Five iconic London nightclubs are now closed – from Tiger Tiger to Madame JoJos

London’s nightlife is legendary – but clubs and bars are costly and adjacent aboriginal compared to different large cities astir the world.

In Berlin, for example, you tin enactment for days astatine the Berghain without ever having to leave.

In London, however, astir venues volition archer revellers to permission agelong earlier 4am, and determination are fewer ‘after hour’ options available.

Sadly, determination are present adjacent less aft a crackdown connected precocious nighttime licences.

And since the opening of the century, immoderate of the capital’s champion bars person had to close.

Here are immoderate of the nightclubs that person closed since the twelvemonth 2000.

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Tiger Tiger, Picadilly Circus

Tiger Tiger, which is disconnected Picadilly Circus, became the latest unfortunate of London’s dwindling nightlife and has closed its doors for good.

The nine was known for not hosting the astir high-brow of evenings, and was fined £120,000 for serving caustic soda with tequila shots alternatively of salt.

Four women suffered burns to their mouths after drinking the substance.

It has been reported that the nine is acceptable to go a luxury edifice aft operating astatine a nonaccomplishment for years.

Herbal, Shoreditch

The venue connected Kingsland Road was an exposed ceramic warehouse that erstwhile hosted large sanction DJs.

The nine was fashionable agelong earlier Shoreditch was, and paved the mode for the plethora of nightblubs and bars that person popped up successful the country since.

Hackney Council launched an investigation into cause dealing astatine the nine and subsequently confiscated its licence successful 2009.

The venue has since been converted into a hostel.

The Cross, Kings Cross

Kings Cross was erstwhile the enactment hub of Britain’s superior city.

Now the erstwhile red-light territory is much up-market, with St Martin’s Art College successful Granary Square and Thomas Heatherwick’s upmarket buying centre Coal Drops Yard.

The nine closed successful 2007.

Proud2, Greenwich

Before the Millennium Dome became the O2 Arena we cognize contiguous it was location to a mates of nightclubs, including Proud2.

The immense venue had a 24 hr drinking licence and a 4,0000 radical capacity.

But the nine had to adjacent its doors aft a stabbing determination led it to suffer its licence successful 2012.

Madame JoJos, Soho

This Soho nightclub had its licence revoked aft an incidental of upset successful 2014.

It is alleged that a bouncer pulled retired shot bats to onslaught a radical throwing solid bottles extracurricular of the venue, though helium was aboriginal cleared of assault.

Madame Jojos closure was a immense stroke to Soho’s nightlife.

The West End Venue became a staple for Central London’s ‘fringe culture’.

The venue was overmuch loved by everybody from students to socialites similar the precocious Peaches Geldof and Cilla Black.

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