
HobbySportFishing with rod and line — the parent of several very different sports that share a licence, a set of ethics and almost nothing else.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
Antique collecting
HobbyBuying, researching and living with old objects — furniture, ceramics, silver, clocks and glass.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
Mahjong
HobbyA four-player tile game of drawing and discarding, whose several national rule sets are the single most confusing thing about it.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
Automotive detailing
CraftHobbyCleaning, correcting and protecting vehicle paint as a craft — where the order of operations matters far more than the products.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
Mycology
HobbyFinding, identifying and recording fungi as a subject in its own right — a field science that amateurs still genuinely advance.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
Robotics
HobbyBuilding machines that sense and move — from a line follower on a kitchen table to a combat robot in an arena.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
Home automation
HobbyMaking a house respond to sensors, schedules and each other — a systems hobby whose hard part is deciding what should happen, not making it happen.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
Historical European martial arts
SportHobbyReconstructing longsword and other historical fighting from surviving manuals — a martial art with a reading list and no unbroken lineage.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsDemanding
Microcontroller projects
HobbyBuilding small devices around Arduino, Pico and similar boards — the cheapest way to make something physical respond to the world.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
Film photography
HobbyCraftShooting, developing and scanning film — where every frame costs money, which changes how you take them.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
Home espresso
HobbyPulling espresso at home — where the grinder matters more than the machine and almost all the advice is written by people selling machines.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
Sauna building
CraftHobbyBuilding a garden sauna — the stove decision, the regulations nobody mentions, and the bench geometry that makes it work.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Recumbent cycling
SportHobbyRiding seated and reclined, on two wheels or three — usually taken up to stay cycling rather than to go faster.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Shed building
CraftHobbyBuilding a garden workshop or store from scratch — the permitted development limits, the base, and the damp.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Smallholding
HobbyWorking a few acres with livestock and crops — the scale between a garden and a farm, and the registrations nobody mentions.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
Horticultural showing
HobbyGrowing and staging produce and flowers for judging — where presentation counts as much as cultivation.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
Herbal preparations
CraftHobbyDrying, extracting and keeping plants as a craft — the forms, the vocabulary, the law, and the line this page will not cross.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
Treehouse building
CraftHobbyBuilding a structure carried by a living tree — where the tree, not the timber, sets every rule.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Yacht cruising
HobbySportMaking passages and living aboard a cruising yacht — where the planning, the maintenance and the weather decide far more than the sailing does.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
Thru-hiking
SportHobbyWalking a long trail end to end in one continuous push — a logistics and attrition problem far more than a walking one.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
Comics making
CraftHobbyTelling a story in panels — the sequence, the page, the lettering, and the finishing habit that turns drawings into a comic.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
Composting
HobbyTurning garden and kitchen waste into soil — the methods, what a heap is telling you, and why almost every problem is one of three things.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
Goat keeping
HobbyKeeping goats at home — the registration nobody expects, what goats actually need, and the honest commitment before any of the pleasure.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
Narrowboat restoration
HobbyCraftBringing a canal boat back — the survey that decides everything, the steel, the systems, and the safety regime that says whether the work passed.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
FPV drone flying
HobbySportFlying a small aircraft from its own camera view — the law that makes it a two-person activity, the simulator that teaches it, and the kit you almost certainly build yourself.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsSedentary
Harp
HobbyLearning the harp as an adult — which harp, why the answer is almost never the one in the orchestra, and what it actually costs to find out.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
Hydroponics
HobbyGrowing plants in nutrient solution rather than soil — which system suits which plant, what it genuinely costs, and the gap between the windowsill version and the tent version.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
Scale modelling
HobbyCraftBuilding plastic kits properly — why assembly is the easy part, what the airbrush question really is, and how a model stops looking like a toy.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
Songwriting
HobbyCraftWriting original songs — and the finishing problem that stops most people, which almost nothing written for beginners is about.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
Sourdough
CraftHobbyBread raised by a culture you keep alive — a timing and observation problem rather than a recipe one, which is why recipes keep failing you.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
Horse riding
SportHobbyLearning to ride — the routes in, what it honestly costs, and the horsemanship that comes with it, from a page that stops short of the horse’s care.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Live action roleplay
HobbyPlaying a character physically, in costume, at an event — and the thing nobody outside it writes down, which is what actually happens on the day.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
848 activities in the catalogue, 58 written up so far.
78rpm record collecting
HobbyCollecting shellac discs and the equipment to play them, a separate world from vinyl in every respect.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Abstract strategy games
HobbyPerfect-information games with no theme — hex, hive, twixt and their relatives.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Accordion
HobbyA portable free-reed instrument central to folk traditions across Europe and beyond.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Acroyoga
HobbySportPartner acrobatics with a base, a flyer and a spotter, practised in jams rather than performed.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Acrylic painting
HobbyCraftFast-drying, forgiving paint that works on almost any surface.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Adult ballet
HobbySportClassical ballet technique taught to adults, beginners included.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Adventure caching
HobbyLocation-based puzzle trails completed on foot, a newer branch of geocaching.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Advertising tin collecting
HobbyCollecting printed tins, which are commercial art history in three dimensions.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Air hockey
HobbySportA fast table sport with a competitive circuit almost nobody outside it knows about.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Air quality monitoring
HobbyRunning a low-cost particulate sensor and contributing to open networks of local air data.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Aircraft spotting
HobbyRecording aircraft by registration and type, with a fieldcraft and a literature of its own.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Allotment gardening
HobbyGrowing on a rented plot, with waiting lists, site rules and a social world of its own.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Alpaca keeping
HobbyKeeping alpacas for fleece, walking or grazing, which suits small acreages.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Alpine gardening
HobbyGrowing mountain plants in troughs, raised beds and frames, where drainage decides everything.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur aircraft building
HobbyCraftBuilding a light aircraft from plans or a kit under a national association’s inspection scheme.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur cartography
HobbyCraftMaking maps — surveyed, drawn or digital — of real or imagined places.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur conducting
HobbyDirecting a choir or orchestra, which is score study and people management.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur cryptography
HobbyLearning ciphers and codebreaking as a puzzle and historical discipline.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur dramatics
HobbyActing, staging and producing plays with a local company.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur geology
HobbyReading landscape and rock, and understanding how a place was made.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur microscopy
HobbyExamining pond life, sections and minerals, with a society tradition going back centuries.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur orchestra
HobbyPlaying in a non-professional symphony or string orchestra, which is where most adult instrumentalists actually play.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur radio
HobbyLicensed two-way radio — contacts, contests, antennas and propagation.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur satellite operating
HobbyWorking orbiting amateur radio satellites with a handheld and a directional aerial.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur seismology
HobbyRunning a home seismometer and identifying distant earthquakes from the traces it records.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ancient Greek
HobbyLearning classical Greek to read the literature in the original.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Animal tracking
HobbyReading tracks, scat and field signs to work out what passed and when.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ant keeping
HobbyKeeping ant colonies in formicaria and watching a superorganism develop over years.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Antenna building
HobbyCraftDesigning and building aerials from wire and tube, the cheapest way to improve any radio station.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Antique bottle collecting
HobbyCollecting glass and stoneware bottles by maker, closure and colour, often dug rather than bought.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Antique clock collecting
HobbyCollecting longcase, bracket and carriage clocks, where movement, case and dial each date separately.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Antique sampler collecting
HobbyCollecting worked needlework samplers, most of them signed and dated by the girl who stitched them.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Antique silver collecting
HobbyCollecting hallmarked silver, where the marks give maker, town and year with unusual precision.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Antique tool collecting
HobbyCollecting pre-industrial and early machine-age hand tools, usually to use rather than display.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Aquaponics
HobbyRunning a fish tank and a growing bed as one nitrogen cycle.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Aquascaping
HobbyCraftDesigning planted underwater landscapes in an aquarium, competitively.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Arcade cabinet restoration
HobbyCraftRestoring arcade machines, part cabinetry part vintage electronics.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Archive transcription
HobbyTranscribing handwritten records for archives and research projects, from home, at your own pace.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Archive volunteering
HobbyCataloguing, repackaging and indexing records in a local record office.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Argentine tango
HobbyImprovised partner dance with a milonga culture and an unusually steep first year.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Art glass collecting
HobbyCollecting decorative glass by factory and designer — Whitefriars, Murano, Scandinavian mid-century.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Artists’ books
CraftHobbyMaking books as artworks — structure, sequence and material rather than text on pages.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Astronomy outreach
HobbyShowing the sky to the public at star parties, which is a distinct skill from observing.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Audio drama production
HobbyCraftWriting, recording and editing dramatic audio, where sound design carries what a picture would.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Autograph collecting
HobbyCollecting signatures and signed material, where authentication is most of the skill.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Autoharp
HobbyA chorded zither where bars damp everything but the wanted notes, playable within an hour.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bachata
HobbyA Dominican partner dance built on a four-step with a hip lift, and the usual second dance after salsa.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Backgammon
HobbyA race game of dice and doubling, where equity matters more than luck.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Badger watching
HobbyWatching setts at dusk from downwind, with legal protection that shapes how close anyone may get.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bagpipes
HobbyHighland and small pipes, learned on a practice chanter for a year before the bag.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Baking
HobbyCraftCakes, biscuits and pastry, where accuracy matters more than improvisation.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ballroom dancing
HobbySportPartner dancing through a graded syllabus of standard and Latin styles.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Banjo
HobbyFive-string clawhammer or bluegrass playing, with a strong session culture.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Banknote collecting
HobbyCollecting paper money for its design, printing, history and security features.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bantam keeping
HobbyKeeping the small breeds, which suit gardens too small for large fowl.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bar billiards
HobbyA timed pub table game with holes and skittles, played in leagues across southern England.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Barbecue & smoking
HobbyCraftCooking with live fire and smoke over hours, controlling temperature by hand.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Barbershop singing
HobbyUnaccompanied four-part close harmony, sung in choruses and quartets with a strong contest circuit.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bass guitar
HobbyThe instrument bands are always short of, and the fastest way into one.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bassoon
HobbyThe bass double reed, with awkward fingering, its own reed craft and a permanent shortage of players.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bat detecting
HobbyFinding bats by their echolocation calls with a handheld detector.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bat roost monitoring
HobbyChecking and recording bat boxes and roosts under licence, with a training route through local groups.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Beach cleaning
HobbyOrganised and solo litter picking on the coast, with recording that feeds research.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Beachcombing
HobbyWalking the tideline for sea glass, shells, driftwood and whatever else lands.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Beatboxing
HobbyPercussion made entirely with the mouth, needing no equipment and no space at all.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Beekeeping
HobbyKeeping honeybee colonies through the year, and the honey that follows.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Befriending volunteering
HobbyRegular visiting or telephone companionship arranged through a charity, matched and supervised.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Belly dance
HobbyMiddle Eastern solo dance built on isolations of hip, ribcage and shoulder rather than travel.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bharatanatyam
HobbyA South Indian classical dance of fixed positions, rhythmic footwork and codified hand gesture.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bicycle restoration
HobbyCraftBringing vintage and classic bicycles back to riding condition, and deciding how much patina to keep.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bicycle wheel building
CraftHobbyLacing and tensioning wheels by hand, which is the one bicycle skill that stays hard.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Big band
HobbySectional jazz ensemble playing from charts, with written parts and improvised solos over them.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bioactive vivarium keeping
HobbyBuilding self-cleaning enclosures with live plants and a clean-up crew of invertebrates.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
BioBlitz recording
HobbyIntensive recording of every species found in one place in one day.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Birdsong recording
HobbyField recording of bird and wildlife sound, halfway between birdwatching and audio work.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bitters and infusions
CraftHobbyMacerating botanicals in spirit to make cocktail bitters and aperitifs, a slow patient hobby.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Board game collecting
HobbyCollecting published games as objects — editions, printings and out-of-print runs rather than plays.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Board game design
HobbyCraftDesigning, prototyping and testing your own tabletop games.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bodhrán
HobbyThe Irish frame drum, played with a tipper and central to session music.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bokashi composting
HobbyFermenting food waste in a sealed bucket with inoculated bran before burying it.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Book clubs
HobbyReading the same book as other people and then arguing about it.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Book collecting
HobbyCollecting books as objects — first editions, bindings, printings and provenance.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bookplate collecting
HobbyCollecting ex libris bookplates as small printed artworks with a traceable ownership history.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Botanical illustration
HobbyCraftDrawing plants accurately enough to identify them, in a tradition centuries old.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Botanical watercolour
CraftHobbyPainting plants to a botanical standard, where accuracy of structure matters as much as beauty.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bothying
HobbyWalking to and staying in unlocked mountain shelters, maintained by volunteers and run on an etiquette.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bottle digging
HobbyExcavating Victorian household tips for glass and stoneware bottles, with landowner permission.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Brass banding
HobbyThe British brass band tradition: graded contests, weekly rehearsals and lent instruments.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bread baking
HobbyCraftBaking real bread, including sourdough — a craft of time and temperature.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Breakdancing
SportHobbyToprock, footwork, power moves and freezes, battled one against one and now an Olympic sport.
