London’s Best Private Members’ Clubs
Nowhere does a private members club quite like London. Where the class system of yesteryear left off, private clubs stepped in, and London’s private members’ clubs are world famous – both for the sheer number of them, and their exclusivity. And if there’s one thing more frustrating than bastions of elitism, it’s not being a part of it…
Navigating the myriad of London clubs can be opaque and tricky, so we’ve put together all the very best ones in one place. All you need to do now is get to buttering up your proposer and seconder to nominate you to become a member. From stylish Annabel’s and Home House, to women-only clubs and historic institutions, we’ve rounded up our selection of the very finest private members’ clubs London has to offer.
House of Koko
The House of KOKO is a backstage sanctuary like no other. Tucked behind the iconic Victorian façade of Camden’s legendary theatre, this 16-room playground successfully merges gritty rock ‘n’ roll heritage with high-end hospitality. It features a staggering 300-piece art collection, Michelin-standard dining, and a labyrinth of hidden elevators and secret corridors that whisk you away from the Camden crowds. Far from a stiff networking hub, it offers an immersive experience where the boundaries between the stage and the lounge are permanently blurred; an invaluable resource for those who live for the performance.
Though part of the wider KOKO ecosystem, the House stands alone as an exclusive retreat, offering a level of “if you know, you know” access that feels truly backstage compared to the public theatre.
Great for: A front-row seat to culture and “I was there” musical moments.
Who goes here: The global creative vanguard; think Stormzy, Dua Lipa, and Paul Mescal.
Key membership benefits: Access to the Miraval Balcony (150+ live shows a year) and the secret Fly Tower performance space.
Ease of entry: Prospective members must apply and be vetted by the committee.
Membership cost: From £1,650 per year (with Patron tiers reaching up to £100,000).
Where: 74 Crowndale Rd, London NW1 1TP
Website: www.thehouseofkoko.com
Annabel’s
Annabel’s is legendary on the London club scene. It may not be the oldest, the grandest or the most exclusive, but it’s one of the best-known clubs in London – and the swish private members club really is at the very top of its game at the moment. A whopping £55m spending splurge saw them leave their traditional basement home a few doors down and instead occupy a substantial Berkeley Square townhouse in its entirety – and the results are quite impressive.
Martin Brudnizki, the ubiquitous interior designer whose work can be seen in some of London’s most exclusive spots, has created a playground perfect for the rich and famous. With multiple restaurants, bars and of course, its infamous night club, Annabel’s re-entered a busy members’ club market with an impressive offering.
Great for: People watching, celebrity spotting and dining in style
Who goes here: The power set, the ultra-glam and super-rich social ascendants
Key membership benefits: Access to a world-beating club, one of London’s most famous and splendid
Ease of entry: All applicants must be proposed by current members before being considered for the waitlist. Once on the waitlist, each applicant will be reviewed and, if successful, invited by the committee. There is no fast-track process or access via third parties — the only way to apply is by contacting Annabel’s membership team directly.
Membership cost: £3,750 per year + £1,850 joining fee
Where: 46 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, W1J 5AT
Website:www.annabels.co.uk
Shoreditch House
More than ten years after its launch as London’s edgiest new club, Shoreditch House has retained its cool credentials but gained a little maturity, and a lot of members. Housed in a converted East London warehouse (where else?), Shoreditch House offers members the use of a bowling alley, Cowshed Spa and an impressive gym.
But where Shoreditch House reaches dizzying heights is the top-floor restaurant and the rooftop pool with iconic views across London. Members also have the option to make the most of the facilities of Soho Houses in Istanbul, Toronto, New York, Berlin and Barcelona.
Great for: The party vibe and, of course, the rooftop pool
Who goes here: The cool, East London crowd (basically, millennials)
Key membership benefits: It’s got to be the pool! Also, a good co-working space
Ease of entry: Two proposers are required; more popular clubs are trickier to get entry to
Membership cost: £2,400 per year if you’re over 27
Where: Ebor Street, Shoreditch, E1 6AW
Website:www.shoreditchhouse.com
The Ivy Private Members Club
Part of the ever-expanding Ivy empire, The Ivy Club is a newcomer but one worthy to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the very best of London’s nightspots. Accessed via a discrete entrance round the corner from the eponymous restaurant, a short lift ride and you’re in the exclusive confines of the three-storey private members club.
