The 45 best nightclubs in London in 2026

South Bermondsey

Tucked away in an unassuming business park, MOT is an intimate, warehouse-style venue in a former MOT centre. With limited signage and a stripped-back interior, it has a soul-shaking sound system, late licensing and exciting bookings supporting up-and-coming electronic music promoters as well as plenty of hot underground DJs taking to the decks (the likes of Jamie XX, A.G. Cook, Hudson Mohawke and VTSS have played in the past).

Weekend closing time: 6am. 

Closest station: Surrey Quays overground.

Brixton

Found under some Victorian railway arches in Brixton, Club Cheek is one of London’s best DIY clubs to open in the past year. Hosting independent and undeground nights spanning house, electro, ambient, techno and everything in between, this 300-capacity club is where you’ll find some of south London’s coolest dancers. The main room is kitted out with a custom-built four-way soundsystem, lasers, a disco ball and there’s a mezzanine where you can chill out and watch the punters below. At the bar they serve a banging ‘materita’, a cocktail made of mate tea and tequila with a spicy tajín rim. Sounds weird, but it works.

Weekend closing time: Varies. 3am-6am

Closest station: Brixton underground  

Canning Town

If you thought east London was past its clubbing prime, think again. Although located in a non-residential area between Bow and Canning Town, surrounded by factories, junkyards and industrial warehouses, FOLD is well worth the journey. It boasts a 600-capacity main dancefloor and puts on all sorts of parties, with a focus on techno, house and other dance music – though it is perhaps best known for its iconic queer-focused Sunday day party, UNFOLD (check out its Instagram page for all of the latest details).

Weekend closing time: Varies. 6am-8am. 

Closest station: Star Lane, DLR.

Peckham

Located in an idiosyncratic former Victorian department store building, the ‘new’ Peckham Palais opened in 2026 after the original version of the club closed its doors back in 2011. It’s a serious and sophisticated night of clubbing for serious and sophisticated people playing serious and sophisticated electronic music of all stripes. (One might even call it the spiritual successor to Corsica Studios, which closed a couple of months after Palais reopened). There’s a zero-phones policy and even if you breached it, good luck taking snaps on the gratifyingly dark 500-cap basement dancefloor, where spots in the low ceiling pick out precarious patterns of light in the gloom. If you want to break for a chat, you can do so in high style via the cocktail-centric Victorian opulence of the first floor Ballroom bar.

Weekend closing time: 4am-5am.

Nearest station: Peckham Rye overground.

Docklands

The Cause is a grassroots venue through and through. After closing the doors to its OG spot in Tottenham in 2021, it opened a new club in Canning Town the year after, to the pleasure of London’s clubbing community. It has multiple rooms, is a little rough around the edges and its far-off location gives it a bit of an illegal rave vibe – in other words, you can expect some of the best, most exciting parties in town (FKA Twigs and Nia Archives have both hosted nights here previously). Head to one of their day parties on the bank hol weekend – things seriously pop off.

Weekend closing time: 5am, sometimes later. 

Closest station: Royal Victoria, DLR.

Peckham

From the people behind Corsica Studios (see below), this is an excellent club in the very heart of Peckham. A small DIY-feeling no-frills space with a banging sound system and top notch programming, come here to dance to some of London’s best underground DJs – they have nights playing everything from UK garage to Italo disco. Come summer, they open up their courtyard for day parties. Oh and by day, it’s a lovely taco restaurant. 

Weekend closing time: 4am.

Closest station: Peckham Rye overground.

Hackney Central

A hip nightspot in Hackney from the team who run the Shacklewell Arms and Lock Tavern, Moth Club is a former trade hall that houses a military veterans’ club alongside its hipper clientele. It borrows its name from the Memorable Order of Tin Hats, an order of ex-military servicemen and women who still regularly meet and drink at the venue – though there’s a catch. The venue’s back room has been entirely covered in gold glitter, a look which somehow works remarkably well with the retro, dated interior. Head here for pop nights, Northern Soul and ’80s tunes, depending on the night.