Under £25 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Breathwork
HobbyStructured breathing practices taught in classes and used alongside cold exposure.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Breeding bird surveying
HobbyWalking a fixed transect and recording every bird, feeding a long-running national dataset.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Breweriana collecting
HobbyCollecting brewery advertising, pump clips, bottles and beer mats, often around one defunct brewery.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
British Sign Language
HobbyLearning BSL, a full language with its own grammar rather than signed English.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bryology
HobbyIdentifying mosses and liverworts, best done in winter when everything else has stopped.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bullet journalling
HobbyA structured notebook system for tasks, logs and plans, kept by hand.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Burlesque
HobbyTheatrical variety performance built around character, costume and comic timing.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bus and coach enthusiasm
HobbyRecording, photographing and preserving buses, with a substantial preservation movement behind it.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bus and coach restoration
HobbyRestoring and running preserved buses, usually through a group rather than alone.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bushcraft
HobbyLiving skills for the outdoors — fire, shelter, water, cordage, tools.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Busking
HobbyPlaying in public for passers-by, which teaches repertoire, projection and nerve faster than anything else.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Butterfly watching
HobbyFinding, identifying and recording butterflies through a short, intense season.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Button collecting
HobbyCollecting buttons for material, manufacture and design history.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
CAD modelling
HobbyDesigning parts in three dimensions for printing, machining or simply for the pleasure of it.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cage bird showing
HobbyBreeding and exhibiting budgerigars, canaries and finches to breed standards.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cajón
HobbyA box drum sat on and played with the hands, the standard percussion for acoustic and flamenco settings.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Calligraphy
HobbyCraftWriting letterforms beautifully and deliberately with a broad or pointed nib.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Camera repair
CraftHobbyServicing mechanical cameras — shutters, light seals, rangefinders — and the tools that make it possible.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Camping
HobbySleeping outdoors under canvas at a site, with or without a car.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Canary breeding
HobbyBreeding canaries for type, colour or song, each a separate tradition.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Canasta
HobbyA rummy-family card game for partnerships, with melds, wild cards and a long social club tradition.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Canoe camping
HobbySportMulti-day journeys by open canoe, carrying camp in the boat rather than on your back.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Canoe sailing
SportHobbySailing an open canoe under rig, a distinct tradition from both canoeing and dinghy sailing.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Capture the flag security puzzles
HobbySolving deliberately vulnerable systems as timed puzzles, on platforms built for the purpose.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Car audio installation
HobbyCraftDesigning and fitting vehicle sound systems, where the cabin is the hardest part of the problem.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Caravan restoration
HobbyRestoring vintage touring caravans, where damp and body panels are the whole battle.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cargo cycling
HobbyUsing a cargo bike for loads, children and shopping, as a hobby and a car replacement.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Carnivorous plant growing
HobbyGrowing sundews, pitchers and flytraps, which need rainwater, poor soil and a winter rest.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Carp fishing
HobbySportSpecialist long-session fishing for large carp, with its own tackle culture.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Carriage driving
SportHobbyDriving harnessed horses to a vehicle, competitively or for pleasure, with its own licensing culture.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Carrom
HobbySportA flicking board game of South Asian origin, played on a powdered board with pockets at the corners.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cartooning & comics
HobbyCraftTelling stories in drawn panels, from single-gag cartoons to full graphic novels.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cassette collecting
HobbyCollecting tapes and the machines that play them, revived by a small but real scene.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cat showing
HobbyBreeding and exhibiting pedigree cats to standard at judged shows.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cave photography
HobbyPhotographing underground, where every light source must be carried and placed.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cave surveying
HobbyMeasuring and drawing cave passage to a grade standard, which is how new systems get recorded at all.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Caving
SportHobbyExploring cave systems underground, often wet, tight and dark.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cavy showing
HobbyBreeding and exhibiting guinea pigs to standard — a distinct fancy from rabbits.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ceilidh dancing
HobbyCalled social dancing needing no partner and no prior knowledge. Turn up and be told.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Celestial navigation
HobbyFixing position by sextant sight and almanac, still taught as the backup when electronics fail.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cello
HobbyThe bass voice of the string family, with a large amateur orchestra and chamber tradition.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Chamber music
HobbySmall-ensemble playing with one player to a part, rehearsed without a conductor.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Change ringing
HobbyRinging tower bells in mathematical sequences, as a team, from memory.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Charity shop volunteering
HobbySorting, pricing and selling donated stock, which teaches more about objects than any course.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cheese making
CraftHobbyMaking cheese at home, from a same-day soft cheese to an aged hard one.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Chess
HobbyThe classical two-player strategy game, playable in a park or a tournament.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Chess problems
HobbyComposing and solving constructed positions, a discipline distinct from playing games.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Chess variants
HobbyPlaying the family of games around chess — Chess960, bughouse, three-check and others.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Chicken keeping
HobbyKeeping hens in a garden for eggs, and everything that comes with them.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Chilli growing
HobbyGrowing chilli varieties from seed under cover, with a strong collector and swap culture.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Chiptune
HobbyCraftComposing music with the sound chips of vintage computers and consoles.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Choral singing
HobbySinging in a choir, in parts, to a conductor.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Chrysanthemum growing and showing
HobbyGrowing chrysanthemums for exhibition, with disbudding and timing as the core skills.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Church crawling
HobbyVisiting and recording parish churches for their architecture, fittings and monuments.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Church recording
HobbySystematically recording church fittings, monuments and glass for national archives.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cider making
HobbyCraftPressing and fermenting apples, usually with far more fruit than expected.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cigarette card collecting
HobbyCollecting the illustrated card sets issued with tobacco from the 1880s to the 1940s.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Circus skills
HobbySportAerial hoop, silks, trapeze, acro and hand balancing, taught in classes.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Citizen river monitoring
HobbyTesting and recording water quality on a local river to a shared protocol.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Citizen science
HobbyContributing structured observations to real research projects.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Clarinet
HobbyA woodwind with a wide amateur repertoire from classical to klezmer, and a reed to manage.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Classic car restoration
HobbyBringing an old car back to running, usable or concours condition.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Classical guitar
HobbyNylon-string guitar played with the fingers from notation, a distinct tradition with its own repertoire.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Classical singing
HobbyTrained solo voice — lieder, oratorio and opera — built on breath support and resonance over years.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Clay pipe collecting
HobbyCollecting the fragments of clay tobacco pipes, datable to within a few decades.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Clock repair
HobbyCraftDismantling, cleaning and regulating mechanical clocks and watches.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Clog dancing
HobbyPercussive step dance in wooden-soled shoes, with distinct northern English traditions.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Close-up magic
HobbySleight of hand performed at arm’s length, where the method must survive scrutiny.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Clowning
HobbyPhysical comedy performance as a trained discipline, taught through play and status work.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Coarse fishing
HobbySportFishing for non-game freshwater species on lakes, canals and rivers.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Coast path walking
HobbySportWalking long coastal routes in stages, with tide, cliff and weather planning that inland routes lack.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Coastal navigation
HobbyChartwork, tidal heights and streams, and pilotage in sight of land — a certificated skill in its own right.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cocktail making
HobbyCraftMixing drinks properly — balance, dilution, ice and technique.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Coffee roasting
CraftHobbyRoasting green beans at home, where a thirty-second difference changes the cup completely.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Coin collecting
HobbyCollecting coins by period, mint, metal or error, and learning to grade them.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Coin research
HobbyStudying coinage as economic and political evidence rather than as a collection.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Collage
HobbyCraftBuilding images from cut and torn paper, photographs and found material.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Combat robotics
HobbySportDesigning and fighting radio-controlled machines to weight classes, from ant weight upwards.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Comic book collecting
HobbyCollecting comics by run, key issue, variant or grade.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Commonplace books
HobbyKeeping a book of gathered quotations, notes and observations over years.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Community archaeology
HobbyExcavating and recording with a local group under professional supervision.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Community choir
HobbyNon-auditioned group singing, which is the lowest-barrier social hobby that exists.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Community first responding
HobbyVolunteering to attend ambulance calls near home in the minutes before a crew arrives.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Community gardening
HobbyGrowing on shared land with other people, where the organising is half the activity.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Community orchards
HobbyPlanting, pruning and harvesting a shared orchard, usually with a wassail and a cider press attached.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Community radio
HobbyProducing and presenting on a licensed local station, run almost entirely by volunteers.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Competitive jigsaw
HobbySpeed jigsaw assembly, now with national and world championships.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Competitive ploughing
HobbyPloughing a measured plot for straightness and finish, with horse, vintage and modern classes.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Competitive programming
HobbySolving algorithmic problems against a clock, individually or in teams, on judged platforms.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Competitive sheep shearing
SportHobbyShearing against the clock and on quality, judged in graded competition classes.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Competitive vegetable showing
HobbyGrowing produce to exhibition standard for village and national shows, judged on form as much as size.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Concert band
HobbyWind band playing — the woodwind and brass equivalent of the amateur orchestra, and usually more welcoming.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Concertina
HobbyA small free-reed instrument central to English and Irish traditional music, in several incompatible systems.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Conservation volunteering