The wood-panelled drawing room features a pianist and bar while upstairs the minimalist loft feels like a spaceship or laboratory. The private members club is home to mainly creative types drawn from the media.
Great for: Food and drink, while the disco upstairs is pretty good too.
Who goes here: Creative industry types, again, perhaps with a more corporate angle?
Key membership benefits: Entry via a special lift at The Ivy (not a benefit as such, but it has a real hidden-away feel).
Ease of entry: Members must be proposed and seconded by existing members.
Membership cost: The individual membership rate is £1,300 per year.
WHERE: 9 West Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9NE
WEBSITE: www.the-ivyclub.co.uk
Home House
Spread across three Georgian townhouses in Marylebone (19, 20 and 21 Portman Square), Home House fuses 18th-century opulence with 21st-century design and a quintessentially British sensibility. With exceptional facilities – the private members club boasts two restaurants, five bars, lavish party rooms and intimate gardens – it offers members an unrivalled social calendar packed with endless events and societies.
Home House has a ‘daytime to playtime concept’, with the interiors of House 21 designed by Russel Sage Studios and a new, high-tempo late dining offer in an elegant, British epicurean-inspired setting. There are no interviews or esoteric initiations in the membership process – it’s billed as a ‘home from home’, albeit a supremely exclusive one.
Great for: The ideal place to work during the day, then party during the night.
Who goes here: A smart but discerning set.
Key membership benefits: There’s no pool, but there is a gym and wellness suite. Beautiful surroundings and interesting members.
Ease of entry: No need for proposers, etc.
Membership cost: Annual full individual membership at Home House is £2,250.
Home House has lasted the course and is well on the way to becoming a London institution.
Where: 20 Portman Square, Fitzrovia, W1H 6LW
Website:www.homehouse.co.uk
The Ned
The Ned is something totally different. It’s a one-stop shop for London fine dining, and this vast club dwarfs all the others. You could probably fit at least half the private members’ clubs on this list into its eight floors of prime space. It has ten individual restaurants. Ten! Not all eateries are members’ only, letting you try before you buy, but the club also boasts two pools (one subterranean, the other rooftop) just for members, plus a floor of dining, meeting and relaxing space; an invaluable resource in the heart of London’s financial centre.
Part of the Soho House empire, unusually membership to this private members club doesn’t automatically give you access elsewhere, as The Ned stands apart from the rest of the Soho House structure.
Great for: Sealing a massive City deal, celebrating a bonus — that kind of thing.
Who goes here: Well-heeled bankers and City folk.
Key membership benefits: Private areas for members (including a rooftop pool!).
Ease of entry: Members must be proposed and considered by the committee (tip: take special note of the ‘You and The Ned’ section).
Membership cost: £4,380 per year and a £1,000 joining fee.
Where: 27 Poultry, The City, EC2R 8AJ
Website: www.thened.com
The Sloane Club
Founded originally in 1922 by Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Helena, The Sloane Club was opened as the Service Women’s Club as a haven for women in the forces. With gentlemen not allowed entry until the 1960s, The Sloane Club was ahead of its time in honouring spaces for empowered women.
The Sloane Club today carries the baton of this heritage by being a space where the modern-day members, both men and women, meet and come together with a shared attitude of embracing life in all its glory. Work in The Chelsea, a serviced co-working space filled with light by day and a buzzy bar with showstopping cocktails by night, enjoy gastronomic delights in The Garden Room, and hand-selected wines in The Bar and relax in one of the chic bedrooms at the end of the day. Expect spectacular Asian-European dishes, delicious cocktails and an intriguing event schedule. Even better – the club is dog-friendly in all areas, at all times of the day, making it the perfect members club for fur parents.
The Sloane Club was ahead of its time in honouring spaces for empowered women.
