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145 Praed Street
London W2 1RL Only 15 minutes by the Heathrow Express direct from the Airport to Paddington Station.
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Bars
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36 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1, next to Trocadero Tel : (0207) 287 2715 Tube : Piccadilly Circus Open 5pm-3.30am Mon-Fri; 7pm-6am Sat. Admission £3-£8 Mon-Fri; £10-£12 Sat. Monday : Radical jazz and jungle Tuesday : Latin dance Thursday : Ace drum 'n' bass
THE BORDERLINE Orange Yard, Manette Street, W1 Tel : 0207 734 2095 Tube : Tottenham Court Road Open 8.30pm-3am Mon-Sat. Admission £6-£10. Underneath a Tex-Mex restaurant with rock, indie and upfront dance nights.
THE END 16A West Central Street, WC1 Tel : 0207 419 9199 Tube : Tottenham Court Road. Open 10pm-3am Wed; 10pm-4am Thur; 11pm-5am Fri; 11pm-7am Sat; 8pm-late Sun. Admission £3-£13. Owned by Mr C (from The Shamen), this is a new state-of-the-art club with one of the best sound systems in town.
EQUINOX Leicester Square, WC2 Tel : 0207 437 1446 Tube : Leicester Square Open 9pm-3am Mon-Thur; 9am-4am Fri, Sat. Admission £5-£7 Mon-Thur; £8-£10 Fri, Sat. A mainstream club capable of keeping up to 1,500 dancers happy.
THE GARDENING CLUB 4 The Piazza, WC2 Tel : 0207 497 3153/ 3154 Tube : Covent Garden Open 9pm-3am Mon; 10pm-2.30am Tue; 10.30pm-3.30am Wed; 10pm-3am Thur; 11pm-5am Fri; 10.30pm-6am Sat; 5pm-3am Sun. Admission £5 Mon-Wed; £6 Thur; £8-£13 Fri, Sat; £7 Sun. Popular Covent Garden hangout that hosts packed and pumpin' one-nighters.
HANOVER GRAND 6 Hanover St, W1 Tel : 0207 499 7977 Tube : Oxford Circus Open 10.30pm-4.30am Wed-Sat. Admission £5-£15. Two stylish floors packed every night from Wednesday (funky swing) to Saturday (the first choice for glammy party people).
HEAVEN Under The Arches, Villiers Street, WC2 Tel : 0207 930 2020 Tube : Embankment / Charing Cross (rail) Open 10pm-3am Mon; 10.30pm-3am Tue-Sat. Admission £6-£8. The capital's major gay club is also one of the best dance venues in town.
THE HIPPODROME Cranbourn Street, WC2 Tel : 0207 437 4311) Tube : Leicester Square Open 9pm-3.30am Mon-Sat. Admission £4-£6 Mon-Wed; £5-£6 Thur; £8-£12 Fri, Sat. Superb lighting and sound systems, but dated interior decoration.
ICENI 11 White Horse Street, off Curzon Street, W1 Tel : 0207 495 5333 Tube : Green Park Open 11pm-3am Fri; 10pm-3.30am Sat. Admission £7-£10. On three stylish floors with musical diversity and fun-funky interactive entertainment.
LEGENDS 29 Old Burlington Street, W1 Tel : 0207 494 2271 Tube : Green Park/ Piccadilly Circus Open 10pm-3am Wed, Thur; 10.30pm-4.30am Fri, Sat. Admission £5-£15. Sleek, steel-clad nightclub hosting pumping housey nights at weekends. Thursdays are free for women before 11pm.
THE LEISURE LOUNGE 121 Holborn, EC1 Tel : 0207 242 1345 Tube : Chancery Lane Open 10pm-3am Thur; 10pm-5am Fri; 10pm-6am Sat. Admission £5-£10. Happy house hedonism and an airport-style theme with Metalheadz on Saturday nights and a gay indie session, Popstarz, on Fridays.
