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Soho

Practical London guides tagged Soho.

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A lit Christmas tree hung with gold baubles covering the front of Annabel's at night on Berkeley Square, with a black cab passing in the foreground

Things to do

Private Members' Clubs in London: Fees, Dress Codes and How to Get In

London's private members' clubs, from Soho House and Annabel's to the St James's gentlemen's clubs: what each costs to join in 2026, how to apply, the dress codes and phone rules, and what a visitor can book without a membership.

  • Members' clubs
  • Mayfair
  • Soho
  • Nightlife
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One of the Spirit of Christmas angels, wings spread under a canopy of white lights, above Regent Street at night with two red buses below

London areas

A Christmas Lights Walk in London: Oxford Street to Trafalgar Square in Ten Stops

When the Regent Street, Carnaby, Bond Street and Covent Garden Christmas lights switch on in 2026, where Oxford Street stands, and a ten-stop after-dark walk from Selfridges to the Trafalgar Square tree, with a map, when it gets dark and which night is quietest.

  • Christmas
  • Walks
  • Free things to do
  • Oxford Street
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The corner of Old Compton Street and Dean Street in Soho

London areas

Soho Guide: Chinatown, Carnaby Street and After Dark

Soho is two places depending on when you arrive: a working media district with quiet streets and good coffee by day, a crowded nightlife district after six. Chinatown, Carnaby Street, Old Compton Street and where to eat late.

  • Soho
  • Chinatown
  • Carnaby Street
  • Neighbourhoods
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The Chinatown gate on Wardour Street, a painted Qing-style arch with tiled roofs, above a street strung with red lanterns

London areas

A Walk Through Soho and Chinatown: Tin Pan Alley to Gerrard Street in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route through Soho from Denmark Street to Chinatown: the plaques to Marx, Mozart and Blake, Berwick Street market, Kingly Court, a churchyard raised by its burials, and where to eat on the way. With what is shut on which day.

  • Soho
  • Chinatown
  • Carnaby Street
  • Walks
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The Devonshire on the corner of Denman Street in Soho: a red-brick Victorian pub with dark green tiling and gold lettering reading 'Ales, stouts, wines and spirits, Soho since 1793', ivy along the ground floor and a planted roof terrace above, with a modern glass office building rising behind it

Stay

Where to Stay in Soho and the West End

West End hotels compared — including the windowless rooms that make Piccadilly Circus cheaper than its reputation — plus the quieter areas five minutes out.

  • Where to stay
  • Hotels
  • Soho
  • West End
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Happy Lemon's bright yellow shopfront at 24A Newport Court, with Bubble Tea, Fresh Fruit Tea and Rock Salt Cheese painted along the fascia

Food and drink

The Best Bubble Tea in London, Cross-Referenced Across Every Major List

The bubble tea shops London's lists, blogs and boba reviewers agree on, checked for what's actually open. Several of the most-recommended names have closed.

  • Cafes
  • Chinatown
  • Soho
  • Drinks
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