Vault 139

Vault 139 describes itself as “a gay cruise bar, gay venue and gay club” based in W1 London. It is an underground venue on Whitfield Street, a minute's walk from Warren Street station, and it opens every day, with a clothed cruise session in the afternoon on most days and an evening session whose dress code changes through the week. A QX Magazine interview with the venue says it opened in 2008. The club lists one large dark room with a sling, beds and two barrels, a second smaller dark room, a variety of smaller rooms that each have a bed, and four gloryholes, and it describes a variety of play areas. There is also a changing room and cloakroom and a bar serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Guests must be 18 or over, and the club says everyone is welcome except the rude, the abusive and anyone who has used or wants to use illegal substances. Dress follows the session: cruise is fully clothed, underwear nights allow boxers, speedos, jockstraps and harnesses, naked nights are strictly naked apart from footwear, and all or nothing allows any of these, with footwear always required. Outside food and drink are not allowed, phones may only be used around the bar, photography and video are banned, and anyone found with or having taken drugs is ejected and barred.