List of community currencies in the United Kingdom

Main article: Local currency § List of local currencies

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

Started	Currency	Status	Comment	Organisations	Model	Website
2012	Bristol pound[1]	Defunct 2021[2]	Active for 9 years.	Bristol Pound Community CIC, Bristol Credit Union, Bristol City Council	Local currency	bristolpound.org
2009	Brixton pound[3]		In 2021, there was a plan to convert to cryptocurrency, partnering with Algorand.[4]	Transition Town Brixton, Brixton Pound	Local currency	brixtonpound.org
n/a	Cardiff pound	Not launched	Initial exploration circa 2015. Proposed launch for 2020.[5]		Local currency	cardiffpound.co.uk
2002[6]	Eko	Active as of November 2019[update]	Currency of Findhorn Ecovillage, Moray, Scotland	Ekopia, Hygeia Foundation	Community currency	www.ekopia.org.uk/investments/eko-community-currency/
2015	Exeter pound	Defunct 2018[7]	Active for 3 years.	Exeter Pound CIC	Local currency	exeterpound.org.uk
2014[8]	Kingston Pound	Active as of July 2022[update]	Digital only, no paper currency.	Transition Town Kingston	Local currency	kingstonpound.org
2008	Lewes pound[9]	Active as of June 2019[update]		Transition Town Lewes	Local currency	thelewespound.org
2018	Lake District pound[8]	Defunct 2020[10]	Active for 2 years.	Lakes Currency Project[10]	Regional currency	lakedistrictpound.com
n/a	Oxford pound	Not launched	Initial plan was not successful in 2013. In 2017, a Green Party councillor put a new proposal forward to the council.[11]		Local currency	oxfordpound.org.uk (archive)
2009	Stroud pound	Defunct 2016[12]	Active for 7 years.	Transition Town Stroud, Stroud Pound Co-op[13]	Local currency	stroudpound.org.uk (archive)
2007	Totnes pound[3]	Defunct 2019[14]	Active for 12 years.	Transition Town Totnes	Local currency	totnespound.org

See also

• Barter
• List of community currencies in Canada
• List of community currencies in the United States

References

1. Cooper, Rachel (September 19, 2012). "Bristol launches city's local currency" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
2. "Marking the End of the Bristol Pound, and the Start of Something New".
3. "No money? Then make your own". BBC News. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
4. "Brixton Pound chooses the Algorand blockchain on which to develop a tokenized version of their innovative Complimentary Local Currency, the Brixton Pound". Algorand. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08.
5. Squires, Carly (August 2, 2017). "Cardiff could have its own currency by 2020". walesonline.
6. "Findhorn Eko currency is hot off the press". 28 December 2017.
7. Finch, Hannah (July 31, 2018). "What went wrong for the Exeter Pound?". devonlive.
8. Smith, Sophie (July 27, 2017). "From the Lake District to east London: which areas have local currencies?". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
9. Jamie Doward and Naomi Loomes (2008-08-17). "Lewes, the proud town that is printing its own money". Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
10. "Lake District Pound: Currency forced out by contactless technology". BBC. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
11. "The Oxford Pound - City could soon get its very own currency". The Oxford Times. 20 October 2017.
12. Robert, Stuart (2022). Money, credit and regional development: complementary local currencies and the provision of small business credit. University of Birmingham.
13. Scott Cato, Molly (2012). "Stroud Pound: a Local Currency to Map, Measure and Strengthen The Local Economy" (PDF). International Journal of Community Currency Research. 16: Section D 106–115.
14. "Totnes pound: Currency killed by 'cashless economy'". BBC News. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.