Our pick of the comedy stores

Jongleurs has branches in Bow, Camden and Watford
10 April 2012

Here is our pick of the best comedy clubs in London.

COMEDY STORE
The location might have changed over the years, but for a guaranteed giggle this is the business. Pictures on the wall of everyone from Robin Williams to Harry Enfield pay homage to the names that have graced the nightly stage.
1a Oxendon Street, SW1. 0870 060 2340. www.the comedystore.co.uk

HAMPSTEAD COMEDY CLUB
Recently moved to larger premises and what it lost in intimacy it gained in being able to attract bigger names. This Saturday Lee Mack, the star of BBC1 sitcom Not Going Out, flexes his stand-up muscles.
143 Adelaide Road, NW3. 020 7633 9539. www.hampsteadcomedy.co.uk

JONGLEURS
London's other long-established venue now has branches in Bow, Camden and Watford, but this is the original and the best, in a converted roller-disco above a Clapham pub.
49 Lavender Gardens, SW11. 0870 787 0707. www.jongleurs.com

UP THE CREEK
The late, legendary impresario Malcolm Hardee started this venue and tempted the likes of Vic Reeves and Jools Holland down in the early days. Still booming despite Hardee's tragic drowning in 2005.
302 Creek Road, SE10. 020 8858 4581. www.up-the-creek.com

HEADLINERS
West London's top venue plays host to some spectacular bills. Local celebrity residents Al Murray and Rob Brydon have popped in to road-test material before tours and TV.
185 Chiswick High Road, W4, 020 8566 4067. www.headlinerscomedy.com

COMEDY CAFE
This raucous East End hangout was here long before Shoreditch became fashionable and it now heaves with chuckles. It's the place where Jimmy Carr cut his teeth - if you can survive the hecklers here you can survive anywhere.
66 Rivington Street, EC2. 020 7739 5706. www.comedycafe.co.uk

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