Leather & Fetish Clubs
“You know when you’re in a sex club and you look in an alcove … and there are six men playing a very adult game of twister … and you really want to join in but one of them is wearing the same harness as you?” - John Pendal
Annual Events
FETISH WEEK ... LONDON runs each year in July with club nights, socials, shopping, walking tours and other events around the capital. This year it was held from 30 June to 7 July 2024. (www.fetishweek.com)
PRIDE UNBOUND - bills itself as "London's only single venue SFW fetish convention, held over Pride weekend. We're here to provide a safe space to express your inner kink. Whether you're into pup play, furry, rubber, leather, AB, bondage, or more, you're welcome at Pride Unbound." The weekend includes talks, workshops, market, shows, pup area, walkies and more. This year it was held from 28 to 30 June 2024. (Website prideunbound.uk and twitter twitter.com/PrideUnboundLDN)
FETISH WEEK ... LONDON runs each year in July with club nights, socials, shopping, walking tours and other events around the capital. This year it was held from 30 June to 7 July 2024. (www.fetishweek.com)
PRIDE UNBOUND - bills itself as "London's only single venue SFW fetish convention, held over Pride weekend. We're here to provide a safe space to express your inner kink. Whether you're into pup play, furry, rubber, leather, AB, bondage, or more, you're welcome at Pride Unbound." The weekend includes talks, workshops, market, shows, pup area, walkies and more. This year it was held from 28 to 30 June 2024. (Website prideunbound.uk and twitter twitter.com/PrideUnboundLDN)
Club Nights
BEARCODE_X - is a leather/ bear night at Zodiac Bar in Hampstead. They don't enforce a dresscode to encourage those new to the scene. Entry £7. Check website for dates of the next event. (www.instagram.com/bearcode_x and www.facebook.com/bearcodex)
BiZARRE EVENTS (mixed sex) run monthly pan-sexual/ bisexual kink parties with kinky/ fetish themes. Everyone is welcome: straight, bi, lesbian, gay, male, female, Trans, gender-fluid, queer, a crossdresser, singles (M & F), couples of any gender/combination) or poly-groups. Parties are play events, not just dressing up, but you don't have to participate in anything you're not comfortable with. (www.bizarre-events.com)
BLUF (Breeches and Leather Uniform Fan club) is an online group that has events all over the world. Check their website for membership and events. (www.bluf.com)
BREW HUNTER - runs fetish events around London several times a year. His newest monthly night is HUNTER at Electrowerks. NEXT ON FRIDAY 18 OCT AND 15 NOV 2024. Strict dress code of "leather, rubber, skin, scally and K9". Includes covered outdoor space for smokers/ cigar lovers. Tickets £15 + booking fee. (hunter.london and www.instagram.com/hunter.l.d.n/)
*NEW* There will be a one-off HUNTER BACKDOOR ON SAT 5 OCT 2024 at Electrowerkz from 8pm till late. Last entry 1.30am. Tickets limited to 150 people. Strict dresscode. (hunter.london)
THE BUNKER BAR at 217 City Road, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 1JN hosts a variety of fetish nights including Boys & Sirs and SM Gays. (bunkerbar.co.uk)
CENTRAL STATION at 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1 hosts different fetish nights throughout the week in its basement bar called THE UNDERGROUND CLUB. Includes CITY BOYS (suit and tie club) on the 1st Friday; FEET ON FRIDAY on the 3rd Friday; GEARBOUND on the 4th Friday, CLUB COLLARED on 2nd and 4th Saturday; LEATHER CRUISE on the 3rd Saturday; and S.O.P. every Sunday from 1pm to 10pm. CHECK INDIVIDUAL CLUB WEBSITES FOR DETAILS. Nearest tube/ overground train station is Kings Cross. (undergroundclublondon.co.uk)
CLUB LABRYS (for women) - a sex positive/ body positive/ trans-inclusive club night run by women for those who sincerely identify as female. Held from 9pm to 3am in Walthamstow, E17 - check website for next date. (www.bizarre-events.com/club-labrys)
THE EAGLE LONDON at 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall has been leather pub and a bear venue. Now an LGBTQI+ bar with cabaret and beer garden. (It's included in this list because Eagle bars in other cities are often leather venues.) Nearest tube Vauxhall. (www.facebook.com/EagleLDN/)