HobbyPractical habitat work with a local group — scrub clearance, coppicing, surveys.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Constructed languages
HobbyInventing languages with consistent grammar and phonology, for worlds or for their own sake.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Contact juggling
HobbyRolling and manipulating a ball across the hands and body without throwing it.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Container gardening
HobbyGrowing in pots on a balcony, yard or doorstep, with no ground at all.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Contemporary a cappella
HobbyArranged unaccompanied group singing of popular repertoire, with vocal percussion and close harmony.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Contemporary dance
HobbyModern technique and improvisation, taught in open classes.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Contra dance
HobbyLong-set American folk dancing, called as you go, so no experience is needed to join a line.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Contract bridge
HobbyPartnership trick-taking with bidding as a language of its own.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Coppicing
CraftHobbyCutting broadleaf trees to the base on a rotation and using the regrowth.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Coracle building
CraftHobbyBuilding and paddling the traditional hide-or-canvas river boat, usually on a weekend course.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Corkscrew collecting
HobbyCollecting patent corkscrews, a field of several thousand recorded mechanisms and its own societies.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cornhole
HobbySportPitching bean bags at a raised board with a hole, a American lawn game with a serious league scene.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cornish
HobbyLearning Cornish, a revived Brittonic language with a small, organised and welcoming learner base.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Correspondence chess
HobbyChess played over days per move, where preparation matters more than clock nerve.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cosplay
CraftHobbyBuilding and wearing costumes of characters, combining sewing, foam and prop work.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Costume jewellery collecting
HobbyCollecting non-precious jewellery by maker and period, where signatures and construction date a piece.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Country wine making
CraftHobbyMaking wine from hedgerow fruit, flowers and vegetables rather than from grapes.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
County topping
SportHobbyReaching the highest point of every county, which takes you to hills nobody else visits.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Creative writing
HobbyCraftWriting fiction and narrative non-fiction, and learning to revise it.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cribbage
HobbyA counting card game played on a pegged board, fast once the counting sticks.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Crokinole
HobbyA dexterity board game of flicked discs on a circular board, with a competitive circuit.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Crosswords
HobbySolving word grids, from quick puzzles to full cryptics.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cryptic crosswords
HobbyCrosswords where every clue is a small piece of coded wordplay.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Crystal growing
HobbyGrowing crystals from solution, which is chemistry that produces something to keep.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Custom motorcycle building
HobbyCraftRebuilding a motorcycle to a chosen style — cafe racer, scrambler, bobber — rather than to original spec.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Cyr wheel
HobbySportA single large ring the performer rides and spins inside, learned at circus schools.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Dahlia growing and showing
HobbyGrowing dahlias to exhibition standard, with classification by form and size.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Dartmoor letterboxing
HobbyThe original letterboxing tradition on Dartmoor, with hand-cut stamps and a long-standing code.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Dawn chorus recording
HobbyRecording and identifying birdsong at first light, for pleasure and for data.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Debating
HobbyArguing a case to a format and a clock, judged on the argument.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Deck-building games
HobbyBoard games where constructing your engine during play is the game.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Demoscene
HobbyWriting audiovisual programs under severe size limits, judged at parties — a computer art form.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Diabolo
HobbyA Chinese yo-yo spun and thrown on a string between two handsticks, with a deep trick tree.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Dialect recording
HobbyRecording and transcribing regional speech, vocabulary and pronunciation before the speakers are gone.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Die-cast model collecting
HobbyCollecting die-cast vehicles by maker, scale and variation.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Digital art
HobbyCraftDrawing and painting on a tablet or computer with pressure-sensitive tools.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Digital mapping
HobbyContributing to open map data by surveying and editing the places you already know.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Digital preservation
HobbyRescuing data from obsolete media and formats, and keeping it readable — floppies, tapes, dead formats.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Diorama building
CraftHobbyBuilding a scene around a model — groundwork, structures, figures and light.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Djembe and hand drumming
HobbyWest African hand drums played in circles and community groups, learned by ear and by imitation.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
DJing
HobbySelecting and mixing records or files for a room, on decks or controller.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Dog showing
HobbyExhibiting dogs against a breed standard, with its own handling craft and circuit.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Doll collecting
HobbyCollecting dolls by maker, material and period, from bisque heads to twentieth-century fashion dolls.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Dollhouse miniatures
CraftHobbyMaking tiny furniture, food and fittings at 1:12 and smaller.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Domino toppling
HobbyBuilding and filming large chain-reaction constructions, a patience and engineering hobby with a big online scene.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Dominoes
HobbyTile games from simple blocking to fives-and-threes scoring.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Double bass
HobbyThe largest orchestral string instrument, in demand in orchestras, jazz groups and folk bands alike.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Drag performance
HobbyCraftPerforming in drag, combining costume, makeup, lip sync and stagecraft.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Dragonfly recording
HobbyIdentifying and submitting records of dragonflies and damselflies, an approachable insect group to start on.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Draughts
HobbyA short-rules capture game with far more depth than its reputation.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Drawing
HobbyCraftMaking images with pencil, charcoal or ink — the root skill under most visual art.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Drone photography
HobbyAerial stills and video, with a registration and flight-restriction regime attached.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Drums
HobbyPlaying a kit — the instrument with the loudest practice problem.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Early music performance
HobbyPlaying pre-classical repertoire on period instruments and at period pitch.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Electric vehicle conversion
HobbyCraftReplacing a combustion drivetrain with motor and battery, and the paperwork that legalises the result.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Electronics
HobbyCraftDesigning, building and repairing circuits, from a first LED to real instruments.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Electronics repair
HobbyCraftFixing consumer electronics rather than replacing them, starting with a soldering iron.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Enamel sign collecting
HobbyCollecting vitreous enamel advertising signs, heavy and increasingly valuable.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
English country dance
HobbyFigured set dancing from Playford onwards, walked to live music and called from the front.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Entomology
HobbyStudying, recording and sometimes collecting insects, under strict ethical limits.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ephemera collecting
HobbyCollecting printed matter never meant to survive — tickets, handbills, packaging, timetables.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Erhu
HobbyA two-string Chinese fiddle with no fingerboard, bowed between the strings.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Escape room design
HobbyCraftDesigning puzzle rooms and hunts, a hobby that has grown its own amateur scene.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Escape rooms
HobbySolving a themed room of puzzles against a clock, in a small team.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Escapology
HobbyPerformed escapes from restraints and containers, built on rehearsed method and hard safety limits.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Esperanto
HobbyLearning a constructed international language with a real speaker community.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Esports
HobbySportCompetitive video gaming in teams and leagues, trained for like a sport.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Etymology
HobbyTracing word histories and sound changes, using dictionaries and corpora as primary tools.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Eurogames
HobbyStrategy board games built around resource management and low luck rather than direct conflict.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Exhibition onion and leek growing
HobbyGrowing onions and leeks to competition size and form, strongest in the north of England.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Experimental archaeology
HobbyCraftTesting how things were actually made by making them with period methods.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Falconry
HobbyKeeping and hunting with birds of prey, under substantial legal and welfare duties.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Family photo archiving
HobbyScanning, dating and cataloguing inherited photographs so they survive and stay identifiable.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fan fiction writing
HobbyCraftWriting fiction in somebody else’s world, with an enormous online culture.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fancy pigeon keeping
HobbyKeeping and showing ornamental pigeon breeds, distinct from racing them.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fancy rat keeping
HobbyKeeping and sometimes exhibiting fancy rats, which are kept for temperament as much as looks.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fermentation
HobbyCraftKimchi, sauerkraut, kefir and kombucha — preserving with live cultures.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ferret keeping
HobbyKeeping working or pet ferrets, with their own housing and handling requirements.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Field recording
HobbyCraftRecording places and soundscapes, which teaches you to hear where you already live.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Film and TV memorabilia collecting
HobbyCollecting props, scripts and production material, a field where provenance is the entire subject.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Film poster collecting
HobbyCollecting original release posters, and learning to spot reprints.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Film scoring
HobbyWriting music to picture against timecode, where the cut rather than the phrase sets the structure.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fingerstyle guitar
HobbyPlaying bass, melody and accompaniment together on one steel-string guitar, arranged rather than strummed.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fire performance
SportHobbySpinning and manipulating burning props, taught with strict safety protocol.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
First aid volunteering
HobbyProviding event and community first aid through a voluntary aid society, trained and re-assessed annually.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Flag study
HobbyStudying and collecting flags, their design rules and their history.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Flamenco
HobbySpanish dance, guitar and song as a single tradition, learned through palos and compás.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Flight simulation
HobbyFlying realistically simulated aircraft, with real procedures and charts.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Flint knapping
CraftHobbyShaping stone tools by controlled fracture, an experimental archaeology craft with real hazards.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Flower arranging
CraftHobbyComposing cut flowers, with a competitive club circuit most people never notice.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Flute
HobbyA transverse woodwind that is portable, quiet to practise and unusually well supplied with local groups.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fly tying
CraftHobbyTying artificial flies at the vice, a craft with a deep tradition that outlasts any one fishing trip.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Foley and sound design
HobbyCraftMaking sound effects physically, for film, games and radio drama.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Folk sessions
