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Venn Street cocktail bars, Old Town gastropubs, and the longest bar counter in Britain. Nearest stations: Clapham Common, Clapham North, Clapham High Street.
Venn Street. Nightly live music and house cocktails, with a daily happy hour from 5pm to 8pm.
33 Bedford Road, beside Clapham North tube. Holds the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous bar counter in the UK.
Clapham High Street. A cocktail bar that turns over to a funk, hip hop and disco dancefloor on Friday and Saturday nights.
47 Old Town, SW4 0JL. A garden pub with a wide beer list and full kitchen, set in the quieter Old Town end.
29 North Street. Reopened in 2019 with around twenty London keg beers and a Mexican kitchen.
Clapham High Street. An LGBTQ cabaret bar serving the community since 1981, with drag shows seven nights a week.
A renovated gastropub near Clapham High Street station, pairing real ale with a globally minded kitchen.
Clapham High Street, steps from Clapham Common tube. A late cocktail bar known for a long happy hour and disco soundtrack.
Clapham splits its drinking between two poles. Around the Common and Venn Street sit the late cocktail bars and dancefloors, while Old Town keeps the gastropubs and garden boozers. The Falcon on Bedford Road holds a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous bar counter in the UK.
Venn Street Records runs nightly live music with a daily happy hour from 5pm to 8pm, per the bar's own listings. The Two Brewers on Clapham High Street has staged drag cabaret seven nights a week since 1981. Time Out lists The Railway Tavern among the area's reliable gastropubs.
Hand-picked and ranked by our London editors. Cited prices and hours are current as of June 2026; check the bar's own site before a long journey.