HARD ON (mostly gay men) is a monthly fetish dance and cruise club run by Suzie Krueger - now in its 20th year. Runs on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10pm to 5am at Union Club in Vauxhall. NEXT ON SATURDAY 19 OCT AND 16 NOV 2024. Dress code of rubber, leather, uniform, skin gear, sports kit, or just your boots. No plain jeans or trackies. Trainers are permitted with sportswear. Entry £15 for members, £20 for guests. Suzie also runs Hard On events elsewhere, including Gran Canaria, Manchester and Antwerp - check website for details. (www.hardonclub.co.uk)
LEATHER CRUISE - runs on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 7pm at Central Station's Underground Club. "Offers a safe space for leathermen to socialise, light cigars, cruise and play." NEXT ON SATURDAY 19 OCT AND 16 NOV 2024. (instagram.com/leathercruiseunderground and twitter.com/LthrCruzUground)
THE LEATHER SOCIAL - is a London social meet-up for men into leather. Held on the 1st Sunday of each month from 5pm to midnight over two floors upstairs at Comptons, 51-53 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, W1. There is no cover charge and no membership. Upstairs capacity is only 60 people, on a first come first served basis. (twitter.com/leathersocial and www.facebook.com/leathersocial)
LONDON ALTERNATIVE MARKET AFTER PARTY (mixed sex) is on the 1st Sunday of the month from 6pm at Sway Bar, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5BZ. Nearest tube station is Holborn. Entry £8 for the market, £15 for the market and afterparty in advance, or £20 for the party only on the door. Absolutely no under 18's. No required dress code. (www.londonalternativemarket.com)
BEARCODE_X - is a leather/ bear night at Zodiac Bar in Hampstead. They don't enforce a dresscode to encourage those new to the scene. Entry £7. Check website for dates of the next event. (www.instagram.com/bearcode_x and www.facebook.com/bearcodex)
BiZARRE EVENTS (mixed sex) run monthly pan-sexual/ bisexual kink parties with kinky/ fetish themes. Everyone is welcome: straight, bi, lesbian, gay, male, female, Trans, gender-fluid, queer, a crossdresser, singles (M & F), couples of any gender/combination) or poly-groups. Parties are play events, not just dressing up, but you don't have to participate in anything you're not comfortable with. (www.bizarre-events.com)
BLUF (Breeches and Leather Uniform Fan club) is an online group that has events all over the world. Check their website for membership and events. (www.bluf.com)
BREW HUNTER - runs fetish events around London several times a year. His newest monthly night is HUNTER at Electrowerks. NEXT ON FRIDAY 18 OCT AND 15 NOV 2024. Strict dress code of "leather, rubber, skin, scally and K9". Includes covered outdoor space for smokers/ cigar lovers. Tickets £15 + booking fee. (hunter.london and www.instagram.com/hunter.l.d.n/)
*NEW* There will be a one-off HUNTER BACKDOOR ON SAT 5 OCT 2024 at Electrowerkz from 8pm till late. Last entry 1.30am. Tickets limited to 150 people. Strict dresscode. (hunter.london)
THE BUNKER BAR at 217 City Road, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 1JN hosts a variety of fetish nights including Boys & Sirs and SM Gays. (bunkerbar.co.uk)
CENTRAL STATION at 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1 hosts different fetish nights throughout the week in its basement bar called THE UNDERGROUND CLUB. Includes CITY BOYS (suit and tie club) on the 1st Friday; FEET ON FRIDAY on the 3rd Friday; GEARBOUND on the 4th Friday, CLUB COLLARED on 2nd and 4th Saturday; LEATHER CRUISE on the 3rd Saturday; and S.O.P. every Sunday from 1pm to 10pm. CHECK INDIVIDUAL CLUB WEBSITES FOR DETAILS. Nearest tube/ overground train station is Kings Cross. (undergroundclublondon.co.uk)
CLUB LABRYS (for women) - a sex positive/ body positive/ trans-inclusive club night run by women for those who sincerely identify as female. Held from 9pm to 3am in Walthamstow, E17 - check website for next date. (www.bizarre-events.com/club-labrys)
THE EAGLE LONDON at 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall has been leather pub and a bear venue. Now an LGBTQI+ bar with cabaret and beer garden. (It's included in this list because Eagle bars in other cities are often leather venues.) Nearest tube Vauxhall. (www.facebook.com/EagleLDN/)
HARD ON (mostly gay men) is a monthly fetish dance and cruise club run by Suzie Krueger - now in its 20th year. Runs on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10pm to 5am at Union Club in Vauxhall. NEXT ON SATURDAY 19 OCT AND 16 NOV 2024. Dress code of rubber, leather, uniform, skin gear, sports kit, or just your boots. No plain jeans or trackies. Trainers are permitted with sportswear. Entry £15 for members, £20 for guests. Suzie also runs Hard On events elsewhere, including Gran Canaria, Manchester and Antwerp - check website for details. (www.hardonclub.co.uk)
