Birthday ideas in London

Someone's turning another year older. Give them something better than the same pub.

Checked October 2026

64 spots

Electric ShuffleLondon Bridge · £14 F1 ArcadeSt Paul's · £18 FairgameCanary Wharf · £15 Four Quarters PeckhamPeckham · £10 Hurricane Room King's CrossKing's Cross · £6 Sixes Social CricketLondon Bridge · £13 VauxWall Climbing CentreVauxhall · £20 Shuffle Club ShoreditchShoreditch · £20 The Dare SkywalkTottenham · £35 TOCA Social — The O2Greenwich · £16 Southbank UndercroftSouth Bank · Free Free Ping Pong at King's CrossKing's Cross · Free F1 Drive LondonTottenham · £50 Bounce BatterseaBattersea · £12 Swingers Crazy GolfWest End · £15 Rileys Sports Bar VictoriaVictoria · £6 The Castle Climbing CentreStoke Newington · £18 Ballie BallersonShoreditch · £12 Flight Club Social DartsShoreditch · £15 PoolhouseLiverpool Street · £15 All Star Lanes Brick LaneBrick Lane · £14 BrewDog WaterlooWaterloo · £12 BaranisChancery Lane · £15 Flight Club IslingtonIslington · £15 Flight Club VictoriaVictoria · £15 Greenwich Peninsula Golf RangeGreenwich Peninsula · £15 Roxy Ball Room St Mary AxeCity of London · £12 Roxy Ball Room Old StreetShoreditch · £12 Gravity MAXStratford · £14 Hit KingAldgate · £20 Padel Social Club Earl's CourtEarl's Court · £14 Rocket Padel BatterseaBattersea · £15 K1 Speed Canary WharfCanary Wharf · £45 Padium Canary WharfCanary Wharf · £18 Roxy Ball Room HolbornHolborn · £12 HijingoShoreditch · £20 Flight Club BloomsburyBloomsbury · £15 Hyde Park Lawn BowlsHyde Park · £10 Puttshack BankBank · £16 Puttshack White CityWhite City · £18 Q ShoreditchShoreditch · £10 Horizon 22City of London · Free The 108 Batting CagesBrent Cross · £10 GoBoat Canary WharfCanary Wharf · £15 Stratford Padel ClubStratford · £15 Sky GardenCity of London · Free Skuna BBQ BoatsCanary Wharf · £30 Skuna Hot Tub BoatsCanary Wharf · £45 AlcotrazShoreditch · £40 Emirates Stadium TourHolloway · £30 Axeperience Tower HillTower Hill · £30 The Crystal Maze LIVE ExperienceWest End · £65 clueQuest Escape RoomsKing's Cross · £25 Game of ThrowingHammersmith · £24 Leake Street Graffiti TunnelWaterloo · Free Roller NationTottenham · £14 Smash It Rage RoomsEltham · £25 Wembley Stadium TourWembley · £28 Allianz Stadium Twickenham TourTwickenham · £25 NQ64 SohoSoho · £12 TeamSport Go Karting DocklandsCanning Town · £45 Boom Battle BarFitzrovia · £15 Up at The O2Greenwich Peninsula · £30 IFS Cloud Cable CarRoyal Docks · £7

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What's a good birthday activity for a group?

Activity bars and boat hire are the crowd-pleasers. Book a few weeks ahead for weekends.

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