Weekend closing time: 3am. 

Closest station: Hackney Central overground.

Farringdon

The first time I went on a night out in London, my big brother took me to fabric. Matador was playing, and it was a religious experience. Still going after 26 years, fabric is one of London’s longest standing, most iconic nightclubs. Punters regularly get lost inside the labyrthine space that’s set up in an old Victorian meat warehouse, but that’s just part of the fun. With a vibrating dancefloor and one of the best sound systems around, this club is a must for any electronic music lover. It is also one of the few venues in central London with a very late-hours licence. 

Weekend closing time: Varies. fabric Continuum parties can run for 30 hours, for example opening on Saturday at 11pm and closing Monday at 4am.

Closest station: Farringdon underground.

Hackney Wick

Moments away from the overground station, Colour Factory is a Black-owned nightclub and music venue in the heart of Hackney Wick. It’s known for spotlighting female, non-binary, and queer artists, and has an excellent programme of low-key nights during the week in addition to their sell-out weekend events. 

Weekend closing time: 4am. 

Closest station: Hackney Wick overground.

Coven has come along to plug the G-A-Y-shaped hole in our hearts. Taking over the space of the former iconic LGBTQ+ venue, Matthew Jacobs Morgan’s cult club night started life in a Hackney Wick warehouse. It’s now graduated to Old Compton Street and has brought some serious names with it: already, queer icons including King Princess, Jeffrey Hinton and Princess Julia have stopped by. Leaning into the occult theme, inside Coven has glossy black walls, blood-red lighting and a tarot card reader in the toilets. By day, it's a sober cafe and co-working space, aimed at rescuing queer freelancers from their kitchen tables. By night, the laptops are cleared for a multi-floor playground packed with live cabaret and techno DJs. 

Weekend closing time: 1am (varies).

Closest station: Leicester Square or Piccadilly Circus underground.

Tottenham

It may be about as far north as a lot of us are willing to venture for a night out, but Unit 58 is also one of the most refreshing venues in London. The staff are bubbly, the parties are flaming hot and the DIY-feeling space itself is pretty spectacular: a high-ceilinged warehouse with a mezzanine and a massive sparkling disco ball. Music varies depending on the night, from disco to psytrance, donk, garage and everything in between.

Weekend closing time: 5am. 

Closest station: Tottenham Hale underground.

Homerton

This intimate 80-capacity Hackney basement venue is run by the same folk behind the legendary FOLD (need we say more?). As well as a friendly community of regulars and a vibrant programme of underground DJs, the space itself is ideal for a full sweaty one. It’s low-ceilinged, loud, and you can get very close to the decks to see exactly what is spinning. 

Weekend closing time: 4am. 

Closest station: Homerton overground.

Camden

Housed in an ornate Grade II-listed building, Koko in Camden has a long history and dazzling reputation as one of London's most iconic music venues and indie clubs. As well as plenty of huge gigs, it hosts KOKO Electronic, the venue’s weekend clubbing series.

Weekend closing time: 5am. 

Closest station: Mornington Crescent underground.

Dalston

This Kingsland High Street hangout is a bit of a face on the east London party scene. A haven for Hackney’s large and diverse queer scene, it offers a welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone who steps through its colourfully-painted doors, and a programme of regular events that caters to all-comers, from BodySwap’s weekly party for the trans+ community to go-going boys’ party Meat and indie sleaze-themed lesbian night The Gossip.

Weekend closing time: 4am. 

Closest station: Dalston Kingsland overground.

Brixton

This Brixton club is a sleek, dark cavern with plenty of space for dancing. It’s also got a wonderful massive disco ball. The programming leans very much towards the leftfield side of dance music – don’t expect cheesy ’80s nights here, it’s quality underground house, techno, disco and bass all the way. 

Weekend closing time: 4am. 

Closest station: Brixton underground.

