London · Walking tour

Vauxhall – The New Village

Vauxhall became London’s new centre of gay nightlife in the 2000s, as the old Soho scene contracted and the cavernous railway arches filled with a new generation of clubs. But its queer history runs much deeper – back to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern of the 1860s and the notorious Pleasure Gardens before it. From the disguised princess at the RVT to the all-night arches, this is the story of the New Village.

15 stops

1 Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens · 1660s–1859
2 The Royal Vauxhall Tavern · 1863–present
3 The Eagle · 2000s–present
4 Crash · 1990s–2013
5 Chariots Sauna · c.1996–2016
6 Barcode Vauxhall · 1996–2015
7 Fire · 2000s–2010s
8 The Hoist · 1996–2016
9 The Chunnel Club – FIST · 1994–2002
10 The Market Tavern · 1980s–1995
11 The Nine Elms Cold Store · 1964–1999
12 The Podium / Club Colosseum · 2000s–2010s
13 The Little Apple · 1993–2014
14 Orange Nation · 1990s–present
15 HIV Memorial Tree · c.2015

Part of LGBT History UK