Gay London Life | Feb '26 Edition - Magazine - Page 42
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ME1 Sauna
Vault 139
Some places just know how to put you in a good
Club CP
If your ideal February night involves low lighting,
mood, and ME1 Sauna does it with heat, steam
Tuesdays at Bunker Bar are reserved for those
minimal conversation and a clear understanding
and a very warm welcome. This is the kind of spot
who like their cruising with a firm hand. Club CP is a
of why everyone’s there, Vault 139 continues
where you arrive for a steam and end up staying
men-only night dedicated to corporal punishment,
to hit the mark. This basement cruise bar just
because the energy feels easy and inviting. The
with plenty of space for play and cruising layered
north of Soho runs a daily schedule that keeps
crowd is relaxed and smiley, a mix of regulars and
in alongside it. There’s no enforced dress code,
things fresh: fully dressed Cruise sessions in
first-timers all happily circulating between the
though a changing room is available if you want
the afternoons, NKD naked nights on Mondays
sauna, steam room and jacuzzi like it is a shared
to strip down once you arrive. Inside, you’ll
and Thursdays, and Underwear evenings on
social ritual. There is plenty of space to unwind,
find benches, equipment and darker areas
Wednesday and Sunday when you can keep
plenty of corners to flirt, and a general sense that
designed for impact play, plus a maze, video
just what you want on. Saturdays switch things
nobody is rushing anything. Theme nights add
room, booths and a cabin lounge for whatever
up with All Or Nothing, where what you wear is
a little extra spice without ever overpowering
develops afterwards. It’s straightforward,
entirely up to you. There are free entry perks too
the laid-back vibe, and the whole place feels
well-established and unapologetically niche,
for students and under-25s on select days, and
designed for lingering, chatting and seeing where
attracting a crowd that knows exactly why
once the doors open at 1pm it’s easy to slip in for
the day or night takes you. ME1 is the perfect
they’re there and how to behave. If paddles,
whatever mood you’re in. Quiet corner? Check.
place to visit for anyone who likes their fun warm,
discipline and consent-led punishment are your
Mazes and rooms to explore? Check. Guys who
social and full of good eye contact.
thing, this is one to circle in the diary.
know what they want? You bet.
Foundry Wharf, High Street, Rochester,
Every Tuesday, 6pm–10pm
139–143 Whitfield Street, W1T 5EN
Medway ME1 1HY
Bunker Bar, 217 City Road, EC1V 1JN
Nearest Station: Warren Street
Nearest Station: Rochester
Nearest Station: Old Street
Website: vault139.com
Website: www.me1sauna.co.uk
Website: clubcp.com
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