Who goes here: The new Chelsea set — modern Sloanies and international jet-setters.
Key membership benefits: A chic co-working space, roof terrace, and 100+ affiliate member clubs around the world. It’s also dog-friendly — a major plus for fur parents.
Ease of entry: Potential members must apply or be proposed by an existing member and considered by the committee.
Membership cost: From £1,950 per year. £750 joining fees also apply.
Where: 52 Lower Sloane St, London SW1W 8BP
Website:www.sloaneclub.co.uk
5 Hertford Street
If roller decks were still a thing, then 5 Hertford Street would have the most impressive in the world. As it is, they’ll have to make do with probably the most impressive private members club in the world instead, filled with A-listers, the great and good.
Famously formed as a giant snub in the ongoing feud between founder Robin Birley and Annabel’s owner Richard Caring, the club is a labyrinthine sprawl of luxury. Number five has a genuine lived-in feel to it, scattered with armchairs and deep, plush carpets. The Mayfair townhouse club is Tardis-like, with multiple restaurants and bars, a cigar room, cinema, and the jewel in its crown, nightclub Loulou’s.
Since opening in 2012, the club’s already achieved legendary status, and is a firm favourite of blue-bloods and A-listers alike. Despite this, 5 Hertford Street remains a club where your grandparents will feel as comfortable spending their Sunday as you did spending the early hours of Saturday morning. The open fires, soft lighting and armchairs made to sink into make it a dream spot for lazing off your hangover, treating a date, or impressing your parents with your excellent lifestyle choices.
Great for: LouLou’s and celebrity spotting.
Who goes here: A-listers and aristos (Harry Styles was famously turned away).
Key membership benefits: Access to London’s most exclusive spaces.
Ease of entry: Difficult. Must be proposed and seconded by members and face a discerning membership committee.
Membership cost: Famously secretive, but reportedly £1,800 a year.
Where: 2-5 Hertford Street, Mayfair, W1J 7RB
Website:www.5hertfordstreet.co.uk
The Hurlingham Club
Britain doesn’t really do ‘country clubs’, probably because if we did, they’d all be eclipsed by the Hurlingham Club. The Fulham club is where well-to-do Londoners go to hang out. Forget the racy Soho private members clubs, leave the fusty St James’s clubs to grandpa, grab your tennis whites, we’re going to The Hurlingham. The imposing house and manicured gardens are only as impressive as their waiting list.
It’s currently closed to newcomers, having reached 30 years old. The only way in is to be born to a member (a tricky option for you at this stage) or to marry one. Genuinely, it really is worth it.
Grab your tennis whites…
Great for: Sporty types and families.
Who goes here: Anyone who is anyone in South West London.
Key membership benefits: The sports facilities are fantastic.
Ease of entry: The waiting list is decades long — better off marrying into it.
Membership cost: £1,400 annual membership, plus a fee to be on the waiting list (if it opens again).
WHERE: THE HURLINGHAM CLUB, RANELAGH GARDENS, FULHAM, SW6 3PR
WEBSITE:WWW.HURLINGHAMCLUB.ORG.UK
The Art’s Club
The Arts Club has undergone something of a renaissance, travelling from somewhat of a fusty and fading institution a decade ago, to one of London’s most exclusive and right-on private members clubs today. The phoenix that has risen from not-quite-the-ashes is part hotel and part exclusive club. Below three stories of Art Deco-inspired rooms and suites, sits a beautiful, airy club that’s a breath of fresh air to the private members club scene.
Great for: Enjoying the art collection.
Who goes here: Turbo Sloanes and royals — the sort of people who decided 5 Hertford Street was too mainstream.
Key membership benefits: The art and the events are noteworthy. The health club costs (a lot) extra, but it does have its own MRI machine!
Ease of entry: Members must be proposed and seconded by existing members.
Membership cost: Annual subscription is £3,200 and the member assessment fee is £1,600.