HobbyPlaying traditional tunes by ear in a pub circle, with etiquette nobody writes down.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Foraging
HobbyFinding, identifying and using wild food — with identification as the whole skill.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Forest bathing
HobbySpending unhurried, attentive time among trees, deliberately and slowly.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fossil hunting
HobbySearching coast and quarry for fossils, and learning what you have found.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fossil preparation
HobbyCraftCleaning and stabilising fossils out of their matrix, a patient specialist craft.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fountain pen collecting
HobbyCollecting, restoring and using fountain pens, nibs and inks.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fountain pen restoration
CraftHobbyRepairing vintage pens — sac replacement, nib adjustment and filling systems — rather than collecting them.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
FPGA projects
HobbyDescribing digital hardware in code and running it on a reconfigurable chip, rather than programming a processor.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Free flight models
HobbyCraftModel aircraft with no control at all, trimmed on the ground and then simply let go.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Free-form dance
HobbyUnchoreographed movement practice in a facilitated group, with no steps to learn.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
French
HobbyLearning French, the language with the deepest supply of British classes, exchanges and material.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
French horn
HobbyThe orchestral horn, notorious for its partials and unusually rewarding in an ensemble.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fruit growing
HobbyGrowing top and soft fruit, where pruning and rootstock choice decide the outcome for years.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fruit tree grafting
CraftHobbyPropagating varieties by joining scion to rootstock, which is how heritage apples survive at all.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Gamelan
HobbyIndonesian percussion orchestra played as a group, usually on an instrument set owned by the group.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Garden pond keeping
HobbyBuilding and maintaining an outdoor pond, for wildlife or for fish.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Garden railways
HobbyCraftModel railways built outdoors at larger scales, where weather and planting become part of the layout.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Gardening
HobbyMaking and keeping a garden — the parent of a very large family of hobbies.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Genealogy
HobbyResearching your own family history from records, and proving each link.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Generative art
CraftHobbyMaking images from code and rules rather than by hand, with plotters and screens as output.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Generative music
HobbyBuilding systems that compose rather than composing directly, in patchers, code or hardware.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Genetic genealogy
HobbyUsing DNA test matches alongside documents to break through gaps in a family tree.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Geocache hiding
HobbyDesigning, placing and maintaining caches rather than only finding them.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Geoguessing
HobbyIdentifying where a street-level photograph was taken from vegetation, kerbs, bollards and sun angle.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
German
HobbyLearning German, where the case system is the early wall and the compounding is the late pleasure.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Glaze chemistry
CraftHobbyFormulating and testing your own glazes rather than buying them ready-mixed.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Globe collecting
HobbyCollecting terrestrial and celestial globes, datable by the borders and the places not yet on them.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Go
HobbyThe ancient territory game with the simplest rules and the deepest play.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Gold panning
HobbyPanning rivers for placer gold, legal only with permission and in specific places.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Gouache painting
HobbyCraftOpaque water-based paint prized for flat colour, illustration and travel sketching.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Gramophone collecting
HobbyCollecting acoustic gramophones and phonographs, played with steel needles and no electricity at all.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Grassroots coaching
SportHobbyCoaching a club or junior side, which is a taught qualification and a genuine second hobby.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Great books reading
HobbyWorking through a long sequence of canonical texts, usually with a group and a schedule.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Green lane and byway walking
HobbyWalking the unsurfaced rights of way that predate the road network, with map and access knowledge.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Green laning
HobbyDriving legal unsurfaced rights of way, where route research and access etiquette are the whole hobby.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Green roof building
HobbyCraftPlanting a shed, garage or extension roof, which is a loading and drainage problem first.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Guerrilla gardening
HobbyPlanting neglected public ground without formal permission, which is where its whole debate sits.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Guitar
HobbyPlaying acoustic or electric guitar, by ear, by tab or by notation.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Guitar pedal building
CraftHobbyBuilding effects pedals from kits and stripboard, the most common route into practical electronics.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Guzheng
HobbyA large Chinese zither played with picks, where the left hand bends pitch behind the bridges.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Haiku writing
HobbyWriting to the short Japanese forms, with a seasonal reference and a cut rather than a syllable count.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hammered dulcimer
HobbyA trapezoidal box of doubled strings struck with light beaters, laid out by fifths rather than by scale.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hammock camping
HobbySleeping suspended between trees rather than on the ground, with its own kit and site-choice problem.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hand balancing
SportHobbyHandstand training as a discipline in itself — line, wrist conditioning and slow strength.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hand lettering
HobbyCraftDrawing letters as artwork rather than writing them — signs, cards and posters.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hand spinning
CraftHobbyDrawing raw fibre into yarn on a spindle or a spinning wheel.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hand tool restoration
CraftHobbyBringing old planes, chisels and saws back into use, which is cheaper than buying new.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Handbell ringing
HobbyTuned handbells rung in teams, from tune ringing to change ringing on the table.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Handpan
HobbyA tuned steel percussion instrument played with the hands, forgiving to start and hard to master.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Harmonica
HobbyA pocket instrument that plays a whole key with almost no theory needed.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Harpsichord
HobbyA plucked keyboard with no dynamics, where articulation and timing do all the expressive work.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hay making
HobbyCutting, turning and gathering hay by hand or with vintage equipment.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hedgehog surveying
HobbyRecording hedgehog presence with footprint tunnels and night walks for a national scheme.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hedgerow surveying
HobbyDating and recording hedges, which are readable historical documents.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Heir hunting research
HobbyReconstructing family trees to trace living relatives, a research discipline.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Heraldry
HobbyThe study and design of armorial bearings, with a formal grammar and a live regulatory system.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Herb growing and use
HobbyGrowing and preparing herbs for cooking, tea and household use.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Herbarium making
HobbyCraftPressing, mounting and cataloguing plants to a scientific standard.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Heritage railway volunteering
HobbyRestoring and running preserved railways as a volunteer.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hi-fi restoration
CraftHobbyRecapping and realigning vintage amplifiers, turntables and tape machines back to specification.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hide photography
HobbyPhotographing wildlife from a permanent or portable hide, where patience beats equipment.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
High-altitude ballooning
HobbySending instruments to the stratosphere on a weather balloon and recovering them.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Highland dancing
SportHobbySolo Scottish dancing on the balls of the feet, judged on technique at Highland games and championships.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Historic building recording
HobbyMeasuring, drawing and describing buildings to an archive standard, usually through a local group.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Historical costuming
CraftHobbyReconstructing period dress from extant garments and patterns, to a chosen level of accuracy.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Historical reenactment
HobbyRecreating a period accurately — kit, craft, drill and living history.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Historical wargaming
HobbyRefighting real battles with miniatures and rules that model period tactics.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hnefatafl
HobbyThe Norse tafl family — asymmetric board games with a besieged king and unequal sides.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Home butchery
CraftHobbyBreaking down primal cuts at home, usually learned on a course, with real hygiene requirements.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Home server
HobbyRunning your own services on hardware you own, for storage, media and privacy.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Home weather stations
HobbyRunning and maintaining a personal weather station, and feeding its data to a public network.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Honey showing
HobbyPreparing and exhibiting honey, wax and mead in show classes.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hoop dance
HobbyDancing with one or more hoops on and off the body, on and off beat.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Horse brass collecting
HobbyCollecting decorative harness brasses, a rural craft tradition in miniature.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Horticultural judging
HobbyTraining and serving as a show judge, which turns a growing hobby into a formal expertise.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hot air ballooning
HobbySportFlying a balloon, which mostly means understanding the wind at every height.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hot sauce making
CraftHobbyGrowing, fermenting and blending chillies into sauces, with a large amateur trading culture.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hound trailing
HobbySportRacing hounds over a laid aniseed trail across open fell, a Cumbrian sport.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
House history research
HobbyTracing who built and lived in a particular building, using deeds, census and map evidence.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Houseplants
HobbyKeeping indoor plants alive, and then keeping a great many of them alive.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hurdy-gurdy
HobbyA cranked string instrument with a drone and a buzzing bridge, undergoing a revival.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ice fishing
HobbySportFishing through an augered hole in lake ice, usually from a shelter, and entirely dependent on ice thickness.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Improv comedy
HobbyMaking scenes up on stage with a group, to learned formats and rules.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Industrial archaeology
HobbyRecording mills, mines, canals and railways before they disappear entirely.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Industrial heritage visiting
HobbyVisiting and recording preserved mills, pumping stations and工 works, usually through volunteer sites.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Industrial site recording
HobbyDocumenting disused industrial and institutional buildings, with real legal and physical risk.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Infrared photography
HobbyCraftShooting beyond visible light with a converted camera or filter, which changes foliage and sky entirely.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Interactive fiction
HobbyWriting and playing parser and choice-based text games, with an annual competition culture.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Irish
HobbyLearning Irish, with a strong adult class network, Gaeltacht courses and its own broadcasting.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Irish bouzouki
HobbyA flat-backed long-necked accompaniment instrument invented for Irish sessions in the 1960s.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Irish dance
SportHobbyStep dancing in soft and hard shoes, with a competitive feis circuit and a strict body carriage.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Isopod keeping
