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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Alfie Packham

‘A taste of Ibiza in grotty King’s Cross’: memories of closed UK nightclubs

Crowd dancing at a club
Crowd dancing at a club in Camden, London, in 1995. Between June 2020 and June 2024, 480 nightclubs have shut. Photograph: PYMCA/Avalon/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Nightclubs across British towns and cities have been declining steadily over recent years, with 65 closures this year alone. The Covid pandemic has been a big factor as 480 nightclubs shut their doors between June 2020 and June 2024.

Here, six people share memories of their favourite clubs in their 90s and 00s heydays.

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