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  • Photo of XXL (AWAITING NEW VENUE)
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    XXL (AWAITING NEW VENUE)

    Big club for big men and the rest

    99% Love it
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    Comptons of Soho

    Male-dominant Soho institution

    Soho, 53 Old Compton St 99% Love it
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  • Photo of The Royal Vauxhall Tavern (aka the RVT)
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    The Royal Vauxhall Tavern (aka the RVT)

    Stand-alone Vauxhall mecca

    Vauxhall, 372 Kennington Lane 100% Love it
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  • Photo of Eagle London
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    Eagle London

    Cruisy old-fashioned gay-pub atmosphere

    Vauxhall, 349 Kennington Lane 99% Love it
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  • Photo of The Duke of Wellington
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    The Duke of Wellington

    Men drink here

    Soho, 77 Wardour St 94% Love it
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  • Photo of The Yard
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    The Yard

    Popular Soho outlet for the non-glossy, rather knowing and subtly stylish

    Soho, 57 Rupert St 100% Love it
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  • Photo of Horse Meat Disco (at Eagle London)
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    Horse Meat Disco (at Eagle London)

    Pleasure-pushing Sunday evening party south of the river

    Vauxhall, 349 Kennington Lane 100% Love it
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  • Photo of The Joiners Arms AWAITING REDEVELOPMENT
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    The Joiners Arms AWAITING REDEVELOPMENT

    Determinedly trendy East End pub

    East, 69 Hackney Rd, Bethnal Green 97% Love it
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  • Photo of The White Swan
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    The White Swan

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

    East, 556 Commercial Rd, Limehouse 95% Love it
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  • Photo of The Black Cap CLOSED, POSSIBLY REOPENING?
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    The Black Cap CLOSED, POSSIBLY REOPENING?

    London institution for drinking and cabaret

    North, 171 Camden High St, Camden Town 100% Love it
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  • Photo of The Backstreet DUE TO CLOSE ON 17 JULY 2022
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    The Backstreet DUE TO CLOSE ON 17 JULY 2022

    CLOSED

    London's oldest leather bar (with full-blown patina)

    East, Wentworth Mews 94% Love it
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  • Photo of Torture Garden
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    Torture Garden

    Established gay-friendly high-definition straight fetish club

    100% Love it
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  • Photo of Fabric
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    Fabric

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

    East, 77a Charterhouse St, Smithfield 100% Love it
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  • Photo of The Victoria
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    The Victoria

    CLOSED

    Local boozer with a gay twist

    Northeast, 188 Hoe St London, Walthamstow 100% Love it
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  • Photo of Egg
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    Egg

    Sprawling fantasy space

    Central, 200 York Way, Kings Cross 100% Love it
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  • Photo of RUT (AWAITING NEW VENUE)
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    RUT (AWAITING NEW VENUE)

    Discriminatingly down and dirty

    100% Love it
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  • Photo of VFD (formerly Vogue Fabrics)
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    VFD (formerly Vogue Fabrics)

    Very Now in 2011 (and 2012) (and 2013) (and 2014) (and 2015) (and 2016) (and 2017) (and 2018) (and 2019)

    East, 66 Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston 100% Love it
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  • Photo of The Old Ship
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    The Old Ship

    Gay/mixed corner pub on solid ground

    East, 17 Barnes St, Limehouse 100% Love it
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  • Photo of The Bridge
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    The Bridge

    Cocktails, cheeses and chesterfields

    South, 8 Voltaire Rd, North Clapham % Love it
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    Adonis

    Arty-sexy-trashy queer affair

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