HobbyKeeping and breeding woodlice for colour morphs and as vivarium clean-up crews.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Italian
HobbyLearning Italian, often taken up for music, food or a place rather than for work.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Janggi
HobbyKorean chess, played on the lines of the board with a distinctive palace and cannon.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Japanese
HobbyLearning Japanese, where the grammar is regular and the three writing systems are the long work.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Jaw harp
HobbyA framed lamellophone held against the teeth, shaped entirely by the player’s mouth cavity.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Jazz dance
HobbyThe theatre dance vocabulary behind musicals — isolations, turns and travelling combinations.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Jazz improvisation
HobbyLearning to solo over changes — a studied discipline with its own literature, not a matter of instinct.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Jigsaw puzzles
HobbyAssembling picture puzzles, from 500 pieces to competitive speed puzzling.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Juggling
HobbyThrowing and catching in patterns — balls, clubs, rings and beyond.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Jukebox restoration
CraftHobbyRestoring the selection mechanisms, amplifiers and lighting of coin-operated record players.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kalimba
HobbyA tined thumb piano, tuned to one scale, and one of the very few instruments with no wrong notes.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kendama
HobbyCatching a ball on the cups and spike of a Japanese skill toy, with a graded trick ladder.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kit car building
HobbyCraftAssembling a car from a manufactured kit and a donor vehicle, ending in a road-legal registration process.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kitchenalia collecting
HobbyCollecting domestic kitchen equipment — jelly moulds, scales, enamelware — as a history of how people cooked.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kite buggying
SportHobbyBeing pulled across sand or hard ground in a three-wheeled buggy by a power kite.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kite flying
HobbyFlying single-line, stunt or power kites — quietly, or not quietly at all.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kite making
CraftHobbyBuilding kites from spar, sail and line, where small changes in bridle transform how one flies.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kizomba
HobbyAn Angolan close-embrace partner dance, walked rather than stepped, with a strong European scene.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Koi keeping
HobbyKeeping koi in a filtered outdoor pond, judged on form and pattern at shows.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Koji fermentation
CraftHobbyCultivating the mould behind miso, soy and sake, which is temperature control more than cookery.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kombucha brewing
HobbyFermenting sweetened tea with a culture, and the gateway most people take into fermenting.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kubb
HobbyA Swedish lawn game of throwing batons at wooden blocks, with a world championship.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Landscape photography
HobbyPhotographing land and sky, which mostly means being somewhere at the right hour.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Language exchange
HobbyLearning a language by regular conversation with a speaker learning yours.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Language learning
HobbyLearning to use another language, deliberately and over years.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Lapidary
CraftHobbyCutting, grinding and polishing stone into cabochons and faceted gems on wheels and laps.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Laser cutting
CraftHobbyCutting and engraving sheet material from vector artwork, usually at a makerspace before at home.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Latin
HobbyLearning Latin to read original texts, with a large amateur reading-group culture.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Legacy board games
HobbyCampaign board games that are permanently altered as you play, over a fixed number of sessions.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
LEGO building
HobbyBuilding sets and original models, and collecting the parts to do it.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Letter writing
HobbyCorresponding by post, often with strangers, at length.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Letterboxing
HobbyFinding hidden boxes from written clues and stamping a personal logbook.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Letterlocking
CraftHobbyFolding and securing letters as they were before envelopes, a small historical craft with a research base.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Lichen recording
HobbyIdentifying and recording lichens, which are excellent air-quality indicators and everywhere.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Life drawing
CraftHobbyDrawing from a live model in timed poses, the standard training exercise in observational drawing.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Lifeboat volunteering
HobbyCrewing or shore-supporting a volunteer lifeboat station, on call and trained to a service standard.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Light aircraft flying
HobbySportLearning to fly and then flying small aeroplanes under a private licence.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Light pollution monitoring
HobbyMeasuring night sky brightness by meter or naked-eye star count and submitting it to national surveys.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Lighthouse visiting
HobbyVisiting and recording lighthouses, which is a coastal walking hobby with a list attached.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Lindy hop
HobbyThe original swing partner dance, danced to live big band tempo with an eight-count base.
Under £25 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Line dancing
HobbyChoreographed group dancing in rows, no partner required.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Literary translation
HobbyCraftTranslating poetry and prose for its own sake, which is writing more than it is language.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Litter picking
HobbyOrganised or solo clean-ups, free to start and with an unexpectedly strong community.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Live sound engineering
HobbyMixing bands and events in the room, on desks and systems learned largely by doing.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Live steam locomotives
HobbyCraftBuilding and driving coal-fired miniature locomotives, usually on a club’s ground-level track.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Live streaming
HobbyBroadcasting yourself playing, making or talking, live to an audience.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Local history
HobbyResearching one place in depth — its buildings, people and records.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Locksport
HobbyLearning lock mechanisms by picking them, as a puzzle discipline with a strict ethic.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Long-distance walking
SportHobbyWalking a named trail over days or weeks, carrying or forwarding your kit.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Luggage label collecting
HobbyCollecting hotel and shipping line labels from the age of long-distance travel.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Lunar observing
HobbyObserving and sketching the Moon, the one target light pollution cannot spoil.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Macro photography
HobbyPhotographing very small subjects at life size or greater.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Magic
HobbyLearning and performing close-up or stage conjuring.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mammal tracking
HobbyReading prints, trails and signs to work out what has passed through.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mancala
HobbyA family of seed-sowing board games played across Africa and Asia for centuries.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mandarin Chinese
HobbyLearning Mandarin, with simple grammar, four tones and several thousand characters to recognise.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mandolin
HobbyA small paired-string instrument at the centre of folk and bluegrass sessions.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mantis keeping
HobbyKeeping praying mantids, which need live food and careful humidity.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Map and compass navigation
HobbyLand navigation as a taught skill — bearings, pacing, contour interpretation and relocation.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Map collecting
HobbyCollecting antique and historical maps, which is local history with a wall to hang it on.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Marble collecting
HobbyCollecting glass and clay marbles by maker and pattern, from handmade German canes to machine-made runs.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Marbles
HobbySportCompetitive ring marbles, played in Britain to a fixed ring size and an unbroken championship.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Matchbox label collecting
HobbyCollecting matchbox and matchbook labels, a large international field with almost no barrier to entry.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mathematical origami
HobbyCraftFolding as geometry, including constructions impossible with compass and rule.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mead making
HobbyCraftFermenting honey into mead, the simplest ferment to start and the slowest to finish.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mechanical keyboards
HobbyCraftBuilding and modifying keyboards — switches, keycaps, dampening and sometimes hand-wired firmware.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Medal collecting
HobbyCollecting campaign and gallantry medals, where researching the named recipient is the point.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Meditation
HobbyA trained attention practice, sat daily, with a long tradition behind it.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Megagames
HobbyLarge multi-team games run for a day with dozens of players and a control team.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Melodeon
HobbyA diatonic button accordion, the standard instrument behind English and French traditional dance music.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Memory sport
HobbyCompetitive memorisation of cards, numbers and names using loci and encoding systems.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Men’s Sheds
HobbyA community workshop where the making and the company matter equally.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mental calculation
HobbyTraining fast arithmetic by method rather than by memory, with its own competitive circuit.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mentalism
HobbyThe branch of magic performed as apparent mind-reading, built on scripting far more than props.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Meteor observing
HobbyCounting and recording meteors, which needs no equipment and produces usable data.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Meteorite collecting
HobbyCollecting and identifying meteorites, a small field where authentication and provenance dominate.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Milestone recording
HobbyFinding, recording and conserving road milestones and mileposts, most of them unlisted and unrecorded.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Militaria collecting
HobbyCollecting military insignia, uniform, medals and equipment, with careful provenance.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Military ancestry research
HobbyTracing service records, medal rolls and unit war diaries, a distinct set of archives with its own conventions.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Military vehicle restoration
HobbyCraftRestoring and showing ex-service vehicles, with an unusual amount of documentary research attached.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mime
HobbyCorporeal mime and illusion technique, a trained physical discipline rather than a party trick.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mine exploration
SportHobbyVisiting disused mines with the appropriate club, training and permission.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Miniature book collecting
HobbyCollecting books under three inches tall, a category defined by its binding rather than its subject.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model boats
HobbyCraftBuilding static or radio-controlled boats, and sailing them on a club pond.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model car collecting
HobbyCollecting production die-cast and resin models by marque, scale or maker rather than building them.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model engineering
CraftHobbyMachining working miniature engines and locomotives from raw metal on a lathe.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model gliding
HobbyFlying unpowered model aircraft on slope lift or thermals, often on the same hills.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model rocketry
HobbyBuilding and launching solid-motor rockets, and recovering them safely.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model tramways
HobbyBuilding and operating tramway layouts, which model street running rather than rail.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model United Nations
HobbySimulated diplomatic committees debating to procedure, with adult and alumni circuits as well as student ones.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model yachting
HobbySportRadio-controlled sailing on ponds, raced competitively in classes with strict rules.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Modern board gaming
HobbyPlaying designer board games — the hobby, the collection and the group.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Modern jive
HobbyA simplified partner dance with no footwork requirement, designed to be danceable on a first night.
