Where to find free wi-fi in London
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By Time Out editors
Updated: Wed Jun 30 2010 Map | Central | North | East | South | West | Chains | Hotspots
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Villiers Terrace
120 Park Road, Crouch End, N8 8JP (020 8245 6827/ www.villiersterracelondon.com).
With wi-fi available on the terrace, enjoying the outdoor delights of this ‘Pub and Dining Room’ while staying online is not a problem. Wooden shutters, a Victorian bow window and a cool designer garden make Villiers Terrace a great place to surf alfresco. Read more
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Camden Coffee House
30 Camden Rd, NW1 9DP (020 7428 9477/ www.camdencoffeehouse.co.uk).
This small independent café opened last year, and has already established itself as a favourite with Camden locals, with its simple unassuming decor, welcoming staff and a strong focus on excellent coffee. There’s also a pleasant area out the back.
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Charlie's Sandwich Bar
St Paul’s Rd, N1 2LH (020 7704 8435).
Fashionable it isn’t, but this family-run café has a distinctly local feel, and is all the better for it. With time-pressed locals opting for takeaways, it provides a pleasantly laid-back atmosphere in which to while away an afternoon. When you’ve finished surfing, make for nearby Highbury Fields for a picnic.
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LCB Surf Store
23 Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AG (020 7482 6089/ www.lcbsurfstore.com).
LCB is best known for its snowboarding and surfing gear, but is equally popular for surfing the net. Both the Camden and Shoreditch branches serve organic and Fairtrade coffee plus your usual café fare of pastries and smoothies, and they also have a couple of laptops you can use. Read more
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Proud
Stables Market, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867/ www.proud.co.uk).
The new Proud Camden might not be quite as hip as it used to be – a victim of its own cult success – but look carefully and you will still spot the odd skinny-jeaned singer in one of the old horse stalls. It’s a good place to come for a quiet coffee and free wi-fi in the day. There’s live music every night from about eight. Read more
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Big Chill House
257-259 Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (020 7427 2540/ www.bigchill.net).
Just down from King’s Cross station, the Big Chill House is all comfy sofas, shared platters and European lagers. There’s a very reasonable £5 lunch menu, which is probably the time take your laptop before the music gets cranked up in the evening. Read more
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Wellcome Collection Café
183 Euston Rd NW1 2BE (020 7611 2222/ www.wellcomecollection.org).
An outpost of Peyton & Byrne, the compact café in the Wellcome Collection foyer is relaxing and civilised. Sip on an Earl Grey tea, settle on a sofa and get to work on your essay on ‘Why science is essentially art’. Read more
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Camden Arts Centre Café
Arkwright Rd, NW3 6DG (020 7472 5500/ www.camdenartscentre.org).
According to Time Out itself, the Camden Arts Centre has ‘the best coffee in north London’, and the pastries aren’t bad either. The café is light and airy with free wi-fi and nice big tables, but there’s also a gallery and bookshop stocked with quirky little publications that you’ll struggle to find anywhere else. The café opens on to a garden, where you can work among the various temporary artworks. Read more
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76 comments
most public libraries run a free wifi service..btw watch out for the bt openzone scam everyone , where they try and get you to pay up for wifi 'service' which includes tapping into a domestic users internet access...
The Duchess Pub at 101 Battersea Park Road, SW8 has free wifi. Great choice of ales and good food menu too - especially their home made burgers.
oops! i see skype are charging for wifi access now, lets hope it doesnt catch on or free wifi will be history...
The HOB pub in Forest Hill SE London has free wifi ..ive used it its ok..theres even a belkin open spot near there,, catford library has free wifi as does dulwich library...btw watch out for this scam..BT openzone charge you for using wifi..even when its 'borrowed ' from someones net access and boy do they charge i had a bill for over £45 !!! please ignore the BT openzone site !!!!
Tate modern is a brilliant and inspiring location with free wifi
Does any one know of any nice places more towards South west London eg Kingston, Wimbledon, Morden. thanks
A great pub called the Cumberland Arms at the end of Northend Road near West Kensington / Barons Court / Hammersmith has free wifi too. Fantastic ales and food and also a great cappuccino for £2.50. Not the cheapest pub you'll find but staff is very friendly and won't make a fuss even if you spend all day there with just a coffee. Highly recommend this place.
WalkIn WiFi is also free and you only have to register once.
Go to their website to see pub with WalkIn :)
Kennedys
297 Caledonian Road N1 1EG have WalkIn
anyone know of any nice outside spaces near Camberwell/Peckham that are wifi?
Sarah,
If you sign up to The Cloud in McDog it is free and you can then use The Cloud anywhere where it is used to supply the free WiFi. That includes Wetherspoon (I am posting this from a JDW pub) and some other pubs. The Green Man at Great Portland Street uses The Cloud and is part of a chain so all of theirs are likely to be OK as well.
Phil.
Hello, can anyone tell me, if I sign up to the cloud to use the wifi at mcdonalds or anwhere that has the cloud. Do I need to sign up for a contract and pay them. Not sure.
Barossa in Parsons Green is a great Australian cafe with free wifi
I'm back in the Antipodes for the rest of this year.
On Wellington Waterfront (between Queen's Wharf and Te Papa Museum) there is free wi-fi sponsored by TradeMe, the local equivalent of E-bay. There is talk of extending the free wi-fi across central Wellington by the time of the Rugby World Cup (in September and October).
Seventeen miles from Wellington, the Upper Hutt Public Library has free wi-fi for up to four hours/day, though Wellington Public Library charges for that way of accessing information.
Maybe there is free wifi around Valentines park?
Kennedys, 297 Caledonian Road, Islington. N1 1EG, now have free WiFi.
WalkIn WiFi - free to register and all it means is you get a newsletter once a month from the pub about special offers and events.
Google Kennedy's Caledonian Road for their website.