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While on Heddon Street, check out the doorway of number 23, famed for featuring on the front cover of David Bowie’s iconic album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Today the site is occupied by Gordon Ramsey’s restaurant, Heddon Street Kitchen.
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The Cave went bankrupt in 1914, but paved the way for the generation of nightclubs that came after it. Once the basement of a cloth warehouse, the Cave of the Golden Calf was opened by wealthy bohemian Frida Strindberg in 1912 as an ‘artists cabaret club’, decorated with murals and works commissioned by local artists. Image courtesy Billy Fisher via Wallpaperflareĩ Heddon Street is the former site of what is considered to be the first gay bar in England. Heddon Street Kitchen (The Cave of the Golden Calf) Heddon Street Kitchen sign. In 1974 the group helped organise a transgender conference (sometimes deemed the first) called ‘Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society’ at The University of Leeds.įrom here, walk south to Regent Street, then turn down Heddon Street. The Society met for its annual dinner at Broadcasting House in the 1970s and 1980s before moving it to New Kensington Town Hall. In 1966, the Beaumont Society was established as a support group for transgender people, making it the oldest of its kind in the UK. Broadcasting House Broadcasting house (far left) next to All Souls Church, London © Historic England Archive. Start this tour at the junction of Duchess Street and Portland Place, Marylebone. Whether you’re taking part in Pride celebrations, or looking for something new to discover, here are seven fascinating LGBTQ+ landmarks to look out for in central London.