Under £25 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Modular synthesis
HobbyCraftBuilding sound from patched modules, where the instrument is assembled rather than bought.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mölkky
HobbySportThrowing a wooden pin to knock numbered skittles for an exact score, from Finland.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Monumental inscription recording
HobbySystematically recording gravestone inscriptions and plans before weathering removes them.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Moped and scooter restoration
CraftHobbyRestoring small two-strokes, which are cheap, simple and have an unusually helpful parts scene.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Morris dancing
HobbyEnglish traditional dance performed in sides, with live music and a season.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Morse code operating
HobbyWorking stations by hand-sent Morse, which gets through when voice cannot and is learned by sound.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Moss gardening
HobbyCultivating moss for shade planting and containers, a slow craft with a strong Japanese tradition.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Moth gardening
HobbyPlanting deliberately for moths and night-flying insects, and recording what arrives.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Moth trapping
HobbyRunning a light trap overnight and identifying and releasing what comes.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Motorcycle restoration
HobbyRebuilding old motorcycles — smaller, cheaper and more tractable than cars.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Motorcycle touring
HobbyLong-distance travel by motorcycle, where route planning and luggage become the craft.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Motorcycling
HobbyRiding motorcycles on the road, for touring, commuting or the ride itself.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mountain dulcimer
HobbyA diatonic fretted lap instrument, arguably the easiest stringed instrument in the world to start.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mountain rescue volunteering
HobbyServing on a volunteer rescue team, with years of training before a first callout and a pager after it.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mudlarking
HobbySearching tidal foreshore for historical objects, which requires a permit on the Thames.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Munro bagging
HobbySportWorking through the 282 Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet, which takes most people decades.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Museum volunteering
HobbyFront of house, collections care or interpretation in a local museum.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mushroom foraging
HobbyFinding and identifying wild fungi, where a mistake can be fatal.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mushroom growing
HobbyGrowing edible fungi at home on logs, straw or sterilised grain.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Music composition
HobbyCraftWriting music down for others to play, from song to score.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Music transcription
HobbyWorking out recorded music by ear and writing it down, which is how most players actually learn to hear.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Musical theatre
HobbyAmateur companies staging full productions, combining singing, acting and dance.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Naked-eye stargazing
HobbyLearning the sky without equipment — constellations, planets and the year’s motion.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Narrowboating
HobbyCanal cruising at walking pace, with locks, licences and a wholly separate culture.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Nature journalling
HobbyCraftDrawing and writing observations in the field, sitting between sketching and recording.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Naval wargaming
HobbyRefighting naval actions with models and rules, at fleet or squadron scale.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Nest box monitoring
HobbyRecording breeding birds under licence for national monitoring schemes.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Netsuke collecting
HobbyCollecting Japanese carved toggles, a field where attribution and later copies dominate the study.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Nine men’s morris
HobbyA medieval mill game found scratched into cathedral cloisters across Europe.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Nixie clock building
CraftHobbyBuilding clocks around cold-cathode display tubes, which need a high-voltage supply to light at all.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
No-dig gardening
HobbyGrowing vegetables on undisturbed soil under compost mulch, a method with a large following.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Oboe
HobbyA double-reed woodwind where reed-making is part of the instrument rather than an accessory.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Oil painting
HobbyCraftPainting in slow-drying oil colour, the medium most Western masterworks were made in.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Old English
HobbyLearning Anglo-Saxon to read Beowulf and the chronicles directly.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
One-name studies
HobbyResearching every occurrence of a surname worldwide rather than one line of descent.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
One-place studies
HobbyResearching every inhabitant of a single village or street over centuries, rather than one family line.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Open canoe touring
SportHobbyJourneying by open canoe on rivers and lochs, camping as you go.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
OpenStreetMap surveying
HobbySurveying and editing the open map of the world, from a phone or from a GPS trace.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Oral history
HobbyRecording and archiving people’s memories, with a methodology and an ethics of its own.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Orchestral percussion
HobbyTimpani, tuned percussion and the kit of small instruments an orchestra needs one person to own.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Orchid growing
HobbyGrowing orchids, which need different care from almost every other houseplant.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Organ playing
HobbyPlaying the pipe organ, which needs feet as well as hands and an instrument you cannot own.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Origami
HobbyCraftFolding a single sheet of paper into a form, with no cuts and no glue.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Othello
HobbyA minute to learn and a lifetime to master, on an eight-by-eight board of flipping discs.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Oud
HobbyThe fretless Arabic lute, played with a plectrum in a maqam tradition of microtonal modes.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Overtone singing
HobbyProducing two audible pitches at once by shaping the vocal tract.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Palaeography
HobbyLearning to read historical handwriting, which unlocks archives nobody has transcribed.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Paperweight collecting
HobbyCollecting glass paperweights by factory and cane, where the canes identify the maker.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Paramotoring
SportHobbyPowered paragliding with a motor on your back, launched on foot from a field.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pasta making
HobbyCraftMaking fresh pasta by hand or machine, and the shapes that go with each sauce.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pastel drawing
HobbyCraftDrawing with soft or oil pastels, blended directly with the fingers.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pastry
CraftHobbyLaminated and shortcrust doughs, where temperature discipline separates good from disappointing.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
PC building
HobbySpecifying, assembling and tuning your own computer.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
PCB design
HobbyCraftDesigning printed circuit boards and having them fabricated, now cheap enough to be a hobby.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Peak bagging
HobbySportWorking through a defined list of summits — Munros, Wainwrights, county tops.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pedal steel guitar
HobbyA pedal- and knee-operated lap instrument that retunes itself while you play, and the steepest curve in popular music.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Penny farthing riding
SportHobbyRiding and racing the ordinary bicycle, a small revival with its own clubs.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Perfume bottle collecting
HobbyCollecting scent bottles for their glass, atomisers and labels, from cut crystal to commercial flacons.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Permaculture
HobbyDesigning growing systems that work with ecology rather than against it.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Phenology recording
HobbyRecording first leaf, first flight and first song each year, feeding national datasets.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Philosophy reading groups
HobbyReading primary texts slowly with other people, which is the only way most of them work.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Photogrammetry
HobbyBuilding three-dimensional models from overlapping photographs, used for heritage and printing.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Photography
HobbyCraftMaking photographs deliberately — the parent of every specialism below it.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Piano
HobbyPlaying piano or keyboard, the instrument most other music theory is taught on.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pig keeping
HobbyRaising a few pigs, usually on a rotation of ground, at smallholding scale.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pigeon racing
HobbySportBreeding, training and racing homing pigeons over hundreds of miles.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pin badge collecting
HobbyCollecting enamel badges by theme — clubs, events, places or brands.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pinball
HobbyCompetitive play on electromechanical and solid-state machines, with leagues and rankings.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pinhole photography
CraftHobbyCameras with no lens at all, often made from a tin, with exposures measured in minutes.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pixel art
HobbyCraftDrawing at deliberately low resolution, where every pixel is a decision.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pizza oven building
CraftHobbyBuilding a wood-fired masonry oven, from the base and dome to the curing fires.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Place-name study
HobbyWorking out what place names mean and what they record about language and settlement.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Planetary imaging
HobbyVideo astronomy of planets, where thousands of frames are stacked to beat the atmosphere.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Plant identification
HobbyLearning to name wild plants using keys, features and habitat.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Plant pressing and herbaria
HobbyCraftPressing, mounting and labelling plants to a standard that keeps them useful for a century.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Planted aquariums
HobbyGrowing aquatic plants as the point of the tank, balancing light, carbon and nutrients.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Play-by-mail gaming
HobbyLong-form games conducted by post or email over months, with turns rather than sessions.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Play-by-post gaming
HobbyRoleplaying or wargaming asynchronously in writing, over months, with no scheduled session.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Plein air painting
CraftHobbyPainting outdoors from life in one session, where light and weather set the deadline.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Podcasting
HobbyCraftPlanning, recording, editing and publishing an audio show.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Poetry
HobbyCraftReading and writing poems, in form or free, and reading them aloud.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Poi spinning
HobbySwinging weighted tethers in patterns, from Māori origins into a large modern flow-arts scene.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Poker
HobbyBetting games decided by incomplete information and long-run decision quality.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pond dipping
HobbySampling freshwater invertebrates with a net and a tray. Free, and endlessly repeatable.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Portrait photography
HobbyCraftPhotographing people, where lighting and direction matter more than the camera.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Postal history collecting
HobbyCollecting covers for their routes, rates and markings rather than the stamps stuck to them.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Postcard collecting
HobbyCollecting old postcards for their images, their messages, or their places.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Poultry showing
HobbyBreeding and conditioning birds to a published standard and exhibiting them at shows.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Preserving
HobbyCraftJam, chutney, pickles and bottling — putting a glut into jars.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Programme collecting
HobbyCollecting match, theatre and concert programmes, which are often the only record an event leaves.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Programming
HobbyWriting code for its own sake — tools, puzzles, side projects.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Public speaking
HobbyPractising speaking to an audience, usually in a structured club.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Punting
HobbyPropelling a flat-bottomed boat with a pole, on a small number of English rivers.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Puppetry
HobbyCraftBuilding and performing puppets, from rod and glove to full marionettes.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Puzzle hunts
HobbyTeam events solving chained cryptic puzzles against the clock, often across a city.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Puzzle setting
HobbyCraftConstructing crosswords, logic puzzles or cryptics, which is a craft with its own conventions.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Qigong
HobbyCoordinated movement, breathing and attention, practised in short daily sets.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
QRP operating
HobbyAmateur radio at five watts or less, often on home-built sets, where the challenge is the constraint.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Quail keeping
HobbyKeeping quail for eggs in a small space, considerably easier than chickens for a suburban garden.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Quiz writing
HobbyWriting and hosting quizzes, which is question construction, difficulty balancing and performance at once.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Quizzing
HobbyCompetitive general knowledge, from the pub league to national championships.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Quoits
HobbySportThrowing rings at a pin, in several regional forms with their own leagues and dimensions.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rabbit hopping
HobbySportTraining rabbits over a course of jumps, a Scandinavian sport now run in Britain.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rabbit showing
HobbyBreeding and exhibiting rabbits to breed standards at judged shows.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Racket stringing
CraftHobbyStringing tennis, squash and badminton rackets — a paid skill most club players never learn.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Radio astronomy
HobbyDetecting hydrogen line emission and solar activity with a home-built dish and software radio.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Radio contesting
HobbyCompetitive amateur radio, making as many contacts as possible in a defined window.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Radio direction finding