LEATHER CRUISE - runs on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 7pm at Central Station's Underground Club. "Offers a safe space for leathermen to socialise, light cigars, cruise and play." NEXT ON SATURDAY 19 OCT AND 16 NOV 2024. (instagram.com/leathercruiseunderground and twitter.com/LthrCruzUground)
THE LEATHER SOCIAL - is a London social meet-up for men into leather. Held on the 1st Sunday of each month from 5pm to midnight over two floors upstairs at Comptons, 51-53 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, W1. There is no cover charge and no membership. Upstairs capacity is only 60 people, on a first come first served basis. (twitter.com/leathersocial and www.facebook.com/leathersocial)
LONDON ALTERNATIVE MARKET AFTER PARTY (mixed sex) is on the 1st Sunday of the month from 6pm at Sway Bar, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5BZ. Nearest tube station is Holborn. Entry £8 for the market, £15 for the market and afterparty in advance, or £20 for the party only on the door. Absolutely no under 18's. No required dress code. (www.londonalternativemarket.com)
LONDON LEATHERMEN is a social group for men who wear leather, rubber, uniform or skinhead gear and is part of the European network of ECMC clubs. Other UK clubs in the ECMC network are Birmingham Fetish Men, Leathermen South in Brighton and Manchester Leathermen. London Leathermen host a GEAR SOCIAL on the 3rd Sunday in each month from 6pm, upstairs at the Duke of Wellington pub, 77 Wardour St, London, W1D 6QB. Dress code is lax, but they ask they you wear at least one piece of gear (leather, rubber, neoprene, lycra and uniforms) (www.instagram.com/londonleathermen and londonleathermen.co.uk)
LONDON RUBBER SOCIAL - 2nd Saturday of the month from 6pm to 11pm, on the first floor at Comptons of Soho, London. Dress code: rubber recommended but not mandatory. (www.instagram.com/thelondonrubbersocial)
THE LORD CLYDE pub at 9 Wotton Road, Deptford, SE8 5TQ is London's newest fetish venue. 5 minute walk from New Cross Station. The Lord Clyde has an outdoor smoke yard and a number of Backstreet artefacts. Events include:
Nights change regularly so check for details: www.meetup.com/thelordclydelondon/
The MEET UP app has a couple of fetish groups that have sent in their info:
RECON hosts FULL FETISH parties around the world and occasionally in London. All fetish dress codes welcome, with the exception of just "jeans and trainers". (www.recon.com/en/events)
RUBBERSLUT - Held every few months at the Bunker Bar, 217 City Road, London, EC1V 2PH. Strict rubber, latex and neoprene dress code. Tickets £18. NEXT ON FRI 29 NOV 2024 FROM 10PM TO 4AM. Check website for further dates. (www.rubberslut.club and www.instagram.com/rubberslut.club)
RUBBER UNDERGROUND - 2nd Friday of the month from 7pm to midnight at the Underground Club, Central Station, Kings Cross, N1 9SD. Entry £5. Strict rubber only dress code of rubber, latex or neoprene with boots or trainers. Entry £5. (www.instagram.com/rubberunderground/)
TORTURE GARDEN (mixed sex) is a mixed gay/ bi/ straight, male/ female fetish club night. Their aim is "to create an environment which accepts and encourages individualism, diversity and free self-expression." Most of the London events are held at Electrowerkz, but some are at The Ministry of Sound and The Scala. Lots of dates listed on their website, and they sell out quickly. (www.torturegarden.com)
TROUGH LONDON holds fetish parties every other month at various locations around London. I haven't been, but someone wrote in to say it's possibly more of a dance club aimed at guys wearing harnesses. (www.troughlondon.com)
LONDON RUBBER SOCIAL - 2nd Saturday of the month from 6pm to 11pm, on the first floor at Comptons of Soho, London. Dress code: rubber recommended but not mandatory. (www.instagram.com/thelondonrubbersocial)
THE LORD CLYDE pub at 9 Wotton Road, Deptford, SE8 5TQ is London's newest fetish venue. 5 minute walk from New Cross Station. The Lord Clyde has an outdoor smoke yard and a number of Backstreet artefacts. Events include:
- PUNISHMENT BLOCK - every Friday from 6pm to 9pm (corporal punishment)
- RAWHIDE - every 4th Saturday of the month. Strict Dresscode (www.instagram.com/rawhidelondon)
- THE SMOKE YARD - 1st Saturday of each month from 6pm to 1am (leather and cigars)
- FETISHBOUND - 3rd Saturday of each month from 6pm to 1am (bondage). More info at fetishbound.co.uk
