Top 9 Best Clubs in London, England [2025 GUIDE]

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Top 9 Best Clubs in London, England [2025 GUIDE]

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With over 61 venues in London, there are many places to choose from whether you're looking for a crazy night out or a lounge atmosphere. Don't worry! We're going to list out the best clubs in London, England that you should definitely check out.

Fabric

Welcome to London’s most premier venue that is known for hosting a series of weekly lineups that feature the biggest names in the electronic music world. The Fabric nightclub in London is a subterranean labyrinth. Three rooms, various floors, a network of staircases and no phone signal whatsoever make for a rather disorientating experience, but that’s all part of the appeal. The purposeful layout of the club with three specialized and distinctive rooms to cater to the different needs of its guests, along with world-class sound systems creates a revolutionary experience unlike any other. Emerging from its depths after hours of losing yourself in the music almost feels like stepping back into another reality. Being close to both the Barbican and Farringdon stations in the city, the high-end Saturday nights at the club reflect some outstanding DJ talent along with internationally renowned live acts and music events. The playlists that you would come across the Fabric nightclub in London offer up the most cutting-edge electro, house, techno, and disco beats. Fabriclive is the unique Friday night sound-clash offering an amazing assortment of rocking tempos right from hip hop to electro, bass, indie, and more. The party doesn’t die down as the weekend’s end approaches, even Sunday nights in the Fabric nightclub in London are super fun due to the display of the unstoppable, notorious music crew that makes you groove to your feet naturally.

77a Charterhouse St London, England EC1M 6HJ
Farringdon
Dress Code: Casual
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Christabel's

Christabel’s finally joins the ranks of legendary venues such as Soho House and The Groucho Club by moving to London’s Soho this month. Initially a movement started by accident in 2020 as a group of artists took residence in Fulham Town Hall during the lockdown, Christabel’s quickly became a refuge for artists and musicians with a shared mission to reignite the flames of culture within the London scene.The club is a haven for underground, avant-garde entertainment, indulgence, live music, and burlesque for the imaginative and eccentric of London, in collaboration with The Cream Group (behind clubs such as Cirque Le Soir, Reign, and Wyld). The new site underneath the Windmill Theatre features a luxurious Chesterfield-furnished Cigar Lounge, a sophisticated cocktail menu by renowned mixologist Andy Mil, food from Michelin-star chef Andy McLeish with even a secret passage leading upstairs to the theatre. Expect ‘Bands & Burlesque’ evenings, topical themes like ‘PARTYGATE’, live entertainment from new and old artists and bands, burlesque from Lady Fitz Von Titz and Miss Lucie Loo, alongside late-night DJ’s and dancing… and everything in between. The club boasts a mix of Founder Members including DJ Paul Oakenfold, ex-Babyshambles and Kooks musicians, and attracts celebrities from Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and Dynasty so you might find yourself in very interesting company.

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Ministry of Sound

Located at Elephant & Castle in South London, the Ministry of Sound nightclub is the focal point for the city clubbers since it was launched in 1991. Having a glorious history of intense clubbing experiences, the Ministry of Sound is known for its famous dance floor where guests can dance along to the backdrop of high-class house music on weekends. The Ministry of Sound has also been awarded as the “World’s Best Club” before. With cutting-edge DJ experiences and the nightlife ambiance of rocking clubbing all night long, the Ministry of Sound creates a must-have experience for those visiting London. Laid out across 4 stages of dancefloors and different bars, there is a lot to explore when you are at the Ministry of Sound. Recent renovations of the clubbing venue added a new courtyard, a unique VIP suite with an attractive viewing gallery, 2 new balconies, and much more to the overall décor of the venue, enhancing its aesthetics to an even more incredible degree. The venue is also known for offering the best DJs in the city along with pounding beats for your pleasure all night long, so be sure to check it out when you are in town.

