According to a ranking compiled by gay-rights advocate Evan Goldstein (founder and CEO of medical practice Bespoke Surgical), some of the best cities for members of the LGBT community to make romantic connections include New Orleans, Austin, and Tampa. Same-sex marriage may be the law of the land, but before wedding bells chime, there's the dating scene.įor all LGBT singles out there, it's easier than ever to navigate a city's gay community. The Bell (257–259 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross). Harpoon Louis, later named Harpo’s and Banana Max (180–182 Earls Court Road, Earls Court)Ĭopacabana, later named Copa (180–182 Earls Court Road, Earls Court) Stallions, later named Substation and, from 2001, Ghetto (Falconberg Court, Soho) ġ978 The Embassy (Old Bond Street, Mayfair)ġ979 Heaven (Under the Arches, Villiers Street)īenjy's (opening TBC), closed 2000s (562 Mile End Road, Mile End) The Euston Tavern (Euston Road) (Discos held upstairs by Tricky Dicky 1970s/80s)ġ975 The Regency Club (Great Newport Street)ġ976 Bang! (Sundown Club later named LA2, 157 Charing Cross Road). The Prince Albert (Wharfedale Road, King's Cross) GLF disco from circa 1974, later Icebreakers and GAA (became Central Station in 1990s) The Showplace (Westbourne Grove, Bayswter) Princess of Prussia (15 Prescot Street, Tower Bridge)Ĭlub Louise aka Louise's (61 Poland Street, Soho) The Masquerade (Earls Court Road, Earls Court) The London Apprentice aka The LA (333 Old Street, Shoreditch) The Dog and Trumpet (Great Marlborough Street, Soho) The Waterman's Arms (1 Glenaffric Avenue, Greenwich)ġ962 The Black Cap, closed 12 April 2015 (171 Camden High Street, Camden Town)ġ962 Gigolo, closed 1970s? (328 King's Road, Chelsea)(coffee shop)ġ962 The Witches Brew, closed 1963 (Queensway)ġ966 King Edward VI, closed 2011 (25 Bromfield Street, Islington)ġ986 Madame JoJo's, closed late November 2014 (8–10 Brewer Street, Soho)Įl Sombrero including Yours or Mine, date TBC (142–144 Kensington High Street) The Robin Hood (Inverness Terrace, Bayswater) The Champion (opening TBC), until 2004 (1 Wellington Terrace, Notting Hill) The Catacombs, closed early 1980s (Finborough Road, Earls Court) The Boltons, closed early 1990s (326 Earls Court Road, Earls Court) The Castle (later Stonewalls and Two8Six), closed 2012 (286 Lewisham High Street, Lewisham) The Carousel Club (Orange Street, then Panton Street) The Spartan Club (Tachbrook Street, Pimlico) Hambone Club aka The Ham Bone (Ham Yard, Soho)ġ925 Hotel de France, now the site of Heavenġ931 The Gateways, closed 1985 (239 King's Road, Chelsea)ġ934 The Caravan, opened July 1934 (81 Endell Street, Covent Garden)ġ935 Billie's Club (Little Denmark Street)ġ935 Careless Stork (Denman Street, Piccadilly)ġ935 Shim Sham Club (37 Wardour Street, Soho)Ĭave of the Golden Calf (Heddon Street, Mayfair)ġ941 Arts and Battledress, closed late 1970s (Orange Street, then Rupert Street (as A&B), Soho)ġ941 Swiss Hotel, later Comptons (53 Old Compton Street, Soho)ġ941 The Crown and Two Chairmen (31–32 Dean Street, Soho)ġ946 City of Quebec (12 Old Quebec Street, Marble Arch)ġ952 A&B, previously Arts and Battledress in Orange Street (Rupert Street, Soho) The Hundred Guineas Club (Portland Place)ġ866 The Coleherne, gay from the 1950s?, closed 24 September 2008 (261 Earls Court Road, Earls Court)ġ889 19 Cleveland Street, as in the Cleveland Street scandalġ896 Trocadero Long Bar Shaftesbury Avenueġ912 The Cave of the Golden Calf (9 Heddon Street, Mayfair)ġ910 York Minster, later The French House (49 Dean Street, Soho) Harlequin (Nag's Head Court, Covent Garden)ġ810 The White Swan, Vere Street (Vere Street)ġ832 Admiral Duncan (54 Old Compton Street, Soho) Royal Oak Molly House (Giltspur Street, Smithfield) ġ724 Mother Clap's Molly House, closed 1726 (Holborn). Plump Nelly's Molly House (St James's Square, St James's). Julius Caesar Taylor's Molly House (Tottenham Court Road). Jenny Greensleeves' Molly House (Durham Yard, off the Strand).
The Golden Ball (Bond's Stables, off Chancery Lane).