Royal Vauxhall Tavern

The Royal Vauxhall Tavern is a Grade II listed Gay entertainment venue in Vauxhall, London. It is also known as the RVT. It is South London's oldest surviving queer venue.

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Photo: Tom Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 7:00 PM—midnight
Saturday: 9:00 PM—2:00 AM
Sunday: 2:00 PM—midnight
Type: Pub
Description: gay bar and nightclub in Vauxhall, London
Also known as: “Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Vauxhall” and “The Royal Vauxhall Tavern”
Address: 372 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5HY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vauxhall Gardens and Vauxhall station.

Vauxhall Gardens

Park

Photo: Samuel Wale, Public domain.

Vauxhall Gardens is a public park in Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, on the south bank of the River Thames. Originally known as New Spring Gardens, it is believed to have opened before the Restoration of 1660, being mentioned by Samuel Pepys in 1662. Vauxhall Gardens is situated 480 feet northeast of Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

Vauxhall station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vauxhall is a National Rail, London Underground and London Buses interchange station in South London. It is at the Vauxhall Cross road junction opposite the southern approach to Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames in the district of Vauxhall.

The Oval

Stadium

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The Oval, for sponsorship reasons named the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vauxhall and St George Wharf.

Vauxhall

Suburb

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Vauxhall is an area of South London, within the London Borough of Lambeth. Named after a medieval manor called Fox Hall, it became well known for the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.

St George Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: Jamesbeard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St George Wharf is a riverside development in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London, England, located on the southern bank of the River Thames beside Vauxhall Bridge.

Oval

Suburb

Photo: Jguk, Public domain.

Oval is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is the part of Kennington around The Oval cricket ground, situated 2.1 miles to the southeast of Charing Cross.

Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Categories: LGBTQ nightclub, gay bar, LGBT historic place, building, and commercial building
Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.48635° or 51° 29′ 11″ north

Longitude

-0.12183° or 0° 7′ 19″ west

Open location code

9C3XFVPH+G7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 136012106

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=pub

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q7374962

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Royal Vauxhall Tavern” goes by many names.

Chinese: “皇家沃克斯豪尔酒馆”
Dutch: “Royal Vauxhall Tavern”
Turkish: “Royal Vauxhall Tavern”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bridge Command and Market Place Vauxhall.

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