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When people think of the UK, the first place they typically think of is London. They plan to make trips to Buckingham Palace, to take a ride on the London Eye, and take picture of themselves with Royal Guard. Those are all great things to do, but too many people forget about London's incredible hookup scene, and end up finishing their vacations without getting the most out of it. With our help, you will not suffer that same fate.

History of the London Hookup Scene

Back in the seventies, London was a hot spot for two things. It was where all of the big film studios had their offices. It was cheaper to shoot some movies in the United Kingdom than they were back home in the United States of America, and Hollywood wanted to make sure they saved every possible penny that they could. The other thing? London's dirty secret. The red light district of Soho. Soho's streets were full of sex workers and pornographic movie houses. The government decided to clean up the neighbourhood in the same way that New York cleaned up Times Square. Unlike New York though, the buildings ended up being purchased by gay business people who had been looking for an affordable spot where they might be able to open a business. Due to the reputation of the neighborhood, it meant that the spots were being sold and rented on the cheap.

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Soon enough, Soho was revitalized and was full of young business owners from the LGBT community. The money being spent in the neighborhood was often referred to as "the pink pound". Since then, LGBTQ and sex-positive businesses have become far more prevalent, and the LGBTQ hookup scene remains one of the most interesting and entertaining parts of London.

Best Time To Go Out And Days To Go Out

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Parts of London never sleep. It's very similar to New York in that way, and we encourage you to seek out hookups during the day. Even early morning if you're a morning person who hates that the majority of hookup culture happens at night. London may be the spot to help you find yourself having sex when your body has its most energy.

The nighttime is of course still the ruler of the hookup scene. In London though, the nighttime means going into the wee hours of the night, and probably not even sleeping before you go out again the next night, looking for your next taste of the London local hookup bar scene.

London Hookup Spots Directory

The best London hookup bars can be tricky to find if you don't know where to look. But ezhookups.com has created a directory of the best hookup spots. Even though we just told you that sleep has no place in London, we want to suggest in all earnestness that you should be sure to get a good night's rest whenever you can, because London will chew you up alive and spit you out if you don't. The moment someone senses that you're fading, they will turn around and find someone else who's able to stay up all night long.

London's Best Hookup Bars

If quiet spots are your preferred place of hookup, you're going to be very happy with these cool London bars that have a lot more to offer than your average local watering hole.

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Experimental Cocktail Club

Type
Cocktail bar
Space
Bar and lounge
Crowd
Young Adults
Address
13a Gerrard St, London W1D 5PS
Website
Any Notes
Located in the heart of London's Chinatown. Cash and Cards okay.
Brief Description
Make sure you pay close attention as you pull up to the address. The bar's door is almost unmarked, and is easy to miss. Buzz in to enter a minimalist but attractive bar with exposed brick walls. You'll need to reserve a table, which means find one or two of your single friends who want to go cruising for a little action. The bar does get fairly busy on weekends, but throughout the week, you're usually pretty good to just show up.
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The Yard Bar

Type
Gay Bar
Space
Cocktail Bar, lounge, with chesterfields
Crowd
Mature Gay Adults
Address
57 Rupert St, Soho, London W1D 7PL United Kingdom
Website
Any Notes
Cash and cards accepted. Large outdoor area.
Brief Description
The Yard Bar is another bar where you're probably best off if you bring some friends with you, since there isn't a lot going on in the way of entertainment to make it seem less odd for you to be there alone. Their outdoor garden courtyard bar is one of our favorite parts of the spot. The Yard Bar refers to itself as "Soho's most unique gay venue" and we guess the outdoor garden terrace IS pretty unique, we're not sure if it's unique enough to grab the top spot. It's a very nice spot for mature gay men though, who're maybe tired of the young bucks in loud dance clubs.
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The Book Club

Type
Bar
Space
Bar, lounge, dance floor, and games room
Crowd
Young Adults
Address
100-106 Leonard St, London EC2A 4RH, United Kingdom
Website
Any Notes
Cash and cards accepted. Open 7 days a week.
Brief Description
The Book Club is a fun and quirky spot to meet new people, as many of its events are generated by the bar's clientele themselves. So you could show up to the first night of a reading series that's running on a trial basis, and not only have a great time, but also chat up the organizer of the event. Connecting through do-it-yourself events like this is a great way to hookup with people in the arts scene. There's a great bar to have a drink at, and even some ping pong tables to play a game or two if you feel like the night's event is a little too stiff for your liking. The best nights are when there's a musical performer, as that brings out a more restrained, but familiar club hookup vibe.

