THE 10 BEST London Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor

Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• THE BT GAY BARS IN SOHO
• LONDON GAY CISE CLUBS
• MOSW GAY BARS

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

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.

Brilliant staff (pecially Jack, the fabulo bar manager and cktail maker), fabulo cktails and a relaxed atmosphere for all whether gay, straight or somethg else.

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.

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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.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

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.

Sce homosexual acts were illegal, Polari enabled folx to talk safely mixed pany and intify as queer.

Polari was wily spoken the LGTBQ+ muny until 1967 when homosexualy was crimalized the UK. Tune to Ru Pl’s Drag Race UK or vis one of the cy’s gay barets, and you’ll hear remnants of old London’s unrground LGBTQ+ legacy. It’s London’s origal queer neighborhood, gog back to when homosexualy was illegal the UK.

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

Regal name only, The Queen Alai is a strip club turned gay pub Cambridge Heath.

It’s a straight-up dive that attracts artsy typ and gays lookg for a good al — a pt of beer is only $5 and change.

Wh var annual events, you n see for yourself why the London Gay Men’s Chos has a world-famo reputatn.

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Bookg an Airbnb is a solid ia bee you n have more of a lol experience gay London. On the sandy shor of the English Channel, Brighton is to London, as Fire Island is to New York: It’s where the gays go when the sun out.

LGBTQ+ venu blanket this area, but virtually every place around here is gay-iendly at the very least.

The spac beer garn — slathered the Pri rabow — mak this place somethg special, and the outdoor loft space is available to hire for anyone wantg to throw themselv a gay old birthday.

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As early on as the 1940s, gay men were drawn to the venue — which is now a daily rt of baret, quizz clubbg — and the annual panto. The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam. London has long been at the heart of the UK’s gay scene and there is a range of LGBTQ attractns that will tert every traveler.

In every borough and pecially s historic center, London has numero gay neighborhoods where you’ll fd a ncentratn of gay bars and a more visible LGBTQ populatn. Most of them were safe queer spac where lols uld be ee tim when was illegal to be gay London, and others were landmarks of watershed moments the fight for gay rights the UK. In 2015, Londoners were twice as likely to intify as gay or lbian pared to those livg other UK regns.

Gay travelers should fely feel fortable visg London as an LGBTQ person, but is important to be aware of the possible risks.

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Soho’s reputatn as one of London’s top gay areas dat back as far as the 17th century.

By the 1930s, was known (at the time rather famoly) for s numero unrground gay clubs. Today, Soho has a higher ncentratn of gay bars than anywhere else London, so if you’re lookg for a great night out, won’t take you long to fd here. Property velopments recent years have led to a number of East London’s LGBTQ tablishments closg down, but Shoredch and Hackney rema central to London’s gay scene.

The nightlife is ncentrated around Kgsland High Street Dalston, Hackney, where you’ll fd gay clubs, karaoke bars, and performance venu.

The Vxhall district southwt London is a popular spot for gay nightlife, wh an assortment of bars, clubs, and muny spac. London is one of the bt party holiday statns the world, and you n always fd a party s gay neighborhoods. You’ll fd a variety of gay parti London at clubs and bars throughout the cy but particularly Soho, East London, and Vxhall.

Admiral Dunn, Soho, is one of the olst gay bars London, operatg sce at least 1832. Ask any Londoner and they’ll tell you that Heaven is an in of London’s gay scene. Sce 2008, ’s been home to the G-A-Y nightclub, another inic stutn of London’s gay scene that has been nng sce 1976.

You’ll ually fd shows at many of London’s gay bars and clubs, but the are the venu wh a foc on performanc and a b more of a laid-back vibe overall.