Soho

Soho is a quarter in the West End of London considered to be the gay district of the city. This is due to its popularity with LGBT people, its high concentration of bars, eateries and shops, as well as its traditional creative and media industries as well as theaters. A central street, often regarded as the gay street in London, is Old Compton Street. It also has a prominent red light district. Soho, though always a traditional place for gay people to hang out, experienced a quick and large growth of modern gay bars and eateries in the early 1990s, such as The Village, The Yard and The Edge. The gay scene of Soho is often thought of as attracting a younger more fashion-conscious and mixed crowd than other gay districts, such as Vauxhall. Soho preceded Vauxhall as a popular place for gay people to hang out, but also followed Earls Court, which was popular in the 70s and 80s with clones, most notably due to the Coleherne pub and Brompton's nightclub.