Where: 40 Dover Street, Mayfair, W1S 4NP
Website: www.theartsclub.co.uk
Soho House
If you’re the sort of person who refuses to watch the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair or Ocean’s Eleven, then you’re probably after the original Soho House too. To you, all the other Soho Houses are as worthless as the rebooted Jumanji or Italian Job, and good for you. Ground zero in the seemingly exponential explosion of Soho House as it spreads its achingly cool appeal across the globe, one rooftop pool after another, Soho House Greek Street really is where it all started.
Occupying five historic Georgian townhouses, the private members club has an outdoor courtyard, roof deck, bar, restaurant and many, many club rooms. Labyrinthine and always chock-a-block of people you know, think you’ve met before or want to meet now, it’s always a party and always fun.
Great for: Being at the centre of the party.
Who goes here: Young, millennial professionals.
Key membership benefits: Upgrade your membership for another £670 per year and access other clubs in the network (they’re everywhere — including two streets away on Dean Street!). It’s also known for its buzzy atmosphere, rooftop bar, and regular creative events.
Ease of entry: Ideally, they’d like you to be in the creative industries. Oh, and don’t wear a tie, whatever you do!
Membership cost: £1,600 per year for Soho House London membership.
WHERE: 40 GREEK STREET, SOHO, W1D 4EB
WEBSITE:WWW.SOHOHOUSE.COM
Century Club
Somehow tucked discreetly away behind Shaftesbury Avenue, one hundred steps take you up to the aptly named Century Club, spread across five floors of members’ areas. With its vogueish décor, airy spaces big enough to make you feel miles from the scrum of Soho, this private members club is a real sanctuary.
Playing host to talks and live music, members can enjoy four exclusive bars, three restaurants and three separate roof terraces, without doubt, The Century Club’s secret weapon. Soho’s largest rooftop doubled in size during lockdown, and it’s ideal for gazing across the lights of the West End with a sundowner in hand.
Great for: Soho’s largest rooftop terrace.
Who goes here: Anyone looking for a different take on the Soho club.
Key membership benefits: The rooftop terrace is great for summer.
Ease of entry: Apply online.
Membership cost: £875 per year.
With its vogueish décor, airy spaces big enough to make you feel miles from the scrum of Soho, this private members club is a real sanctuary.
Where: 61-63 Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, W1D 6LQ
Website:www.centuryclub.co.uk
Quo Vadis
Where are we going? Quo Vadis… The restaurant and private members club, housed in a former brothel that was once the home of Karl Marx (presumably not at the same time), combines a triumphant Soho restaurant with a private members’ club.
The restaurant, small and nearly perfect, is available to muggles, but members upstairs can enjoy the Dean Street club’s private dining room, as well as the homely ‘snug’ room and two bars, making it an ideal respite from the carnage of a Soho evening. Quo Vadis underwent substantial refurbishment in 2016, and the new interior is a gorgeously lit masterpiece of lush carpets and moodily painted walls, giving an old-school luxury feel.
Great for: Dining (the smoked eel sandwich is famous).
Who goes here: Restaurateurs, arts and culture types, and creatives.
Key membership benefits: Members’ events and private dining.
Ease of entry: New members must be proposed and seconded by existing members and considered by the membership committee.
Membership cost: £500 a year.
An ideal respite from the carnage of a Soho evening.
WHERE: 26-29 DEAN ST, LONDON, W1D 3LL
WEBSITE:WWW.QUOVADISSOHO.CO.UK
1 Warwick Soho
On the corner of Brewer and Warwick Street, 1 Warwick is the latest opening from Maslow’s, the group behind Fitzrovia’s Mortimer House. Aimed at a more modern clientele, it has a host of cultural events, gym classes and meeting rooms for members to take advantage of.
Set over six floors, it has two restaurants overseen by Executive Chef Tom Cenci – Yasmin and Nessa – which serve a playful spin on British classics. Yasmin is even on a rooftop, offering sweeping views of the city.
Where: 1 Warwick St, London W1B 5LR
Website: 1wawrick.com
Mark’s Club
This historic members’ club has recently been redesigned, and it looks even more fabulous than before. Entering through the discrete Charles Street door, members will be met with the familiar reception area, elevated by the classic oak flooring that now runs throughout every storey of the Club. The Old Master works synonymous with Mark’s Club have been redistributed throughout the townhouse, with the addition of a magnificent George Stubbs painting, given pride of place by the entrance and flanked by the beloved Mark’s Club clock, an English Fusse from the 1900s. The Dining Room and newly added Greenhouse form the heart of Mark’s Club’s updated silver-service offering. Seating up to 26, the former is a refuge of pressed tablecloths, tailored formalwear and the finest British cuisine in the heart of London. Club favourites are central to the menu, such as the Mark’s Club chicken pie and prawn curry, while the Loch Duart smoked salmon and Dover sole are carved on a trolley in front of guests.
Where: 46 Charles Street | London W1J 5EJ
Website: www.marksclub.co.uk
Membership cost: For all Membership enquiries, contact membership@marksclub.co.uk or call +44 (0)20 7629 2350
Eight Members’ Club
Eight is basically the perfect kids’ den, if those kids were in their 30s and bunking off from their corporate city job. Set in what can only be described as a bunker, you descend several flights to even reach this dark cavern of fun. And fun there is, because they’ve got pool tables to prove it.
Eight have expanded their private members club offering and now cover two locations, the subterranean cool of Bank, but another clubhouse in Moorgate as well as a new, world-class gym offering dubbed Eight Core. Membership grants you access to all three, making it excellent value, particularly if you’re local.
WHERE: 1 CHANGE ALLEY, THE CITY, EC3V 3ND
WEBSITE:WWW.EIGHTCLUB.CO.UK
67 Pall Mall
The perfect home for the oenophiles out there, 67 Pall Mall revels in its shamelessly epicurean origins and smart location, squeezed between St James’s Palace and the Oxford and Cambridge Club. The passion is, of course, fine wine, which is the lifeblood of 67 Pall Mall. But far from extravagance, the premise of this private members club was in fact thrift – a backlash against the extortionate wine markup charged by London’s restaurants and bars.
Members can store up to 36 bottles of their own wine in the club, to be enjoyed at will, or can dip into the 5,000 bottles on the club list – the most valuable being safely stowed deep in the club’s vault. So popular is the club that it was forced to close its membership list before even opening its doors!
Great for: Oenophiles.
Who goes here: People who actually know about and care about fine wine.
Key membership benefits: The cellar — they’ve got over 5,000 bottles on the club list.
Ease of entry: Two proposers required.
Membership cost: £1,750 joining fee and £2,000 per year.
Where: 67 Pall Mall, St. James’s, SW1Y 5ES
Website:www.67pallmall.co.uk
Albert’s at Beaufort House
Perfect for a Chelsea clientele keen not to make the trip into central London.
Albert’s, the South Ken club, is a South Ken club no more, because now it’s a Chelsea private members club, having come to settle in Beaufort House. The move has breathed fresh air into the venture, and the location is perfect for that corner spot that nobody seems able to make work until now (it was an ASK for a while, among other guises). Alberts, spread over four floors, is a great fit, perfect for a Chelsea clientele keen not to make the trip into central London. The revamped look is pretty slick too. Meanwhile, Beaufort House remains open to business for non-members.
Great for: The music nights and leading DJs.
Who goes here: Mainly youngish, Chelsea types.
Key membership benefits: Members receive complimentary entry to the Raffles Club.
Ease of entry: Members without a proposer can opt to be interviewed by the committee.
Membership cost: £250 joining fee, £650 annual fee.
WHERE: 354 KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, SW3 5UZ
WEBSITE:WWW.BEAUFORTHOUSECHELSEA.CO.UK
The Ministry
Finally! We’re south of the river! And that’s the only jab in the eye The Ministry has for the establishment. Set in a Southwark former printworks, the club, an offshoot of Ministry of Sound, couldn’t be further from the over-the-top likes of some Mayfair clubs, or the too-cool-for-school Soho ones. The Ministry is chill and fun— think ‘workspace meets members’ club’.
The private members club has its own gym & studio, a great co-working space, a heated terrace, London’s largest copper bar, and they’ve even got a tequila and mezcal bar in the actual loos.
