Gay London, 1997

Gay London, by Graham Parker, first published 1997 by Metro Publications (a company specialising in guides to London) but now out of print, is a book listing facilities for gay people (mainly gay men) in London, including accommodation, cafes, clubs, health and fitness, pubs and bars, restaurants, shops,and social clubs, with photographs by Andi Davidson.

There are detailed maps of:

• Soho and Covent Garden
• Earls Court
• Islington and Kings Cross
• Kennington and Vauxhall.

ISBN: 0-9522914-6-0

Listings for Soho and Covent Garden

Pubs and bars

• Back bar
• Bar code
• Brief Encounter
• Comptons of Soho
• The Edge
• Halfway to Heaven
• Iron Bar
• Jonathan's
• King's Arms
• KuBar
• Kudos
• The Locomotion
• Paradise Bar
• Ruby's Chanpagne Cabaret
• Substation Soho
• Village Soho
• The Yard
• 79 CXR

Clubs

• The Eclipse
• Gardening Club
• Gossips
• Heaven
• Limelight
• London Astoria 1&2
• The Lowdown
• Madame Jo Jo's
• Ruby's
• Soundshaft
• Velvet Underground
• Venom
• The Vortex

See Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs.