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Photo of The Joiners Arms AWAITING REDEVELOPMENT

The Joiners Arms AWAITING REDEVELOPMENT

 (35 Ratings)

Determinedly trendy East End pub

A rough-looking pub with a green Christopher St sign protruding from its violet and mauve exterior, the sizeable...

East London · 69 Hackney Rd, Bethnal Green, London


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The White Swan

 (28 Ratings)

A non-rough pub-club in a so-called rough part of town

Decidely off the map for some, the White Swan nevertheless has its place as the jewel of London's working-class...

East London · 556 Commercial Rd, Limehouse, London


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Dalston Superstore

 (18 Ratings)

Queer hipness in East London

Concrete walls, saleable wall art and a certain self-conscious Euro-dive-bar sensibility define this spirited...

East London · 117 Kingsland High St, Dalston, London


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Commercial Tavern

 (8 Ratings)

Hip-minded gay-friendly corner pub in a hip part of town

High-octane decor-conspicuous 'straight' establishment that is a magnet for a cross-section of stylish...

East London · 142 Commercial St, Spitalfields, London


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fabric London

 (2 Ratings)

A club-lover's club, spread across 25,000 square feet

One of Britain's top-drawer clubs, Fabric showcases too many music genres to list! It's worth mentioning...

East London · 77A Charterhouse St, London


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Kaos (at FOLD)

 (2 Ratings)

Kaos: Next Generation

Occasional anything-goes club for left-field lovers of techno, started in 2003 by the inspired Lee Adams, who first...

East London · Gillian House, Stephenson St, Canning Town, London


Photo of Psycho Ward (at Resistence Gallery) NO LONGER HAPPENING

Psycho Ward (at Resistence Gallery) NO LONGER HAPPENING

 (2 Ratings)

Art, sexuality and performance on the edge

A regular bespoke event for the unrepressed and possibly unhinged, staged at east London's Resistance Gallery...

East London · 265 Poyser St, Bethnal Green, London


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Bunker (aka MA1: Bunker)

 (2 Ratings)

Buff and beyond

A section of a First World War bunker reinvented as a subterranean gay playground, in the spirit of...

East London · 217 City Rd, Islington, London


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The Star of Bethnal Green

 (3 Ratings)

East London boozer for "grown-up ravers"

Not quite your average London pub, with an emphasis on quality food for discerning carnivores, plus karaoke and...

East London · 359 Bethnal Green Rd, London


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The Grapes

 (1 Rating)

'Straight' pub co-owned by Ian McKellen

Olde-worlde 1729 riverside pub in atmospheric Limehouse in east London, taken over in September 2011 by famed stage...

East London · 76 Narrow St, Limehouse, London


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