Great for: Non-conformists — plus anyone who doesn’t live north of the river!
Who goes here: Alternative professionals.
Key membership benefits: What about tequila in the loos, couldn’t you like?
Ease of entry: Apply online.
Membership cost: £350 per month for peak memberships; £100 per month for off-peak memberships.
The Ministry is chill and fun. And it’s a great place to get work done too.
Where: 79-81 Borough Road, Southwark, SE1 1DN
Website:www.theministry.com
The Groucho Club
If you haven’t got a copy of OK Magazine to hand, then don’t worry, simply head to The Groucho Club and see anyone who’s anyone in the flesh instead. The sometimes discreet, sometimes outrageous Soho private members club is a mecca for London’s media types, with no visit complete without meeting at least a handful of your heroes from stage and screen and at least one pop star to boot.
A mecca for London’s media types.
Launched in the ’80s, the club takes its name from Groucho Marx, who famously exclaimed that he wouldn’t be a member of any club that would accept him as a member.
Where: The Groucho Club, 45 Dean Street, Soho, W1D 4QB
Website:www.thegrouchoclub.com
George Club
Established in 2001, George has reopened its doors after a momentous refurbishment. The newly extended contemporary private members’ club on Mount Street holds the largest outdoor, heated terrace in Mayfair. Its interiors include artworks by David Hockney, and the Club launches with a menu influenced by Mediterranean flavours alongside George classics.
Saying that dogs are welcome is a sizable understatement – there’s a distinctive canine influence as Hockney’s sketches of his dachshunds Stanley and Bogie line the walls. There’s even a dedicated bespoke menu for dogs.
Great for: Quintessential London aesthetics and dog lovers.
Who goes here: High-rollers and decision-makers — key moments in British politics have been decided here.
Key membership benefits: A great restaurant, two late bars, and Mayfair’s largest outdoor heated terrace.
Ease of entry: You will need to be proposed and seconded by two existing members.
Membership cost: Fees available upon request.
The contemporary private members’ club on Mount Street holds the largest outdoor, heated terrace in Mayfair.
Where: 88-89 Mount St, London W1K 2SU
Website:georgeclub.com
The Twenty Two
The Twenty Two is a luxury hotel, restaurant, and private members’ club. It caters to creative and curious individuals, including artists and celebrities (Such as Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom). Members enjoy exclusive access to a sophisticated restaurant and bar, private dining rooms, and curated events.
It caters to creative and curious individuals…
WEBSITE: www.thetwentytwo.com
WHERE: 22 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London W1K 6LF
Grey Wolfe
Photo: PLBMagazine
Grey Wolfe is a luxury private members’ club dedicated to wellbeing and longevity, located in Barnes, West London. Their mission is to guide members in finding harmony within their biological system and taking a holistic approach to wellness and healing by aligning the five life rhythms of members’ health: physical, mental, spiritual, social and emotional. Raising frequencies and boosting inner energy flow to deliver improved longevity through a series of fully attuned BioHealth programmes. Built to be a place of stillness and self-discovery, Grey Wolfe encourages members to step away from the noise, reconnect with their frequency, and explore the deeper aspects of healing – ones that go beyond what is seen into what is felt.
Grey Wolfe believes in the healing power of solitude. That’s why every member gets the entire space to themselves whenever they visit. They can stay up to four hours within a single visit to truly reset and recharge. Members can access any of the treatments and services during their visit, while expert practitioners remain discreetly on hand to curate an Attuned Recharge programme based on how the guest feels that day and what they hope to achieve.
Great for: Folks on a wellness journey.
Key membership benefits: A membership includes unlimited access, a 60-minute hands-on treatment per calendar month, unlimited use of BioTechnology, one guest per visit, and a quarterly full Attuned Recharge treatment.