Tottenham

Brought to you by the people behind Printworks, Drumsheds is a huge multi-level, multi-room cultural space in Tottenham’s old big Ikea. There are three separate dancefloors, five different bars – including a 25,000 sqft bar in the main 15,000 capacity room – as well as 48-metre-long LED screens and an outdoor terrace and food court. Expect huge clubbing line-ups, daytime events and gigs. 

Weekend closing time: It varies, sometimes it’s 10.30pm, sometimes 3am. 

Closest station: Meridian Water overground.

Angel

A three-floored warehouse-style venue in an old metalworks factory, Electrowerkz is the choice for goth and fetish nightlife in the capital. There’s the weekly night, Slimelight, that blasts industrial and darkwave tunes, as well as sex-positive nights like Torture Garden. It’s a place to get lost in, in more ways than one. 

Weekend closing time: 6am. 

Closest station: Angel underground.

South Bermondsey

This south Bermondsey events space and arts venue is home to some of the most exciting leftfield club music experiences in the city. Thanks to its top-tier sound system and the variety of promoters it attracts, Ormside Projects is one of south London’s best-kept secrets and it isn’t shouted about enough. 

Weekend closing time: 5am. 

Closest station: Surrey Quays overground.

Notting Hill

It’s not easy these days to go for a big night out in west London, which is what makes the scruffily chic basement bar at NHAC such a draw. For the last 25-odd years, they’ve hosted regular hip hop nights, indie band showcases, jazz gigs and events run by local heroes, making it a hub of creativity which is hands-down infectious. It’s also had a pretty impressive clientele in its time: Lily Allen, Rita Ora and The Libertines all owe their first shows to this venue.

Weekend closing time: 3am. 

Closest station: Notting Hill Gate underground.

Anyone who tries to tell you that Dalston’s reign as east London’s most party-ready neighbourhood is a thing of the past clearly hasn’t been to Om, the late-night venue from the people behind beloved local listening bars Brilliant Corners and Mu. Om has a ‘music-first’ ethos that means it has an excellent sound system, a bar stationed in a seperate room and a no phones on the dance floor policy, as well as lockers for bags making for easy dancing. The clincher: its 6am license on weekends makes it the go-to spot when the area’s lesser clubs reach kicking out time.

Established by Heavenly Records at the end of the ’90s, this always excellent bar and nightlife hub offers central London fun six days a week. Upstairs offers booths and booze while the clubby downstairs space hosts live music, literature events and album launches. On Fridays and Saturdays, club nights rule the roost. Keep an eye out for new regular Friday party Localism – entry is free and the licence goes until 3am. 

Weekend closing time: 3am.

Nearest station: Oxford Circus underground.

Charing Cross

When it opened its doors in 1979, Heaven was revolutionary. As London’s first gay superclub, it was the birthplace of Hi-NRG and acid house, a magnet for gay celebrities and mounted the most spectacular stage shows seen in clubland. These days, Heaven is still up there for queer nights out in the capital, but be sure to get down early, as queues can be long. 

Weekend closing time: 5am. 

Closest station: Charing Cross underground.

Harringay Warehouse District

On the top floor of a building in the centre of the Harringay warehouse district, Low Profile Studios feels more like partying in an artist’s studio than a London club. It has two spaces – The Loft and The Warehouse – and nights are usually thrown by emerging promoters across the whole spectrum of dance music. The space is as interesting as you’d expect: a wall of various arty bric-à-brac, a chill-out mezzanine space, and plenty of peculiarities to keep you entertained. 

Weekend closing time: 4am. 

Closest station: Manor House underground.

South Bermondsey

Okay, Avalon Cafe is strictly not a club: it’s a buzzy arts hub on a south Bermondsey industrial estate, which functions as a café, music venue, club and cultural centre all rolled into one. It does, however, put on some of the most fun club nights around, with a proper community ethos and eclectic programme of events. 

Weekend closing time: 2am. 

Closest station: South Bermondsey overground.

Hackney Central

The roving nightlife destination has taken up permanent residence under some party-ready railway arches along Hackney’s aptly named Bohemia Place, with a stellar line-up of live music and DJs keeps those arches rumbling – even after the overground stops its service. Night Tales also comprises the largest beer garden in the neighbourhood, which is conveniently covered in the winter months for year-round revelry. Its sister venue, the upstairs NT’s Loft is a chic, New York-style bar and club. With disco balls dangling from the ceiling and shelves laden with plants lining the walls, the loft is a welcome foil to the black box downstairs, with equally good programming. 

Weekend closing time: 3am. 

Closest station: Hackney Central overground.

Tottenham Court Road

The Outernet building is like an iceberg: there’s a lot more going on beneath the surface than meets the eye. From ground level, it’s all flashy projection screens amidst the buzz of the West End; underneath, it’s an enormous subterranean multi-purpose entertainment venue, going four-storeys deep. Club wise at HERE, you can expect big light shows and fun bookings (Avalon Emerson, Floating Points and HorsegiirL have all played here previously), in its high-tech cavernous space – it’s also one of the few venues with a late licence in central.

Weekend closing time: 4am. 

Closest station: Tottenham Court Road underground.

Dalston

Having opened in 2024, The Divine is run by the folk behind The Glory, the infamous now-closed London pub that was a key part of the capital’s queer scene, owned by iconic drag queens Jonny Woo and John Sizzle. Located just a short sashay down the road on the site of long-lost Dalston bar Birthdays (gosh, remember that place?), The Divine is similarly split across two floors; a main bar upstairs and a performance venue and club in the basement, where you can dance until the small hours as the place transforms into a sequin-studded, drag-fuelled, pop-tastic disco.

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Weekend closing time: 2.30am. 

Closest station: Dalston Kingsland overground.

Stoke Newington

Many N16 locals will remember when this tiny 120-capacity venue in the basement of pleasant Stokey pub The Three Crowns was home to the late, great Andrew Weatherall’s monthly night A Love From Outer Space, back when the place was known as The Drop. Having long since been relaunched by the team behind The Lock Tavern and The Shacklewell Arms, these days it hosts a mixture of (often queer-leaning) club nights such as UK Hun? and Pop Never Dies, as well as gigs programmed by Snap, Crackle and Pop. A host of electronic music innovators have played here over the years too, including Daniel Avery and Four Tet, while Stoke Newington local Caribou hosted a four-night residency here in September 2024 ahead of the release of his latest album. Gigs here are cheap, or sometimes even free, and it stays open later than anywhere else nearby. 

Weekend closing time: 3.30am

Nearest station: Stoke Newington overground

Shoreditch

You can’t miss Village Underground thanks to the four brightly coloured, graffiti-covered tube carriages, now artists’ studios, perched on its roof. Its renovated Victorian warehouse space hosts exhibitions, concerts theatre, live art and – most impressive of all – some amazing club nights across all sorts of genres.

Weekend closing time: 5am. 

Closest station: Shoreditch High Street overground.

Soho

Nightlife impresario Simon Hammerstein hit the scandalous jackpot with his New York club when it opened in 2007, combining flagrantly outrageous shows with high-rolling clientele and tales of behind-the-scenes controversy. Early in 2011, he opened the London branch on the site of the old Raymond Revue Bar to tabloid squawking. You probably won’t get in unless you have very deep pockets (table reservations are several thousand pounds) and/or know someone. If you do make it in, get ready for a bougie night which is suitably outrageous (it is technically a cabaret club, after all).

Weekend closing time: 4am. 

Closest station: Piccadilly Circus underground.

Borough

Formerly called Omeara, this two-roomed venue is a mainstay of London’s music and nightlife ecosystem. It has a fantastic arched main room, replete with exposed brickwork. The bar room also doubles as a second room for club nights – and on the right night can feel like an absolute riot.

Weekend closing time: 5am. 

