Best New Year's Eve Events In London 2026

• Location: Shoreditch and Waterloo
• Time: 7pm - 3am
• Price: from £11
• Why we recommend: Tonight Josephine's feel-good factor is undeniable, and with tickets starting at £11 and including a glass of prosecco, you can't go wrong

For a night of glitter, glam and good vibes, Tonight Josephine's New Year's Eve party is the one to beat. With disco classics and dancefloor favourites setting the tone, this sell-out event promises non-stop fun as you wave goodbye to 2025 and welcome 2026 in style.

A glass of Prosecco on arrival is included with every ticket.

• Location: Victoria Embankment, Westminster, SW1A 2HR
• Time: 7pm - 3am 
• Price: £499
• Why we recommend: classy canapes, big tunes and one of the best seats in the city for the fireworks

With a prime spot opposite the London Eye, the Tattershall Castle gives you a front row seat to London's epic midnight fireworks. Down on deck, there's plenty more to keep you entertained.

As well as canapes served right through the night, there's plenty to wet your whistle and music until the wee small hours. Grab your tickets to this epic eight hour boat party for just £499.

• Location: various locations across London
• Time: two-hour sessions available from 12pm - 12am, but you're welcome to stay after your session until closing at 2am
• Price: £40
• Why we recommend: Flight Club are offering both daytime and evening brunches, completed with unlimited pizza, a bottle of prosecco each and interactive darts

Flight Club is scoring a bullseye this New Year's Eve with its brilliant daytime Brunch Socials across London, including in Shoreditch, Victoria, Bloomsbury and Islington. Expect unlimited pizza, an hour in a private oche for your group to play a high-tech, self-scoring take on darts with fun mini games, and a bottle of prosecco each.

The fairground-inspired interiors are sure to add a nostalgic edge too, as you mark 31st December by kicking things off early with brunch.

• Location: various locations across London
• Time: 6pm - 4am
• Price: from £11
• Why we recommend: across all of their London locations, Be At One are throwing ice-themed parties - think metallic interiors and glittery overlays on signature cocktails. Plus, there will be a fun apres-ski meets glitter runway dress code and DJs on the decks all night

Whether you're in Shoreditch, Richmond, Soho or beyond, you can count on Be At One for a fantastic New Year's Eve. Their venues are getting an icy makeover on the 31st, with shimmering decor and glittery cocktails.

They're also teaming up with Lanson Champagne to brin you lots of fizz, as DJs play non-stop dancefloor fillers. And at £11 per person, it's a pretty affordable choice too.

• Location: various locations
• Time: various times
• Price: from free
• Why we recommend: get a great view of the London's legendary fireworks and soak up the riverside atmosphere while the city celebrates

There's no shortage of ways to watch London's sky light up this New Year's Eve. If you don't feel like spending any pennies, you can take to the great outdoors around Lambeth Bridge, Alexandra Palace, Hampstead Heath and plenty of other places and simply look up. 

For something more sophisticated, the River Thames is lined with incredible high rise restaurants and rooftop bars with unbeatable views of the evening's entertainment. Whether you're happy to wrap up warm or want a comfortable front row seat, there's a spot with a view waiting for you. 

• Location: 127 Hackney Road, Shoreditch, E2 8GY
• Time: 4.40pm and 7.05pm
• Price: from £48.50
• Why we recommend: ideal for early celebrations or for setting you up for the night ahead, this unique, immersive experience is the perfect way to add something a little different to your NYE

The clock is about to hit midnight on New Year's Eve, but you're all banged up in Alcotraz: Cell Block Two-One-Two. The immersive experience sees you donning an orange jumpsuit, smuggling in contraband booze past the warden and celebrating with bespoke cocktails shaken up by inmate mixologists.

That's not all though, since this immersive experience comes complete with live actors and a fun, interactive tale of deceit and prison rebellion.

• Location: various locations across London
• Time: two-hour sessions available from 12pm - 12am, but you're welcome to stay after your session until closing at 2am
• Price: £45
• Why we recommend: ideal for those who fancy a New Year's Eve activity, Electric Shuffle is hosting boozy brunches all day and night, complete with some drinks, bottomless pizza and games included in your ticket - plus there will be live DJs and an electric atmosphere

Electric Shuffle is throwing a brunch-based New Year's Eve event in London, from London Bridge to Canary Wharf, complete with piled-high bottomless pizza paddles that you can wash down with celebratory bottle of prosecco each. It's available all the way up until midnight and the venue has live DJs as well.

There will be a competitive edge to your session with high-tech, self-scoring shuffleboard as part of your brunch too.

• Location: Soho, Fulham, Clapham and Notting Hill
• Time: 7pm - 3am
• Price: from £29.50
• Why we recommend: for a house party feel without any of the cleaning up, Little Door's venues will make you feel right at home

Ring in the New Year at The Little Door, where London's favourite house party venues in Soho, Fulham, Clapham and Notting Hill promise a night like no other. Think cocktails in kitchens, games galore, and cheeky photo ops in the shower.

Arrive early for a three-course supper club or join the late-night fun with DJs spinning until 3am.

• Location: 150 Piccadilly, W1J 9BR
• Time: various times
• Price: from £175
• Why we recommend: for a super sophisticated way to see in the New Year, it doesn't get more glitzy than the Ritz

You're already well aware of the reputation of the Ritz. But this is much more than a swanky place to rest your head for the night. Book in for one of its glorious New Year's Eve galas and you'll witness whole new levels of sophistication. 

Whether you go for the black tie dinner in The Palm Court, see in 2026 from its two Michelin star restaurant or raise a glass in The Rivoli Bar, fine food, out of this world entertainment and unbelievable elegance are guaranteed.