103 Gaunt St London, England SE1 6DP
Elephant and Castle
Dress Code: Strict
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The Cuckoo Club

Party with the most fashionable crowd at Cuckoo, exclusive private member's club located in Central London. Appealing to the more discerning late night London crowd tired of faceless bars and clubs with no creativity and soul, The Cuckoo Club features 5,000 square feet of ostentatious design, spread over two floors, and a founding committee that reads like a who’s who of creative talent in London, described in the influential Vogue List as “formidable”. Recently redesigned interior, featuring some of Europe’s most proficient mixologists and an electrifying and eclectic musical output, The Cuckoo Club delivers unbridled, unquestionable glamour for London’s party cavalry. Join Lux to experience this two storie mad house Wednesday through to Saturday.

Swallow Street London, England W1B 4EZ
Mayfair
10:30 pm - 3:30 am Wed - Sat
Dress Code: Strict
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XOYO

With focus set on a consistent and credible music policy, XOYO delivers an unrivalled weekend soundtrack to London. Located in the heart of Shoreditch, XOYO is housed across two floors (the top being sister-bar The Shoreditch Butchery). Outside of the club’s relentless weekend diary, XOYO showcases a fresh and on-point calendar of live music. An aspirational platform for London’s clubbers, XOYO pioneers a quarterly residency series which sees some of the world’s biggest and most talented DJs play every Friday for three consecutive months to thousands of dance music lovers.

32 -37 Cowper St London, England EC2A 4AP
Shoreditch
10 PM – 3 AM Mon, Tues, Thurs 9:30 PM – 4 AM Fri, Sat
Dress Code: Strict
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E1

Large, industrial-style venue with impressive light & sound system hosting electronic dance parties.

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Here at Outernet

HERE at Outernet - a brand new live event space hidden four stories under central London. The venue will showcase an array of talent across pop, electronic, indie, theatre and more – in keeping with the innovative and progressive ethos of our multi-media venue.

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Phonox

Brixton club Phonox looks to be kind of a big deal for south London nightlife, and in fact London clubbing as a whole. After the team behind acclaimed nightspots including XOYO, The Nest, the Old Queen’s Head and the Blues Kitchen franchises purchased the site of former Brixton club Plan B when it shut down, they wasted little time in transforming it into Phonox. The club has a similar feel to both XOYO and the Nest: a sleek, dark dance cavern with plenty of space for dancing, and 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.

918 Brixton Rd London, England SW9 7AY
Brixton
9:30 PM – 4 AM Fri, Sat 4 – 10 PM Sunday
Dress Code: Strict
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Heaven