Closest station: London Bridge underground.

Brick Lane

This spot in the Old Truman Brewery has been open since the late nineties, and has hosted a number of legendary club nights within its walls over the years. These days it’s a bar, club and live music venue with an outdoor courtyard. It hosts regular nights covering everything from afrobeats, jazz, and techno, to UK garage, drum ‘n’ bass and R&B.

Weekend closing time: 1.30am. 

Closest station: Shoreditch High Street overground.

Hackney Wick

Formerly known as Studio 9294, this Hackney Wick hotspot is made up of four venues used for live music and club events year round, all connected by a rather nice-looking canalside terrace. You’ve got No90 Hideout and No90 Live, the two club spaces; The Mary Read Boat @No90, a 30-foot canal boat with a bar, AV and DJ decks, as well as the No90Bar, a vast warehouse decorated with spraypainted murals and junk and bicycles hanging from the ceiling, giving it a sort-of Budapest ruin-bar feel. Oh, and obviously there’s a huge disco ball.

Weekend closing time: 2.30am, occasionally 6am.

Closest station: Hackney Wick overground.

Dalston

This self-styled multi-arts space is an ambitious restoration of the formerly derelict Savoy Cinema originally built in the 1930s. Featuring two atmospheric spaces – a 680-capacity seated theatre upstairs and a 1200-capacity standing-only concert hall downstairs – the venue is a popular destination for mid-level tours and nightlife events, hosting everything from Skepta’s club night Más Tiempo and Pitchfork London gigs to day festivals by Dialled In and regular nights by Deptford Northern Soul Club, Butch Please! and Dimitri From Paris.

Weekend closing time: 3.30am. 

Closest station: Dalston Kingsland overground.

Brixton

This Brixton live music venue and bar boasts a bit of a reputation for the diversity of its programme, with everything from roots and reggae to hip hop, underground Latin, European gypsy folk and ska. There are comedy nights, too. 

Weekend closing time: 3am. 

Closest station: Brixton underground.

Hoxton

From the outside it looks like just another flat-roof pub, but inside is one of London’s best intimate nightclubs. Hidden inside a Hoxton estate, the Lion and Lamb has been a favourite with London’s electronic heads for quite some time now. The dark cavern (which happens to have one of the best ceilings in London, covered in dangling aux cords) is known for booking the finest DJs in house, techno and tech house. Regulars behind the decks include fabric resident Craig Richards, Radioactive Man, Voigtmann and more. Bear in mind: the Lion and Lamb hasn’t got the latest licence, but parties often start early at 6pm to make up for it. 

Weekend closing time: 2am. 

Closest tube station: Hoxton.

Shoreditch

Established in 2010, this venue right next to Old Street station is well respected, with a top-notch sound system and attracting global acts across genres. Head here for popular student nights as well as electronic music that spans everything from jungle to tech house and much more.

Weekend closing time: 4am. 

Closest station: Old Street underground.

Dalston

A club, bar and community-led venue on a side street off Kingsland Road, The Jago is about as eclectically decorated as they come. It’s fittingly housed in the home of the long-lasting, community-run Dalston arts hub Passing Clouds. These days you can expect live music and club nights across funk, disco and world music.

Weekend closing time: 3.30am. 

Closest station: Dalston Junction overground.

Borough

Located in a former bus depot, Ministry of Sound was once the epitome of warehouse cool and is still perhaps the UK’s best-known clubbing venue: thus, any self-respecting fan of dance music in any form should visit Ministry at least once. You’ll get four rooms, big sound and even a bit of an Ibiza clubbing feel, depending on the night.

Weekend closing time: 5am. 

Closest station: Elephant and Castle underground.

Brixton

Brixton’s multi-floored bar and venue the Prince of Wales serves many functions, but its club space and terrace are the jewels in its musical crown. The terrace is arguably the best of any club in London and summer months see numerous great parties hosted way up high. 

Weekend closing time: 2am.

Closest tube station: Brixton.