London's Best Hookup Clubs

If ping pong and reading series are a little too mellow for your sexual needs, you can just skip those and head straight to the clubs. No problem. There's enough of both types of hookup spots in London to make everyone happy.

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Heaven

Type
Gay Bar and Nightclub
Space
Bar, lounge, dance floor, and live performance space
Crowd
Young to Mature LGBTQ Adults (with some allies)
Address
17 Villiers St, London WC2N 6NG, United Kingdom
Website
Any Notes
Cash and cards accepted. Large groups like bachelorette parties are not admitted based on previous bad experiences that the club has had.
Brief Description
If you ask people in London what the most fun and welcoming gay night club in London is, there's a very good chance they'll say that it's Heaven. It has a great atmosphere, and the staff and LGBTQ are among the friendliest we've encountered in the city. When the club isn't making everyone sweat to the tunes of local DJs, the club plays host to some incredibly cool musical acts like Ariel Pink and His Haunted Graffiti, and Anna Calvi. On nights like those, when the performer isn't necessarily a part of the LGBTQ community, there will be a larger straight contingent than there usually is.
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The Nest

Type
Nightclub
Space
Bar, lounge, basement dance floor
Crowd
Young to Mature Adults (LGBTQ friendly)
Address
36 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston, London N16 7XJ, United Kingdom
Website
Any Notes
Only open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Brief Description
One of London's hottest spots for single partiers is The Nest. It's only open on weekends, so its clientele is almost too excited when it opens its doors on Friday nights. The tunes are great, the bartenders friendly, and The Nest has one of the sexiest fan bases among London's nigh club scene. When the club has throwback or retro nights like its 90s night, everyone loses their minds, and hookups are plentiful.
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Xoyo

Type
Nightclub
Space
Bars, lounge, and two floors of dance floor
Crowd
Young Adults
Address
32-37 Cowper St, London EC2A 4AP, United Kingdom
Website
Any Notes
Cash and cards accepted. Only open Friday and Saturday, with the occasional Sunday
Brief Description
Xoyo is incredibly easy to get to on public transit, which makes it a popular choice among many Londoners. Saving money on cab fare means you can have more drinks! The club used to be open 6 days out of the week, and it's a shame that it isn't anymore but it's also fine in a way because people get so much more excited for the small taste that they get every weekend. Saturdays are perhaps the best disco dance parties in the United Kingdom. Tonnes of hot singles come out to dance the night away and hookup with someone. Hoping often that the person they hook up with lives nearby so that they don't have to deal with public transit.
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Fabric

Type
Nightclub
Space
Bar, lounge, and 3 separate rooms for different performers
Crowd
Young to Mature Adults (LGBTQ friendly)
Address
77A Charterhouse St, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 6HJ, United Kingdom
Website
Any Notes
Cash and cards accepted. Only open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Brief Description
Bringing in incredible DJs and live act each weekend, and essentially booking the club 3 times because of its 3 separate rooms, Fabric could be open all week, and still have extra acts to play. It's truly impressive, and the different audiences being in one venue at the same time means that you're likely to meet people who you wouldn't meet at the clubs you typically go to, so that's a great feature of the ambitious booking. We love that you might be exposed to both a new type of music, as well as a type of person that you might not have considered hooking up with before.
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Ministry of Sound

Type
Alternative Nightclub
Space
Bars, Dance floor, and performance space with a huge sound and lighting system
Crowd
Young Adults (large focus on students)
Address
103 Gaunt St, London SE1 6DP
Website
Any Notes
Cash and cards okay. The club isn't always open every day, so be sure to check the schedule before going.
Brief Description
Over 4 massive dance floors, Ministry of Sound is an eclectic mix of dance and alternative music, that brings out a very interesting mixed crowed. The venue has a great website that posts exceptional articles about music, and playlists to get you excited for upcoming shows. The cub is also a converted bus depot, which means there are strange rooms the likes of which you're not likely to see in your traditional clubs. Take advantage of the quirks of Ministry of sound, and find someone to explore the venue with you. Maybe your mutual curiosity will turn into a hookup.
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Ku Leicester Square

