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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McDonald's
Makydee’s ‘re-imaged’ many of its branches (there are 181 in London) and installed free wi-fi across the board. Sit in one of the caring green chairs and sip a Fairtrade coffee.
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Coffee Republic
The majority of Coffee Republic bars offer access to a free wi-fi zone for instant access to the internet from laptops or PDAs. You get the first ten minutes free but further usage requires purchase.
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Corney & Barrow
The wine merchants-turned-bar has 13 branches across the City and Canary Wharf. Unsurprisingly, clientele consists almost entirely of City workers, many of whom go there for breakfast (from 7.30am) and catch up their personal emails before the working day begins.
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Pret a Manger
Pret’s tables are perfectly adequate to fit a laptop, coffee and sarnie. Most of the 150 London stores are wi-fi enabled; ring the branch you intend to visit before making a special trip.
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Wetherspoons
Wetherspoons has enabled free wi-fi in all of its 60-odd branches in London.
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Le Pain Quotidien
Le Pain Quotidien was established in Brussels in the 1990s and has become a hit with well-heeled Londoners since its arrival in the UK. Thirteen of its 15 branches have free wi-fi (Marylebone and Hampstead don't).
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Starbucks
The 'Starbucks worker' has become a feature of everyday London life – more than 400 Starbucks coffee shops in the UK now have wi-fi access, with a good portion of these situated in London. If you want to get online for free, you'll need a Starbucks Card to access the Starbucks BT Openzone.
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75 comments
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?
COFFEE CO - Woolwich.
Has brilliant free wi-fi with any spend over £2!!
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.
am looking for free wifi hotspots in SE London Forest Hill, Brockey area...anyone got any suggestions?