LIMELIGHT 136 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 Tel : 0207 434 0572 Tube : Leicester Square Open 10pm-3am Mon-Sat. Admission £5-£8 Mon-Thur; £10 Fri; £12 Sat.
MADAME JO JO'S 8-10 Brewer Street, W1 Tel : 0207 734 2473 Tube : Piccadilly Circus Open 9pm-3am Mon-Sat; 9pm-2am Sun. Admission £5-£22.50. This late-night camp cabaret hosts easy-listening Indigo on Tuesdays and from Thursdays to Saturdays it's the haunt of six-foot drag queens.
MARS 12 Sutton Row, down the side of the Astoria, W1 Tel : 0207 439 4655 Tube : Tottenham Court Road Open 10pm-3am Mon-Thur; 11pm-5am Fri; 10pm-5am Sat. Admission £3-£10. Thursday's popular Tempo night attracts a single-minded dance crowd in pursuit of jungle rhythms.
THE OFFICE 3-5 Rathbone Place, W1 Tel : 0207 255 1098 Tube : Tottenham Court Road Open noon-3am Mon-Fri; 9pm-3am Sat. Admission £3-£6. This wine-bar-cum-club has been recently overhauled and now hosts a range of off-beat nights, including madcap board game action on Wednesdays, The Double Six Club.
STRINGFELLOW'S 16 Upper St Martin's Lane, WC2 Tel : 0207 240 5534 Tube : Covent Garden/ Leicester Square Open 8pm-3.30am Fri, Sat. Admission £10-£15. This is where the stars go, allegedly. A perfectly acceptable good-time club for anyone aged 20-70, with a restaurant upstairs and happy house nights midweek.
SW1 191 Victoria Street, SW1 Tel : 0207 630 8980 Tube : Victoria (rail) Open 10pm-6am Fri, Sat. Admission £8-£12. An bizarre Edwardian dance hall with traditional oak panelling on two floors that hosts house or breakbeat jungle.
VELVET UNDERGROUND 143 Charing Cross Road, WC2 Tel : 0207 439 4655 Tube : Tottenham Court Road Open 10pm-3am Mon-Thur; 10.30pm-4am Fri, Sat. Admission £4-£10. A well-designed club with sleek seating areas and a dancefloor playing happy house beats for a twentysomething crowd.
VENOM 13-18 Bear Street, off Leicester Square, WC2 Tel : 0207 839 4188 Tube : Leicester Square Open 4pm-3am Mon-Sat. Admission £3-£10. Only 2 years old with multiple rooms including a VIP room.
THE WAG CLUB 35 Wardour Street, W1 Tel : 0207 437 5534 Tube : Leicester Square/ Piccadilly Circus Open 10.30pm-3.30am Mon-Thur; 10.30pm-5am Fri, Sat. Admission £4-£6 Mon-Thur; £8-£10 Fri, Sat. Two floors playing a range of dance music. Saturday's Blow Up club is recommended.
CLOUD 9 67-68 Albert Embankment, SE1 Tel : 0207 735 5590 Tube : Vauxhall tube/rail. Open 10pm-6am Sat. Admission £6-£8. Two air-conditioned arches are the setting for Saturday's Strawberry Sundae, a friendly and unpretentious set of pumping house beats.
MINISTRY OF SOUND 103 Gaunt Street, SE1 Tel : 0207 378 6528 Tube : Elephant & Castle (tube/rail) Open 10.30pm-6.30am Fri; midnight-9am Sat. Admission £10 Fri; £15 Sat. Garage house classics. It's only open at the weekend, it's expensive and the security is tight, but on a good night it’s all worth it.
THE VENUE 2A Clifton Rise, SE14 Tel : 0181 692 4077 Tube : New Cross Gate (tube/rail) Open 8pm-3am Fri-Sat. Admission £3-£6. One of South-east London's most popular club so arrive early for the bands and alternative/indie rock sessions. |
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