London’s legendary and world famous nightclub, situated in the heart of the city, home to Live Music, G-A-Y and Popcorn. London clubland in the 1970s was a fairly dismal place. It compared very unfavourably with New York and many european cities and the concept of ‘clubbing’ as we understand the term today simply did not exist. To that end a group of innovative characters got together and took over the site that was a run down old roller disco called Global Village and in December 1979 Heaven opened its doors for the first time. It was timed perfectly. Six months earlier Mrs Thatcher had been elected and an era began that saw unemployment rise to levels last seen in the 1930s. The sense of decay and gloom was palpable. The ‘Swinging London’ of the 1960s a distant memory. London needed a splash of colour & flamboyance to counter balance the otherwise grey monochrome that was the reality of the british capital. Heaven was the brainchild of Jeremy Norman, responsible for the Embassy club, and which was seen as the nearest London had to Studio 54 in new york. Heaven quickly became the focal point for what had until then been a fairly understated gay scene that hitherto had been based in small hidden cellar bars or pub discos. When Heaven opened its doors in 1979 only 12 years had elapsed since the decriminalisation of homosexuality and at the time there was still a lot of overt prejudice against gay men & lesbians. Heaven bore the brunt of some of that intolerance and in those days was regarded warily by the authorities. It did however establish itself as a club venue that constantly re-invented itself. Its long standing creative director and general manager David Inches ensured that it never grew tired and always had a bookings policy that set it apart from its rivals. Not just gay club events either. Over the years nights such as ‘Bedrock’ ‘Pyramid’, ‘ Shoom’, ‘Rage’, ‘Megatripolis’ amongst many others all attracted a predominantly straight crowd for whom Heaven represented a delicious step into the decadent unknown. There were periodic live shows featuring bands who fancied playing an off the wall venue rather than the usual spit and sawdust live music venues. New Order played their first London show here in 1981. Barely six months earlier, when they had been called Joy Division their lead singer Ian Curtis had committed suicide. The renamed band minus Curtis had much to prove. Their London show 33 years ago has since passed into legend. Throbbing Gristle, the original industrial pioneers played at Heaven in 1980 – and reacquainted themselves with the place 29 years later in what became their last London show before splitting. Nick Cave's original band The Birthday Party played a storming set at Heaven in 1982 that 33 years on is still spoken about. Bauhaus were filmed at Heaven also in 1982 performing their classic 'Belo Legosi's Dead' the footage for which was used in the Catherine Deneuve / David Bowie film 'The Hunger' - one of the original 'sexy vampire' movies. In 2008 MAMA Group (now MAMA & Company) went into partnership with G-A-Y founder Jeremy Joseph and purchased Heaven from the pure group (Jeremy took over sole ownership of Heaven in 2013). G-A-Y was moved over from the Astoria, which was in the process of closing down and this now occupies the main club sessions on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday and has featured notable performances since that time by Adele, Lady Gaga, Jessie J, Miley Cyrus, One Direction amongst many others. Popcorn – the UK’s busiest monday night continues to pack them in each week with a rousing all nighter featuring the best house and R & B – 15 years old and still going strong. With the demise of the Astoria, Mark Ellicott – the Astoria’s long standing general manager and previously at the Kentish Town Forum & Brixton Fridge, moved over to Heaven with the remit to get going a regular live music scene and to put the place on the live map. Over the course of the past six years some of the best live bands have graced the stage here – both established artists and up and coming. Public Image Ltd, Throbbing Gristle, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, The Cribs, MGMT, Killing Joke, Culture Club, Foals, Bombay Bicycle Club, Two Door Cinema club, a-Ha, Everything Everything, N*E*R*D*, Tame Impala, Little Dragon, Yeasayer, John Grant, Hot Chip, Azealia Banks amongst hundreds of others. Heaven is now central London’s only one thousand capacity venue for live music. Its sound and lighting system is comparable with anything else on offer to live music promoters in other venues. The atmosphere created for live music in this basement space, so full of history right underneath Charing Cross station, is unique and the question if often posed why it took some three decades into its time before it was discovered by live event promoters as a venue to stage their acts... A good question indeed. This year – 2015 – Heaven will be 36 years old. Middle aged if it were human. But it is not human. It’s still in its stroppy adolescence. Restless and moody. Wanting to try new things out still. Wanting to experiment and push back boundaries. If you haven’t checked us out yet – it’s about time you did! If you require any information about wheelchair accessibility to Heaven please contact us via the form below, or call 0207 930 2020 and a member of our team will be able to advise you further.

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London Clubs FAQ

What time does the headlining DJ usually start performing in London clubs?

The headlining DJ will usually start performing around 12:00 AM.

How long do DJs play in London?

The headlining DJ or artist usually plays a 1 to 2 hour set.

What is the dress code like at London Clubs?

Guys can wear nice jeans and a form fitting plain t-shirt or a nice button down shirt. Girls can wear jeans or a comfortable but stylish dress if they prefer. Of course guys and girls can never go wrong with dressing up even more – there is no such thing as overdressing when it comes to clubs.

How can I get into London Clubs for free?

Some London Clubs have a free ladies guest list, and have a free even ratio guest list – free if you have the same number of girls (or more) in your party.

Keep in mind that many London Clubs are more exclusive and require bottle service to get in. You can sign up for the guest list on our events page.