Nights change regularly so check for details: www.meetup.com/thelordclydelondon/
The MEET UP app has a couple of fetish groups that have sent in their info:
- THE LORD CLYDE pub in Deptford holds leather and fetish events every week. (www.meetup.com/thelordclydelondon/)
- MEN'S KINK SOCIAL group meets in London on the second Tuesday of each month from 7pm. It is catered more towards just meeting and getting to know each other. The group welcomes those who are new and those who have experience. (www.meetup.com/Mens-BDSM-Kink-Dom-Sub-Social/)
RECON hosts FULL FETISH parties around the world and occasionally in London. All fetish dress codes welcome, with the exception of just "jeans and trainers". (www.recon.com/en/events)
RUBBERSLUT - Held every few months at the Bunker Bar, 217 City Road, London, EC1V 2PH. Strict rubber, latex and neoprene dress code. Tickets £18. NEXT ON FRI 29 NOV 2024 FROM 10PM TO 4AM. Check website for further dates. (www.rubberslut.club and www.instagram.com/rubberslut.club)
RUBBER UNDERGROUND - 2nd Friday of the month from 7pm to midnight at the Underground Club, Central Station, Kings Cross, N1 9SD. Entry £5. Strict rubber only dress code of rubber, latex or neoprene with boots or trainers. Entry £5. (www.instagram.com/rubberunderground/)
TORTURE GARDEN (mixed sex) is a mixed gay/ bi/ straight, male/ female fetish club night. Their aim is "to create an environment which accepts and encourages individualism, diversity and free self-expression." Most of the London events are held at Electrowerkz, but some are at The Ministry of Sound and The Scala. Lots of dates listed on their website, and they sell out quickly. (www.torturegarden.com)
TROUGH LONDON holds fetish parties every other month at various locations around London. I haven't been, but someone wrote in to say it's possibly more of a dance club aimed at guys wearing harnesses. (www.troughlondon.com)
Leather venues that have closed
THE BACKSTREET, London's oldest leather bar that was an institution for 37 years in Mile End. It closed in July 2022. Their website is still going as an online store: thebackstreet.com
THE HOIST opened in 1996 and ran for over 20 years in Vauxhall, closing in December 2016.
BLOC SOUTH was another fetish club in Vauxhall. It closed at the end of May 2019.
THE BACKSTREET, London's oldest leather bar that was an institution for 37 years in Mile End. It closed in July 2022. Their website is still going as an online store: thebackstreet.com
THE HOIST opened in 1996 and ran for over 20 years in Vauxhall, closing in December 2016.
BLOC SOUTH was another fetish club in Vauxhall. It closed at the end of May 2019.
Outdoors
If you like to meet leathermen outdoors you might want to go to HAMPSTEAD HEATH. A reader of this page emailed in 2003 to say: "The Heath is a couple of miles from the centre of London and you get a few leather bikers riding through the area, more at night. They tend to be in the Lower Heath area rather than up by Jack Straws Castle. There are some risks: the occasional pickpocket, an odd gang of bored bashers, perhaps even a police patrol from time to time. Most people get to the Heath (and home) by foot, by taxi, tube, bus or car. The Heath is large, so be sure you check where to go on a map before you head out."
Another leatherman emailed in May 2006 to add "If you come by car you can either park in Templewood Avenue or Reddington Rd at the junction with West Heath Rd. You can also park along the kerb in West Heath Road and step straight onto the Heath. JACK STRAWS is not the car park or entry point anymore. If you come by train note that Hampstead Heath Station is not near the Heath. Don't worry if you get stuck on the Heath without transport, because there is a NIGHT BUS stop at Whitestone Pond, which has been transporting guys through the night from Hampstead Heath for many a year, and is well accustomed to taking on guys in full kit."
If you like to meet leathermen outdoors you might want to go to HAMPSTEAD HEATH. A reader of this page emailed in 2003 to say: "The Heath is a couple of miles from the centre of London and you get a few leather bikers riding through the area, more at night. They tend to be in the Lower Heath area rather than up by Jack Straws Castle. There are some risks: the occasional pickpocket, an odd gang of bored bashers, perhaps even a police patrol from time to time. Most people get to the Heath (and home) by foot, by taxi, tube, bus or car. The Heath is large, so be sure you check where to go on a map before you head out."
