The Clapham Grand | Gay Clubs London | Gay London Gui

Contents:

• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• GAY UNED KGDOM
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

While London’s queer nightclub scene has seen some sad, untimely partur, such as the Coleherne (briefly the Pembroke), London’s olst gay bar until s closure, and the Joer’s Arms, there are still some long-standg venu and new-ers to the scene workg hard to keep London’s queer nightlife alive. Heaven, Charg Cross Cred: Lda Brdley, via Heaven One of the bt-known, most historic gay clubs London statned up s inic Charg Cross spot.

Royal Vxhall Tavern, Vxhall The Royal Vxhall Tavern is a te slice of LGBTQ+ history London – a Gra II Listed venue that was famoly raid by police 1987 amidst over-policg of London’s gay muny. BJ’s Whe Swan, Limehoe Another longstandg London gay bar, which has been gog strong for over 30 years, is BJ’s Whe Swan East London.

THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

The Glory, Haggerston The Glory pris self beg one of East London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl. 24 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueWhat travelers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly.

Loted the heart of London, Comptons is a mt-vis gay pub that guarante an credible experience.

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John’s Hill, Clapham Junctn, London, SW11 1TT Telephone: 020 7223 6523 Webse Email Facebook Twter InstagramThe Clapham Grand is an penntly n venue which serv as a nightclub, live mic venue, theatre and event ’s super gay iendly, and hosts a wealth of LGBTQ+ shows and events, cludg regular – and hugely popular – Drag Shows, and is the London home of drag promoter Klub Grand also works wh queer party people Sk The webse for openg and event tails. Though the number of LGBT+ venu London has seen a cle the last or so, the cy's gay scene isn't ailg yet – fact, a handful of excellent new venu have opened recent years around the cy. The hight ncentratn of LGBT+ spac n still be found around Old Compton Street Soho, a former red light district that's been heavily gentrified recent years, but remas London's gay heartland.

THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

This Soho stalwart tends to attract a slightly olr crowd of gay guys and has a reputatn for beg cisy.

It’s closed on Mondays and Tudays, but hosts a r Sunday pub quiz and gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights when the small dancefloor fills up wh a largely, though not exclively, gay male crowd. Loted Clapham, a 15-20 mute tube ri om the cy centre, this tradnal gay pub-club is a perennial favoure wh LGBT+ Londoners who love an unpretent party.

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Keepg the gay flame burng out wt is this tradnal gay pub Ealg, a leafy suburb that’s about 25 mut by tube om central London. The Glory pris self beg one of east London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl. Comptons of Soho Photo:, Shutterstock Comprisg of two bars and a quieter lounge area, Soho’s Comptons pub has been a staple the cy’s gay scene sce 1986.

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

Halfway To Heaven, Trafalgar Square Loted between Charg Cross Statn and Trafalgar Square, Halfway To Heaven is a tradnal gay pub and baret show bar wh a laid-back ground floor and club-like basement area. Kgs Arms, Soho Loted on Soho’s Poland Street and open sce the 1700’s, the iendly Kgs Arms was one of the first spots Soho to serve the gay muny, billg self as a ‘gentlemen’s bar’ the 1970’s.

Officially a gay bar sce 1981, ’s now a firm favoure wh the LGBTQ+ muny – ‘bears’ particular – om London and around the world.

From tablished legends of the gay scene to on that play baret and everythg between, there’s somethg for everyone here. Follow on om a swim wh a drk at the nearby Kg William IV, one of the cy’s olst gay pubs. Gay Amerin artist Dennis Severs spent 20 years turng his home to a livg mm, wh the townhoe’s 10 rooms reprentg snapshots the life of an imagary fay between 1724 to 1914.

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Addrs: Gay’s the Word, 66 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1ABWebse:! Where to go at nightRoyal Vxhall TavernOne of London’s olst survivg gay venu, the Royal Vxhall Tavern has been an entertament statn sce the 1860s. Heaven, Charg CrossHands down the biggt and most famo gay club central London.

Highlights clu the John Waters-spired lbian theme night Female Trouble; the d-visual queer spectacular Outré Voyage, the male-centric mic nights Homodrop and Dissodoma, the by-femm/for-femm monthly Femmi-Errect, and the hedonistic Happy Endgs, which turns Superstore’s unisex loos to a pop-up rave.

THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

In Hackney Wick, near the Olympic Park, the monthly gay rave Chapter 10 is at Bloc and Pxssy Palace tak place at Mick’s you need fuel on your night out, Dalston is packed wh late-night eateri. Wh more gay bars per square e than any other area, Soho is buzzg on any night of the week.

They clu Admiral Dunn, a historic pub wh drag shows most nights of the week; Ku Bar, a cktail lounge and club popular wh gay men; the lbian bar She Soho and the big urtyard bar The Yard. Drag llective Ltle Gay Brother throws a Sunday daytime rave at Fabric.

AlamyVxhallLook south of the river for some of the bt gay clubbg London. Although there have been high-profile closur recent years, remas a clubbg hotspot – particularly popular wh gay the banks of the Tham the south-wt of the cy, Vxhall has a history of entertament. Bootylic, a monthly night at Unn, is the biggt gay urban night around, playg aobeat, garage and dancehall.

Gay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissAboutHeaven is a super-club venue, based London wh regular club nights on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday.

My iend who is a female gay poc, two straight male poc and me who is bi, were all standg there while the staff kept ignorg untill I got angry and stopped a bouncer to let blow. This is supposed to be a Gay club and a safe space, yet the only person not allowed last night was me, a gay man. To beg wh, secury was , appropriate and some s even homophobic, which is ironic for a gay club, saw people beg turned down bee they drsed too mp, actual words g out of the secury staff mouth.

Read our transparency report to learn 2023 • FriendsSecury is damagg to the will let men who grope women the club bee they are regulars but will ny entry bee you’re eher too straight or too gay actg, too foreign or too English, ually hi this by sayg you’re too dnk, my iend was nied entry and when we tried to ask why they told , who already passed the secury that we were too dnk as well.