Best City in England for a night out?

[Arriba Los Zorros]

manchester or newcastle, leeds good if you're under 21

[ousefox]

Sheffield is my favourite out of the lot - especially for a student.

 

Newcastle is good but very overrated. A lot of people seem to regard it as the Mecca of night outs who have only been once or twice.

 

Nottingham was great when I went too.

 

It also depends if we're talking about clubbing or just drinking. If it's clubbing York shouldn't be anywhere near that list.

[Saxondale]

Anyone who hasn't put London hasn't spent enough time in London.

It's got everything you'll find in Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds and more.

It's got cheap nights, it's got expensive nights, it's got everything.

It's so massive it's got endless variety. You might as well take it off the list really because in nightlife terms it's practically a continent alone compared to every other city on the island.

 

I'd take it off the list for a different reason: you don't really go for a 'night out in London'. It's effectively a collection of distinctly separate towns.

 

Glasgow would get my vote if this was all of UK. In England, it's got to be Brighton. Which, by the way, has the highest concentration of fit women too.

[rico]

Stockport, Bredbury Hall.

Had some of my best nights out there.

 

a hidden gem

[Nalis]

Anyone who hasn't put London hasn't spent enough time in London.

It's got everything you'll find in Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds and more.

It's got cheap nights, it's got expensive nights, it's got everything.

It's so massive it's got endless variety. You might as well take it off the list really because in nightlife terms it's practically a continent alone compared to every other city on the island.

I can see your point but living here I'd have to disagree.

Any decent bars are too spread out to go on a decent bar crawl, the best areas to go out are Clapham, Camden or if it floats your boat Shoreditch which arent right in the middle of London so if you're staying centrally its can be a minor mission going to/from those places whereas if you were in Manchester or Liverpool centrally then chances are you aee walking distance from the nightlife.

As cliched as it sounds also, people in the north are generally friendlier on a night out.

Dont get me wrong, I love London and also a lot of the pubs and clubs but I'd never reccommend it for a stag or a weekend with mates focused on nightlife.

[Soar Fox]

a hidden gem

Have you been Rico?

I can't believe the amount of people that have never heard of it before.

[Gianni07]

Manchester for me. Been out all across the UK and Liverpool, Leeds and Edinburgh are all worth a visit too. Don't think it's a coincidence that they're all northern cities. The atmosphere is so much better up there, and having lived in London and Bristol too I've had enough nights out down south to realise it doesn't quite compare.

[Voll Blau]

Northampton is good for street fights and women.

[bovril]

I'd take it off the list for a different reason: you don't really go for a 'night out in London'. It's effectively a collection of distinctly separate towns.

 

Glasgow would get my vote if this was all of UK. In England, it's got to be Brighton. Which, by the way, has the highest concentration of fit women too.

 

Glasgow is the absolute bomb.

[Dr The Singh]

Luton or Rotherham for me

[z-layrex]

I can see your point but living here I'd have to disagree.

Any decent bars are too spread out to go on a decent bar crawl, the best areas to go out are Clapham, Camden or if it floats your boat Shoreditch which arent right in the middle of London so if you're staying centrally its can be a minor mission going to/from those places whereas if you were in Manchester or Liverpool centrally then chances are you aee walking distance from the nightlife.

As cliched as it sounds also, people in the north are generally friendlier on a night out.

Dont get me wrong, I love London and also a lot of the pubs and clubs but I'd never reccommend it for a stag or a weekend with mates focused on nightlife.

Couldn't agree more. Have nothing but bad nights out centrally. I live in clapham and it's ok but still not great. The pubs are brilliant, I'm talking purely about going out out.

[Guest MattP]

As a few have said you can't really put London as it's like fifteen cities in one, a bar crawl around Pimlico and Westminster is a World away from hitting a club in Vauxhall.

 

You can have a great night anywhere, personally Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham and Edinburgh spring to mind, most underrated I'd go Cheltenham, Torquay and Bournemouth.

 

If you want a night out where anything can happen just go Blackpool, the place is a steaming pile of sweage though, make sure you arrive hammered and leave hammered, you'll somehow have a good time in between.

[SemperEadem]

Leicester has always had a good reputation for a night out with people I have spoken to not from there. Would assume most do not go to it regularly but as a one off people rate it.

[whoareyaaa]

For me has to be Chester haven't been to all the ones listed but where I have bin Chester was sweet!! plenty of bars and fanny!

[oohaahmustafa]

They know how to get on it in Leeds.

[LCFC FOX]

Really enjoyed Liverpool last time I went in July

[Hollism]

Northampton is good for street fights and women.

Northampton is without doubt the worst night out you could imagine. Avoid it at all costs.

[bovril]

Chicago's in King's Lynn. It's about as far away from Chicago as you can imagine. Might as well be called 'Fallujah'.

[Stuntman_Mike]

Bournemouth for me.

 

From the list I'd say it's hard to choose between Leeds and Newcastle. 

[TOMBlcfc]

What do people reckon between Leeds/Manchester/Bristol?

Fave unis at the moment btw

[fuchsntf]

For London, need to chose an area, or maybe crossing a couple.It is the best for choice, and wider choice of international spreads, finding partners, for adventures or for life.

Sheffield, Bournemouth, and Eds in Scotland, use to be good, if you have to travel, might be cheaper on the continent, Berlin weekend, English no probs, maybe best bars and clubs in Europe, across the city.

Or nearer, Brussels, Antwerp, but like Holland towns, some research needed before hand.Brit-expat sites can be usefull.

I am an old winkly now, but My kids keep me informed, or young Brits passing through.

For example, met some lads n lasses from the midlands , they told me, if they chose the right weekends, can be just as cheap getting a quick flight, just for the craiq, same time lost if driving or waiting for trains.

This group told me they hated Newcastle, not because of what it could offer, but in their words...even for them too aggressive.

They also said they had a great time in Dublin, but travel too expensive, fair price for BnB.

I asked how they got their info, they told me they were a mixed bunch of non students, age 18-25,but looked up student sites, or just the local tourist sites for youth and night clubs.Apparently saved up for the jaunts 3-4 x a year, or just go occasionally

to any given coast town in the UK.They did say that in the UK they liked Sheffield, but now knew their way around, and it had

dropped off a bit.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Watford was absolutely heaving Monday-Thursday nights. Fantastic night out so that gets my vote. Not sure if everyone fcuks off to London at weekends though

[Vacamion]

Shame the OP restricted it to England.

Cardiff is a mental night out.

Just take your boxing gloves.

[sdb]

Been to most of those actually - some good places when you think about it. Tough to pick a best but reassuring to see Plymouth has 0 votes. Need to try Newcastle. 

[Nick]

Northampton is good for street fighting women.

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