Type
Gay bar
Space
Bars, Lounge, Large Screen TVs playing pop music videos
Crowd
Young Gay Men
Address
103 Gaunt St, London SE1 6DP
Website
Any Notes
No dress code.
Brief Description
Ku's Leicester Square location is its biggest and most popular in London. The decor is very chi-chi and modern, though also strangely casual. If you don't feel like it, you don't need to wear your clothes in Ku, so expect lots of other hot guys to be doing that very thing. If you're looking for something a little more intimate and quiet, but with a similar decor, we recommend that you check out Ku Soho (conveniently listed belo)
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Ku Soho

Type
Gay cocktail bar
Space
Bar and lounge
Crowd
Young Gay Men
Address
25 Frith Street, London WC1D 5LB, United Kingdom
Website
Any Notes
N/A
Brief Description
Ku's Soho location is ideal for anyone looking to grab a quiet drink after work, or before they hit a big club later in the night. Ku has 3 other clubs and bars in London as well, all of which are top notch spots for gay hookups.
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Infernos

Type
Nightclub
Space
Bars, large dance floor, and karaoke rooms
Crowd
Young to Mature Adults
Address
146 Clapham High St, London SW4 7UH
Website
Any Notes
Only open Fridays and Saturdays, and sometimes Sundays because of bank holidays. No official dress code, but this crowd looks good! Dress accordingly if you intend to hookup .
Brief Description
Infernos has a rather diabolical sounding name, but it's drawn from the term 'Disco Inferno', so instead of devils, the club is full of disco balls. Disco and pop music are the club's bread and butter when it comes to what their DJs play, and there's a great cocktail menu at the bar. If you want to get away from the huge crowd, Infernos also offers private karaoke rooms that you and your friends can rent, and sing your favorite songs in. Infernos is one of London's most popular hookup clubs among new students, so go with that information in hand, and hopefully find yourself someone to go home with (or at least sing a couple songs and makeout with in the karaoke room).

London's Best Swingers Clubs

There are other swingers clubs in London, but we figure that if you were looking for swingers clubs, you would have searched for that. It's always good to have at least one swingers club in the mix just for variety if they're available though.

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Club Hermione

Type
Members Only Swingers Club
Space
Secret location swingers club with private rooms, a dungeon, group playrooms, and more
Crowd
Young to Mature Couples
Address
Secret address is given out to members when they RSVP for the parties
Website
Any Notes
Entry fees are 200 pounds for a couple and 75 pounds for single women. Single men are not admitted.
Brief Description
Club Hermione (or "Club H" for short) is a private swingers party held every month in a secret location. Single women should have no problem getting into the parties, but if you're a single male, you will need to either attend with a female friend as a couple, or with a legitimate female significant other. Club H is one of the most upscale swingers events in all of the United Kingdom, and as such, its dress code is very fancy. It seems like a lot more effort than it's worth considering how great the reset of London's hookup scene is, but trust us when we say that these parties are very much worth attending. The quality of members is high, and it's an experience you're unlikely to forget anytime soon.

Done with London

Once you've gone through all of EZHookup's London Hookup Spots directory, you're surely going to be on the hunt for your next fix, and we've got you covered. Here are some of our other hookup spot directories for the United Kingdom's biggest and most happening cities. Those in search of a hookup (whether you're visiting on work or vacation, or live there, and aren't as in the loop as you wish you were) need look no further than here:

-Manchester
-Bristol
-Brighton
-London
-Sheffield
-Edinburgh
-Leeds
-Birmingham
-Glasgow
-Manchester

The Best London Hookup Spots Directory - ezhookups.com

The best London hookup bars can be tricky to find if you don't know where to look. But ezhookups.com has created a directory of the best hookup spots.

The Best London Hookup Spots Directory - ezhookups.com