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Meet Hive | Saturday 17 October 2026 | Central London | UK

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> One of the disused platforms, featured in [*Holborn Station Hidden London Tour*](https://aboutlondonlaura.com/holborn-station-hidden-london-tour/) on [About London Laura](https://aboutlondonlaura.com/).

Yes, we have a free venue in Central London. (I say free: there's a tip jar).

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A meeting room,

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lots of relaxed seating areas,

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and a place for all the cups and saucers.

It's about ten minutes walk from Holborn Station, there's a very expensive pub on the corner, famous for hosting Oliver Cromwell's body after he was exhumed (and lost by all accounts). It has an upstairs lounge and an interesting dumb waiter arrangement delivering your drinks.

Opposite is a more reasonably priced Wetherspoons with the usual get-a-lot-of-calories-for-your-money menu. It has some cosy booths and other nooks and crannies. I haven't tried the toilets in either place, maybe an opportunity for a review in The Looloo community 😍.

There's lots of other places to eat locally, too, or we can order in or bring and share (a helpful Waitrose is on the walk from Holborn Station). The kitchen has an enormous fridge, and a dishwasher, but help loading it would be good.

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St Paul's Cathedral, one or two stops away on the Central Line. Walk across the Millenium Bridge and you're by Tate Modern with its spooky trees.

For visitors and sightseers, Covent Garden, The British Museum and the Sir John Soames Museum (recommended) are close by, as well as Russell Square, Bloomsbury Square and Lincoln's Inn Fields.

We can start and finish any time between 11am and 4pm. Let me know your preferences, so I can put something on Meetup and Eventbrite.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Comments · 7

  • @angeluxx(74)· 50m

    There's going to be a Hive meeting at that location, right? That's incredible! I hope to hear more details.

  • @alonicus(72)· 1h

    I know I've got an event sometime in October, but I'm away on holiday this week with no access to my diary. Assuming it's not the same weekend, I'll be there - home to Waterloo is only about 45 minutes on the train, and Holborn is just a few tube stops after that 😀

  • This looks like it will be fun!

  • I haven't tried the toilets in either place, maybe an opportunity for a review in The Looloo community 😍.

    Yeah!!!!

  • @grindle(79)· 14h

    Hi @shanibeer damn damn and damn, I am off on a river cruise on the 19th so time is too tight for me, these meet ups always seem to happen when I am otherwise engaged (sad face).

    Well I say river cruise it depends how much water the Danube gets, going east from Budapest, a lot of these trips are being cancelled, but they don't tell you until 3 days before departure, which is damned inconvenient as I will have already chucked a spare pair of pants and my toothbrush into my Lidl carrier bag !

  • @molometer(72)· 1d

    Good location @shanibeer and I will see you there with a bit of luck and a following wind. 😊👍

  • That looks awesome! If I am in London next time I will join if you meet. Maybe next year

Meet Hive | Saturday 17 October 2026 | Central London | UK — scrobble.life