SportHobbyLocating hidden transmitters on foot with a directional aerial — orienteering with radio.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Radio-controlled aircraft
HobbyFlying model planes and helicopters, usually from a club field.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Radio-controlled car racing
HobbySportBuilding, tuning and racing radio-controlled cars on and off road.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Raft building
HobbySportBuilding a floating craft from barrels, poles and lashings, then finding out whether it works.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Railway enthusiasm
HobbyRecording, photographing and following the railway network, of which number-taking is only the oldest part.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Railwayana collecting
HobbyCollecting signage, nameplates, lamps and paperwork from the railways, with a strong auction culture.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rainwater harvesting
HobbyCollecting and storing roof runoff for garden or household use.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Recorder
HobbyA serious early-music instrument with a whole consort tradition, badly served by its school reputation.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Recreational mathematics
HobbyExploring mathematics for pleasure — tilings, number curiosities, paradoxes and constructions.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Repair café volunteering
HobbyFixing other people’s broken things at a community repair session.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Reptile and amphibian surveying
HobbySurveying newts, frogs, lizards and snakes for local record centres.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Reptile keeping
HobbyKeeping reptiles and amphibians, with exacting heat, light and humidity needs.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Resin 3D printing
HobbyCraftPrinting in photopolymer resin for fine detail, with a chemical handling problem filament printing does not have.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Retro computing
HobbyRestoring, using and programming computers from the 1980s and 90s.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Retro console modding
HobbyCraftRepairing and modifying old games consoles — recapping, video output mods, region freeing.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Reuse and freecycling
HobbyRehoming usable goods through local giving networks, as an organised habit rather than a clearout.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Risograph printing
CraftHobbyPrinting in layered spot colours on a stencil duplicator, a zine and small-press staple.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rock & mineral collecting
HobbyCollecting and identifying minerals and crystals, often self-found.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rocket stove building
CraftHobbyBuilding high-efficiency combustion stoves for cooking or outdoor heating.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rockpooling
HobbyFinding and identifying the animals that live in shore pools at low tide.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rod building
CraftHobbyBuilding fishing rods from blanks — guides, wraps and finish — to a specification you choose.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rummikub and tile rummy
HobbyRummy played with numbered tiles, where rearranging the table is the whole game.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Salsa dancing
HobbySocial Latin partner dancing, learned in classes and danced at socials.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sand sculpture
CraftHobbyCarving compacted sand, from beach work to competitive festival sculpture.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sauna and cold plunge
HobbyAlternating heat and cold immersion, increasingly organised around coastal saunas.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sauna culture
HobbyRegular sauna practice with cold contrast, as a social ritual rather than a gym facility.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Saxophone
HobbyA reed instrument with an unusually quick first year and a long road after it.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scale aeromodelling
HobbyCraftBuilding and flying accurate models of real aircraft, judged on fidelity as well as flight.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scenic painting
CraftHobbyPainting flats, cloths and textures for the stage, at a scale and speed easel work never demands.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scientific instrument collecting
HobbyCollecting microscopes, barometers, surveying and drawing instruments, usually still in working order.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scottish Gaelic
HobbyLearning Gaelic, with immersion courses, singing groups and a strong island learner tradition.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scouting volunteering
HobbyRunning sections of a uniformed youth group, which is a training, safeguarding and logistics commitment.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scrabble
HobbyWord placement for score, with a competitive scene built on word lists.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scrapbooking
CraftHobbyArranging photographs and mementoes into designed, annotated albums.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Screenwriting
HobbyCraftWriting for screen, to a format with unusually strict conventions.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scuba diving
SportHobbyBreathing compressed gas underwater, under a formal training and certification system.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scything
HobbyCraftMowing grass with a hand scythe, revived for meadow management and competition.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sea glass collecting
HobbyBeachcombing for tumbled glass, with a grading culture and a strong identification literature.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Seal study
HobbyStudying wax seals and their impressions as historical documents.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Search and rescue dog handling
HobbyTraining and working a search dog to national assessment standard, which takes years with one dog.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Seaweed foraging
HobbyGathering and drying edible seaweeds from the shore, with tide and water-quality judgement.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Seaweed pressing
HobbyCraftCollecting and mounting seaweeds, a Victorian pursuit with real botanical value.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Seed collecting
HobbyCollecting and exchanging heritage seed varieties, which is conservation as much as gardening.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Seed saving
HobbySaving, drying and storing your own seed, and keeping varieties going.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Seed swapping
HobbyTrading saved seed through local swaps and libraries, which keeps rare varieties in circulation.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sewing machine repair
CraftHobbyServicing vintage machines, most of which are mechanically simple and built to last.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shakuhachi
HobbyThe Japanese end-blown bamboo flute, historically a meditation practice as much as a musical one.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shanty singing
HobbyGroup singing of work songs and maritime folk, usually unaccompanied and in a pub.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Share certificate collecting
HobbyCollecting historic share and bond certificates for their engraving and the companies behind them.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sheep keeping
HobbyKeeping a small flock, often of a rare or primitive breed, on a few acres.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sheet music collecting
HobbyCollecting printed music for its covers, its history and its performance record.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shell collecting
HobbyIdentifying and cataloguing marine shells, an old natural-history discipline.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ship spotting
HobbyLogging and photographing shipping, using coastal vantage points and vessel tracking.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shogi
HobbyJapanese chess, where captured pieces change sides and return to the board.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shore surveying
HobbyRecording intertidal species to a national scheme, which turns a beach walk into science.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shorthand
HobbyLearning a phonetic writing system for speed, which is a genuine skill acquisition with a plateau.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shortwave listening
HobbyListening for distant broadcast and utility stations, logging what you hear and collecting confirmations.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shove ha’penny
HobbyA pub board game of sliding coins into scoring beds, still played in leagues in parts of England.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Show pigeon breeding
HobbyBreeding and exhibiting fancy pigeon breeds, distinct from racing them.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shrimp keeping
HobbyKeeping freshwater shrimp, where water parameters matter far more than in a fish tank.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shuffleboard
HobbySliding weights down a long table, revived in bars and requiring almost no fitness.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sign language
HobbyLearning a signed language as a language, with its own grammar and community.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sim racing
HobbySportRacing in simulators on a wheel and pedals, competitively or for practice.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Singing
HobbyLearning to use your own voice properly, alone or in a group.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Single-board computer projects
HobbyBuilding small always-on machines — media servers, sensors, retro consoles — on a credit-card computer.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sitar
HobbyThe North Indian long-necked lute, learned inside a raga tradition rather than from notation.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Skirmish wargaming
HobbySmall-scale miniature games with a handful of figures each.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Skittles
HobbyRegional pin-bowling games played in pub alleys, with rules that change by county.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sledging
HobbyThe only winter sport most British people ever do, and the one nobody explains.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Slide guitar
HobbyPlaying with a bottleneck or tube against the strings, usually in open tunings.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Slide rule collecting
HobbyCollecting slide rules and mechanical calculators, and learning to use them, which is half the point.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Slot car racing
HobbyRacing electric cars on a grooved track, with club leagues, tuning and scratch-built chassis.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Small boat restoration
CraftHobbyRestoring clinker dinghies and small craft, which is joinery, caulking and paint over years.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Small engine repair
CraftHobbyFixing mowers, strimmers and generators — carburettors, ignition and fuel, on machines worth saving.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Small mammal surveying
HobbyLive-trapping and recording mice, voles and shrews under licence and protocol.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sneaker collecting
HobbyCollecting trainers for their design, releases and resale market.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Snorkelling
HobbySportWatching underwater life from the surface with mask, snorkel and fins.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Snowmobiling
HobbySportRiding tracked machines on trails and open snow, licensed and regulated differently in every country.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Soapbox racing
HobbySportBuilding and racing unpowered gravity carts, where scrutineering and brakes matter more than speed.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Software-defined radio
HobbyListening across the radio spectrum with a cheap USB receiver and software rather than tuned hardware.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Solar observing
HobbyWatching the Sun safely with dedicated filters or telescopes — the one daytime astronomy.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Solo board gaming
HobbyBoard games designed to be played alone against a system, a fast-growing corner of the hobby.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Solo wargaming
HobbyPlaying wargames against a system rather than an opponent.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Somatic movement
HobbySlow attention-led movement practices that retrain habitual patterns rather than build strength.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Spanish
HobbyLearning Spanish, phonetically regular at the start and spoken across two continents.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Spearfishing
SportHobbyHunting fish on breath-hold with a speargun or pole spear, under species and season rules.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Speedcubing
HobbySolving twisty puzzles as fast as possible, using learned algorithm sets.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Speedrunning
HobbyCompleting games as fast as possible, to a verified ruleset and leaderboard.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Spider recording
HobbyRecording spiders and harvestmen, a group where most identification needs a microscope and a key.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Spinning tops
HobbyThrowing and controlling string-launched tops, a competitive tradition in several countries.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Spoken word
HobbyPerforming poetry and monologue live, at open mics and slams, where delivery is half the work.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sports memorabilia
HobbyCollecting programmes, shirts and ephemera around a club or a sport.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sports officiating
SportHobbyRefereeing or umpiring at grassroots level, which is a qualification, a skill and a shortage everywhere.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Square dancing
HobbyCalled dancing in sets of four couples, with a graded international programme of calls.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stage combat
SportHobbyChoreographed fighting for theatre and film, where the whole craft is looking dangerous and being safe.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stage lighting design
CraftHobbyDesigning and rigging light for live performance, which is an electrical craft and an artistic one.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stagecraft
CraftHobbyThe backstage crafts of amateur theatre — set building, lighting, sound and stage management.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stamp collecting
HobbyCollecting and studying postage stamps, postal history and the marks they carry.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stand-up comedy
HobbyWriting and performing your own material at open mics and clubs.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stationary engine restoration
HobbyCraftRestoring and running open-crank petrol and diesel engines, and taking them to rallies to run all weekend.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Steam road vehicle restoration
HobbyRestoring and driving traction engines, steam rollers and steam wagons.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Steel pan
HobbyPlaying tuned steel drums, usually in a band, with a repertoire from calypso to classical.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sticker album collecting
HobbyCompleting printed sticker albums by swapping duplicates, an entire economy built on scarcity.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stop-motion animation
HobbyCraftAnimating physical models one frame at a time.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Storytelling
HobbyTelling traditional and original stories aloud to an audience, without a script.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Street dance
HobbySportThe social club styles — hip hop, house, popping and locking — taught in classes and danced in cyphers.