Membership cost: Available on enquiry — the team will tailor a membership package to fit individual members’ needs and wellness goals.
website: www.greywolfe.co.uk
where: 71 White Hart Lane, Barnes, London, SW13 0PP
Maison Estelle
Maison Estelle is one of the most secretive members-only clubs in London. With its strict no-camera policy, and no-rules policy, inhibition is left on the street, and you’re immediately tended to. They pride themselves on their service and personalised experiences. You’ll feel like James Bond. With the no-camera policy, however, comes no social media and no photos. But we do know that Estelle Manor is a sister company with Maison Estelle, and their socials are gorgeous; we imagine the two will have similar aesthetics.
Great for: If you want a getaway and an opportunity to unplug and unwind.
Who goes here: Unstuffy and fun individuals — those looking for a judgment-free good time.
Key membership benefits: Four dining experiences, 11 bars, and 13 fireplaces.
Ease of entry: Must have a letter from a current member.
Membership cost: Annual fee of £3,750, plus a joining fee of £1,800.
WEBSITE: www.maisonestelle.com
WHERE: 6 Grafton St, London W1S 4EQ
12 HAY HILL
While most of London’s members’ clubs are designed to socialise, HAY HILL specifically caters to professionals. Mayfair’s most exclusive members’ club for business, HAY HILL, makes the ideal playground for entrepreneurs, business owners and independent consultants. From boardrooms that overlook Berkeley Square to a summer terrace perfect for power lunches with the team, the workspaces here go beyond the ordinary. The pioneers of the term ‘club working’ – a new way of conducting business that’s all about seamless work and play, HAY HILL offers an inspiring environment to network and socialise.
Makes the ideal playground for entrepreneurs
Great for: Entrepreneurs and business consultants.
Who goes here: Professionals looking for an elevated work life.
Key membership benefits: Luxurious social and work spaces, plus networking opportunities with like-minded business owners and consultants.
Ease of entry: For enquiries about membership and offices, fill in the form at 12hayhill.com or email membership@12hayhill.com.
Membership cost: Full membership is priced at £420 per month.
WEBSITE: www.12hayhill.com
WHERE: HAY HILL, 12 HAY HILL, LONDON W1J 8NR
Shoreditch Arts Club
The club for artistic collaboration and networking, Shoreditch Arts Club, opened in March 2023. The setting is designed to evoke the curiosity of an art collector’s home. Preference is given to art enthusiasts, professionals, artists, gallerists, curators, and collectors, and Members are invited to weekly members events and benefit from discounts and freebies, including a range of partnership offers with local businesses and international members club partners.
Highlights include a kitchen, bar, cafe, screening lounge, 24-seat cinema, and two private hire rooms.
Great for: Artists, dealers, and creatives looking to network.
Who goes here: It’s in Shoreditch, so mainly arty types.
Key membership benefits: The private cinema is the standout, plus installations, events, and interviews with major players in the art scene.
Ease of entry: Preference is given to art enthusiasts, professionals, artists, gallerists, curators, and collectors — so it depends on your line of work.
Membership cost: Annual membership costs £750, plus a joining fee of £150.
Where: 6 Redchurch St, London E2 7DD
Website: shoreditchartsclub.com
Lighthouse Social
Lighthouse Social is the latest private members’ club to open in London. With community at its heart, Lighthouse Social attracts members from the local neighbourhood and is located on the banks of the Thames in Fulham, featuring panoramic riverside views across South West London. Split over three floors with 10,000 sq ft of indoor space and 2,000 sq ft of outdoor space, including two large rooftop terraces, interiors are designed by renowned Parisian practice Dion et Arles and includes a flagship restaurant, screening room, library, shared workspace, and Club Crèche.
Fulham local Philli Armitage-Mattin is the Chef Partner at the helm of the kitchen, bringing her love for Asian flavours and commitment to seasonal ingredients to the table. Expect an all-day menu inspired by the fusion of Asian and American cuisine served across multiple club spaces, including the 45-seat restaurant, rooftop, private dining and event areas.
Key membership benefits: Great community vibe for those living in southwest London, with access to fabulous river views and facilities.
Membership cost: Annual membership is £1,200 per year.
website: www.lighthousesocial.com
where: Fulham Pier, London, SW6 6HH
