Hi Ryan,
Membership gives you access to the Space and the tools in it, plus it IS a community, so sometimes people come just to hang out with like minded people.
The Space is open when someone with shutter access is there, the sessions are posted on a private members only calendar, but typically it is open most afternoons, every evening and all weekend, but it does depend. Once you have been a member for a bit and get to know the community you can request shutter access, with 2 other shutter members vouching for you, you will then have 24x7 access to the Space, so won’t have to worry about when it is open.
Some tools require a safety induction so note you won’t be able to use everything on day 1.
Here is a brief summary of the areas:
https://southlondonmakerspace.org/about/
Here is a list of most of the tools we have:
Best if you come to the next Open Evening and see how it works and decide it it is right for you given the long commute…
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Andy