I have been thinking of setting up a (at first online) hackerspace for the north east as i live in Teesside Coughs and there seems to be a gap from Leeds to Newcastle.
I`m in hartlepool and would be up for maybe putting together some kind of hackerspace because i believe their is plenty of people around here that are into modding and hacking but they just have no where to meet. i can setup and host a website at no cost to get us started pm me if anyone is interested.