Another leatherman emailed in May 2006 to add "If you come by car you can either park in Templewood Avenue or Reddington Rd at the junction with West Heath Rd. You can also park along the kerb in West Heath Road and step straight onto the Heath. JACK STRAWS is not the car park or entry point anymore. If you come by train note that Hampstead Heath Station is not near the Heath. Don't worry if you get stuck on the Heath without transport, because there is a NIGHT BUS stop at Whitestone Pond, which has been transporting guys through the night from Hampstead Heath for many a year, and is well accustomed to taking on guys in full kit."
Special Interest Groups
It is illegal in the U.K. to engage in any activities for sexual pleasure which result in injuries more than "transient or trifling". Even a lovebite (hickey) is technically illegal. THE SPANNER TRUST is campaigning to change the law. Please click here to visit their website.
It is illegal in the U.K. to engage in any activities for sexual pleasure which result in injuries more than "transient or trifling". Even a lovebite (hickey) is technically illegal. THE SPANNER TRUST is campaigning to change the law. Please click here to visit their website.
A ban on possessing 'extreme pornographic' images in England and Wales came into effect in 2009. Read this newsletter from the Spanner Trust to find out more.
The following clubs are MEN ONLY unless otherwise stated:
The Terrence Higgins Trust have a website offering sexual health information for guys into rougher sex, at www.hardcell.org.uk
The following clubs are MEN ONLY unless otherwise stated:
- ANATOMIE STUDIO (mixed sex) - is the UK’s first and only full-time Shibari studio. The space is inside an artistic complex in Peckham and has wooden suspension beams and mats throughout. They hold regular rope practise sessions and workshops for complete beginners through to advanced. The studio is also available for hire for photography, art exhibitions and Shibari events. It is not a dungeon or BDSM club. (www.anatomiestudio.com)
- BOYZ AND SIRS is a CP club which meets every Saturday from 2pm to 7pm at the Bunker Bar, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 1JN. Membership £12. Entry £8. (www.boyzandsirs.co.uk)
- BUNKHAUS - underground location in central London, zone 1. Available for private hire and photographic sessions (bunkhaus.london)
- CLUB CP meets every Tuesday except for the 1st Tuesday of the month from 7pm to 11pm at The Bunker Bar, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 1JN. Nearest tube station Old Street. Entry £7 members/ £8 non-members. No dress code. (www.sewellandmarbury.co.uk/clubcphome.html)
- COLLARED meets at Central Station, King Cross on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 7pm to midnight. Entry £5 members/ £10 non-members. (www.clubcollared.com)
- FEET ON FRIDAY meets on the 3rd Friday of each month from 7pm to midnight at the Underground Club below Central Station in Kings Cross. Nearest tube Kings Cross. Entry £10. No dress code. Club for guys into feet, socks and footwear. (www.feetonfriday.com)
- FETISHBOUND - bondage club that meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 6pm to 1am at The Lord Clyde, 9 Wotton Road, Deptford, SE8 5TQ (fetishbound.co.uk)
- GEARBOUND LONDON is a bondage club for men with a focus on gear. Held on the 4th Friday of every month from 7pm to 11pm at the Underground Club below Central Station in Kings Cross. Nearest tube Kings Cross. Entry £5. Dress code: Leather, Rubber, Pup, Skin/ Punk, Uniform, Formal, Industrial, Sports gear. If you are not wearing gear, you may be denied entry. (gearbound.london)
- PUNISHMENT BLOCK - is a CP event every Friday from 6pm to 9pm at The Lord Clyde, 9 Wotton Road, Deptford, SE8 5TQ (www.meetup.com/thelordclydelondon/)
- PUP OUT LONDON - monthly events in London for pups and handlers, including a coffee shop social, board games night and full on puppy club night with ball pit. (puppypride.social/events)
- PUPPY PRIDE - great website for human pups and their handlers. Check out their website for pup events in London and around the UK. (www.puppypride.social/events)
- S.O.P. (Streams of Pleasure) is a club for yellow enthusiasts. Open every Sunday from 1pm to 10pm at the Underground Club in Kings Cross. Entry is £12. No dress code. (twitter.com/clubsop and clubsop.co.uk)
- *RECOMMENDED* SM GAYS run discovery nights on the third Thursday of each month from 7-11pm at The Bunker Bar, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 1JN. Entry £10 with free coat check and first drink included. No dress code. This is a very social night and a great way for newcomers to explore the scene. Includes an educational workshop from 9-10pm on a different theme each month to one side for those that are interested. (www.smgays.org and twitter.com/sm_gays)
The Terrence Higgins Trust have a website offering sexual health information for guys into rougher sex, at www.hardcell.org.uk
Page updated 29 Sept 2024
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