Harpoon Louis: The bar upstairs, Harpoon Louie’s (later Harpo’s and later still Banana Max), was until the late 1980s among the most popular gay bars in London.The Halfway House: described as east London’s friendly gay bar in Bethnal Green.George And Dragon: in Shoreditch was forced to close after a dramatic price hike in its lease.The Green Man: Traditional and mixed in Harlesden.The Green Carnation: Upper market wine bar on the edge of Soho.The Green: Swanky, an upmarket bar on Upper Street, Islington.Gloucester, The: Gay bar featured in Beautiful Thing.Gladstone Arms: gay bar in Borough which had regular themed nights.Goose and Carrot: a gay-friendly mixed pub in Croydon.The George Music Bar: Cosy bar in Isleworth.First Out Cafe Bar: legendary gay venue lasted 25 years before closing in 2011.The Fort: a cruisy gay bar in Elephant and Castle.Bar with rooms upstairs where support groups would meet. Escape: Popular dance bar with student night in Soho, closed in 2014.
Edge, The: 4 Storey gay bar perched on the edge of Soho Square.The Duke of Wellington: mixed and friendly bar in Islington.The Duke of Clarence: Lesbian bar on Rotherfield Street, just off Essex Road, Islington.Dukes: a gay bar which was very popular with bears in Vauxhall It now operates as Eagle London, which is still a gay venue.Davi d Warriors A Bar : for men with attitude – men only in Southwark.Closed in 2006 and reopened as a non-gay bar and told customers who were looking for a gay bar to go to Stonewall bar in Lewisham – also now closed. Crown and Anchor: a gay and mixed pub in Bromley North.The Coronet: described as a stylish east end bar, near Stratford, now apartments.It was London’s oldest gay bar until its closure. The Coleherne: bar which tried to rebrand in 2008 becoming the Pembroke.Cock and Comfort: large gay boozer in Bethnal Green.Cock: a traditional pub in Kennington which closed in 2005.Copacabana: Disco bar in Earls Court closed in the late 90s.The Champion: long-running and unpretentious in Notting Hill.Citrus Grove: Fridays only in Gipsy Hill.Catch 22: short-lived gay bar in Wood Green, the most northern gay bar in London.Candy Bar: London’s number one Lesbian bar – had a brief reopening, but closed again in 2014.