Bunker (aka MA1: Bunker) Formerly: The Bunker Bar / East Bloc / Sedition

A Second World War bunker reinvented as an equipped dungeon, in the spirit of "continental sleaze". This is the domain of hard/fetish-sex organiser Alan Roberts (aka MA1), who revamped the space — previously Wayne Shires's East Bloc — in January 2019, when MA1's signature club night, Buff, shifted from Backstreet to here. The 150-capacity, low-ceiling and black-walled space includes a maze, cabins, booths, a blackout bunker and chill areas, with . In short, passageways, nooks and crannies define the space; the pint-sized bar area feels more like a holding area. Strips of blackened camouflage-effect plastic mesh are used liberally to separate various zones. No beers on tap. Check busy schedule for various themed slots, including Buff (and Buff Plus, with no dresscode) and Fitladz [see separate entries], Boys and Sirs, Suited & Booted, Bearbait, Eastern Promise, Sabrina-led events (She.xyz Party and Sabrina's Bar), Hot Footed (foot fetish), Club CP — specialists in spanking and corporal punishment...billed as "the oldest CP club in the country" — and the "hands only" London Jack Off Club. Plus the dress-code-free events Barcode and Geared Up/Blackout. And SM Gays meets here monthly [see separate entry]. Autumn 2022 marked the debut of two monthly nights devoted to classic fetish: (the externally promoted) Rubber Slut [see entry] and ClubXXX-Leather, though this survived only until January 2023, subsumed by Bunker Bash starting February 2023 (with free entry for leathermen). Several Bunker events are refugees from the sadly departed Bloc South, and the 'fetish's greatest hits'-like schedule is rivalled only by the basement Underground Club London at Central Station [see entry]. Located in the City Road, between the Shepherdess Cafe (on the corner) and Istanbul Supermarket, just minutes from Old Street tube station.