The archive
Last Orders
Clubs we've recorded closing — when the lights went up for good, and why, where we know. Other guides quietly delete them. We think "it's gone" is an answer worth giving.
- 27 Jun 2026 Cameo Bournemouth Bournemouth — A long-running Bournemouth club that closed on 27 June 2026. Its operators pointed to the relocation of the entrance, to make way for student accommodation, as the blow that finished it. Closed27 JUN 2026
- 26 Apr 2026 Pink Punters Milton Keynes — A landmark of the region's LGBTQ+ nightlife on Watling Street in Bletchley. Patrons were evacuated in the early hours of 26 April 2026 as fire took hold, and twelve fire crews attended; the blaze was ruled accidental four days later.… Closed26 APR 2026
- 27 Jun 2025 The Leadmill Sheffield — Sheffield's best-known independent venue, open from 1980 and central to the city's music history. After a long legal battle over its lease it closed on 27 June 2025. Closed27 JUN 2025
- Feb 2024 ATIK Wrexham Wrexham — Once the largest nightclub in North Wales, holding more than 1,600 people across two rooms. It closed permanently in February 2024 in the Rekom UK administration. ClosedFEB 2024
- Feb 2024 PRYZM Birmingham Birmingham — A large multi-room commercial club on Broad Street, geared to student nights and chart-led weekends. It closed permanently in February 2024, when Rekom UK — then the country's biggest nightclub operator — went into administration and shut seventeen venues. ClosedFEB 2024
- Feb 2024 PRYZM Portsmouth Portsmouth — A large multi-room club by the Guildhall. It closed permanently in February 2024 in the Rekom UK administration, one of seventeen venues shut at once. ClosedFEB 2024
- Date unknown Halo Bournemouth Bournemouth — Closed. A £750,000 relaunch as Sanctum folded within a month over management and health-and-safety problems. ClosedLAST ORDERS
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