Under £25 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Street photography
HobbyPhotographing public life as it happens, unposed.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
String figures
HobbyMaking figures from a loop of string, with a recorded international repertoire.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Studio pottery collecting
HobbyCollecting twentieth-century and contemporary studio ceramics, identified largely by impressed seals.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Succulents & cacti
HobbyCollecting and propagating drought-adapted plants, indoors or under glass.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sudoku & logic puzzles
HobbySolving number-placement and logic grids by deduction alone.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sundial making
CraftHobbyDesigning and building sundials, which is applied astronomy and craft together.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sungka
HobbyThe Philippine sowing game, played on a sixteen-hole board with simultaneous opening moves.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Swing dancing
HobbyLindy hop, balboa and charleston, danced to live and recorded jazz.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sword dancing
HobbyRapper and longsword traditions, danced in teams with linked steel rather than sticks.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Synthesiser building
CraftHobbyAssembling modules and instruments from kits or from scratch, where calibration is half the work.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tabla
HobbyThe North Indian drum pair, taught through spoken syllables before hands ever touch the skins.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Table football
HobbySportCompetitive foosball, which has a governing body, a ranking system and a serious technique.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Table shuffleboard
HobbySportSliding weighted pucks down a long waxed table to score in the far zones.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tabletop roleplaying
HobbyCollaborative storytelling with dice and rules, run by one player for the rest.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tabletop wargaming
HobbyPlaying battles with miniatures on terrain, under a published rule set.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tai chi
SportHobbyA slow martial form practised for balance, health and continuity of movement.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Taiko drumming
HobbySportJapanese ensemble drumming, physically demanding and as much choreography as music.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tap dancing
HobbyRhythm made with the feet — as much a percussion instrument as a dance.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tea appreciation
HobbyLearning tea by type, origin and brewing, and tasting deliberately.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tea blending
CraftHobbyBlending leaf teas and botanicals to a repeatable recipe, which is a tasting skill first.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Teddy bear collecting
HobbyCollecting bears by maker and period, where eyes, seams and stuffing identify an age.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Telephone collecting
HobbyCollecting and reconnecting historic telephones, which mostly still work on a modern line with an adapter.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Telescope making
HobbyCraftGrinding and figuring your own mirror, which is how amateur astronomy began.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Terrarium building
HobbyCraftBuilding closed or open glass gardens that mostly look after themselves.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tesla coils
HobbyCraftBuilding resonant transformers that produce visible discharge, a display and demonstration hobby.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Therapeutic horticulture groups
HobbyStructured group gardening run for wellbeing, usually through a charity or social prescribing route.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Theremin
HobbyPlayed without being touched, and the only instrument where the hardest part is the first note.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Thimble collecting
HobbyCollecting thimbles, a compact field with real craft history behind it.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tidal pool swimming
SportHobbySwimming in sea pools and tidal lidos, sheltered from open water risk.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tiddlywinks
HobbyA genuinely tactical adult game of squidging counters into a pot, with national associations and a rulebook.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Time banking
HobbyExchanging skills by the hour within a local network, where everyone’s hour is worth the same.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Time-lapse photography
HobbyCraftBuilding motion from stills over hours or months, which is a planning and consistency problem.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Timetable collecting
HobbyCollecting transport timetables, a precise record of how places connected.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tin whistle
HobbyThe cheapest real instrument there is, and the standard route into Irish traditional music.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Top-bar beekeeping
HobbyKeeping bees in horizontal hives on natural comb, a lower-intervention alternative to framed hives.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Topiary
CraftHobbyClipping shrubs and hedges into deliberate shapes, over years.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Toy soldier collecting
HobbyCollecting lead and plastic figures by maker and set, a field with its own auction houses.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Traction engine restoration
HobbyCraftRestoring full-size steam road engines, under boiler inspection regimes and usually as a syndicate.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tractor restoration
HobbyCraftRestoring vintage agricultural machinery, with a rally circuit and a parts culture of its own.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trade token collecting
HobbyCollecting the private tokens issued by traders when small change ran out, each tied to one shop.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trading card collecting
HobbyCollecting and grading trading cards, from sports to modern card games.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trading card games
HobbyCompetitive card games with constructed decks from a collectable card pool, played at organised events.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trail riding
SportHobbyRiding off-road motorcycles on green lanes and enduro trails.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trained fruit growing
HobbyGrowing fruit trees flat against walls and wires in trained forms.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tramway enthusiasm
HobbyFollowing tramways and light rail — surviving systems, closed routes and the museums that preserve them.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tree identification
HobbyLearning to name trees in every season, including the hard half of the year without leaves.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trig point bagging
HobbySportVisiting Ordnance Survey trig pillars, a walking hobby with a well-defined list.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trigpointing
HobbyFinding and logging Ordnance Survey triangulation pillars across the country.
Free or near-free to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trombone
HobbyThe slide brass instrument, with no valves and therefore no fixed notes to hide behind.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Trumpet
HobbyPlaying the trumpet or cornet, with a strong British brass band tradition behind it.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tuba
HobbyThe bass of the brass family, in constant demand in bands and almost never chosen first.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tune ringing
HobbyPlaying melodies on handbells as a team, distinct from the mathematical sequences of change ringing.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Turkey keeping
HobbyRaising turkeys on a smallholding scale, usually seasonally.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Turntablism
HobbyUsing turntables as instruments — scratching, beat juggling and cutting — judged in battles.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Type design
CraftHobbyDrawing typefaces, which is drawing, systems thinking and an unusually long feedback loop.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Typewriter collecting
HobbyCraftCollecting and restoring mechanical typewriters, which are repairable and increasingly used.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ukulele
HobbyFour nylon strings, and the fastest route to playing songs with other people.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Underwater photography
HobbyPhotographing below the surface, where light, housing and buoyancy control matter more than the camera.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Unicycling
HobbySportRiding one wheel — for transport, trials, or the sheer difficulty of it.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Urban birding
HobbyBirdwatching in cities and industrial edgeland, which has its own species list and its own patience.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Urban sketching
HobbyDrawing places on location, on the spot, in whatever time you have.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Variable star observing
HobbyMeasuring stars that change brightness and submitting the data, which professionals use.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vegetable fermenting
CraftHobbySauerkraut, kimchi and pickles preserved by lactic fermentation rather than vinegar.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vegetable growing
HobbyGrowing food on a plot, allotment or in beds, to a yearly rhythm.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ventriloquism
HobbySpeaking without visible articulation, and the character work that makes it worth watching.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vertical gardening
HobbyGrowing up walls and structures where there is no ground to plant in.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Veteran tree recording
HobbyFinding, measuring and recording ancient trees for national inventories.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Video game collecting
HobbyCollecting games and hardware by console, region and completeness.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Video gaming
HobbyPlaying games seriously — as a hobby with its own depth and community.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Videography
HobbyCraftShooting and editing video, from documentary to short film.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vinegar making
CraftHobbyTurning wine, cider or beer to vinegar with a mother, over months in an open crock.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage calculator collecting
HobbyCollecting early electronic calculators and pocket computers, most of which still run.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage camera collecting
HobbyCollecting and often restoring film cameras, and shooting with them.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage clothing collecting
HobbyFinding, dating and caring for period garments, where textile knowledge decides what is worth buying.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage radio collecting
HobbyCraftCollecting and restoring valve radios, where the electrical restoration is the real hobby.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage sewing machine restoration
CraftHobbyRestoring hand-crank and treadle machines, which are simple, indestructible and still usable.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage toy collecting
HobbyCollecting tinplate, clockwork and mid-century toys, where original boxes carry much of the value.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vinyl record collecting
HobbyCollecting records — pressings, labels, conditions and the gear to play them.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Viola
HobbyThe alto of the string family, read in its own clef and always wanted by amateur orchestras.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Violin
HobbyBowed strings, from classical training to folk fiddle.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Voice acting
HobbyPerforming with the voice alone for audio drama, animation and games, usually recorded at home.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Volunteering
HobbyGiving regular time to an organisation — the most reliable way to meet people.
Free or near-free to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wainwright bagging
HobbySportWalking the 214 Lakeland fells of Wainwright’s guides, the most followed list in England.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
War memorial research
HobbyResearching the people behind local memorials and recording what is found.
Under £25 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wargame army painting
CraftHobbyPainting a whole army to a consistent tabletop standard, which is a different problem from a display piece.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Watch collecting
HobbyCollecting mechanical and quartz watches, and learning what is inside them.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Watch servicing
CraftHobbyStripping, cleaning and regulating mechanical watch movements, at a scale that punishes impatience.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Watercolour painting
HobbyCraftPainting with transparent water-based pigment, where the paper does half the work.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Waterfowl keeping
HobbyKeeping ducks and geese, which need water and forage rather than a run.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Weather observing
HobbyRecording weather at home with real instruments, and learning to forecast.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Welsh
HobbyLearning Welsh, which has an unusually well-supported adult learner route and a live speaking community.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wet plate collodion
CraftHobbyMaking photographs on hand-coated glass or metal, developed within minutes, using period chemistry.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Whale and dolphin watching
HobbyWatching and recording cetaceans from headland or boat, with sightings submitted to national schemes.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Whisky collecting
HobbyCollecting bottlings by distillery, cask and release rather than opening them, which is a different hobby from tasting.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Whisky tasting
HobbyTasting and collecting whisky by region, cask and distillery.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Whist
HobbyA trick-taking card game with a long club and village-hall drive tradition in Britain.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Widefield astrophotography
HobbyPhotographing the Milky Way and constellations with an ordinary camera and a tripod.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wikipedia editing
HobbyWriting and sourcing encyclopaedia articles, to a strict citation standard.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wild food preserving
HobbyCraftTurning foraged gluts into preserves, where identification and preserving safety both matter.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wild orchid recording
HobbyFinding and recording native orchids, a small and much-followed group with tightly defined sites and seasons.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wild yeast culturing
CraftHobbyKeeping and understanding live cultures — starters, kefir grains, ginger bugs — as a practice in itself.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wildflower identification
HobbyLearning to name wild plants by key rather than by picture, which is a different and durable skill.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wildlife gardening
HobbyManaging a garden for insects, birds and amphibians rather than for tidiness.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wildlife photography
HobbyPhotographing wild animals, which is mostly fieldcraft and patience.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wildlife pond building
HobbyCraftDigging and planting a pond for wildlife, the single most effective garden intervention there is.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Willow growing and preparation
CraftHobbyGrowing, cutting and grading your own willow for basketry, which changes the craft entirely.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wine cellaring
HobbyBuying and storing wine to age it, which is a stock-keeping and storage problem as much as a taste one.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wine tasting
HobbyLearning to taste and describe wine systematically, often towards a qualification.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Winemaking
HobbyCraftFermenting grapes or fruit into wine, over a year at a time.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Winter camping
HobbySportCamping in cold conditions, where the margin for equipment and judgement errors narrows sharply.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Worldbuilding
HobbyCraftInventing consistent fictional places, histories and cultures in detail.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wormery keeping
HobbyComposting kitchen waste with worms, which works indoors and in a flat.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wreck diving
SportHobbyDiving shipwrecks for their archaeology and marine life, with distinct training for going inside.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Xiangqi
HobbyChinese chess, played on the intersections with a river across the middle of the board.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Yamadori collecting
HobbyCraftCollecting stunted wild trees for bonsai, under permission and with a long recovery period.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Yo-yo
HobbyTrick play across five competitive divisions, from string tricks to offstring and freehand.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Zine making
HobbyCraftWriting, laying out and photocopying small self-published magazines.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet