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Flight Club Bloomsbury: Darts in London
Flight Club Bloomsbury is a darts bar built for groups, not for serious 501 players. You book an oche (the semi-private playing area) for 60 or 90 minutes, and the electronic boards do all the scoring while you run through quick multiplayer games. It sits inside Albion House on New Oxford Street, three minutes from Tottenham Court Road, so it is an easy meet-up spot for after work or a birthday. Social Darts starts from £10 per person and you pay the gaming fee when you book. It is over-18s only, and the draw is as much the carousel-themed bar, the pizzas and the cocktails as the throwing. Come for a group night out with darts as the icebreaker, rather than a quiet pint and a league board.
Contact
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- Address 55-59 Albion House, New Oxford Street, WC1A 1BS
Opening hours
- Mon 11:30-00:00
- Tue 11:30-00:00
- Wed 11:30-00:00
- Thu 11:30-01:00
- Fri 11:30-01:00
- Sat 11:00-01:00
- Sun 11:30-00:00
Good to know
- Darts
- DJ nights
- Cocktails
- Wine list
- Kitchen
- Wi-Fi
The darts setup
You play in an oche, a booth-style area that fits a group around one set of boards. The boards are electronic and track every dart automatically, so nobody is chalking scores or arguing about the maths. Instead of straight 501 you work through a rotation of fast multiplayer games (the lineup includes ones like Snakes and Ladders and Quack Shot), which keeps everyone involved even if half your group has never thrown before. Bookings come as a 60 or 90 minute slot, and the format is designed to scale, with larger groups spread across several oches. It is closer to bowling-with-darts than a traditional board, and that is the point.
Good to know
This is a paid, bookable venue rather than a free pub board. Social Darts starts from £10 per person and you pay the gaming fee up front when you book, so it is worth reserving ahead for evenings and weekends. It is strictly over-18s. Beyond the darts there is a full kitchen and bar: pizzas, small plates and a long cocktail list, plus the carousel-themed bar the Bloomsbury site is known for. Hours run late, to midnight Sunday through Wednesday and 1am Thursday through Saturday, so you can carry on drinking after your oche time is up.
Getting there
Flight Club Bloomsbury is in Albion House on New Oxford Street, postcode WC1A 1BS. The nearest tube is Tottenham Court Road, about a three minute walk, which puts the Central, Northern and Elizabeth lines on your doorstep. Holborn and Covent Garden are both around eight minutes on foot if those lines suit you better, and Oxford Circus is roughly a quarter of an hour away. It is a central, well-connected spot, which makes it a sensible choice when you are pulling a group together from different parts of London for one night.
Common questions
- What is Flight Club Bloomsbury?
- It is a social darts bar on New Oxford Street where you book a private oche and play quick multiplayer games on electronic auto-scoring boards. It is built around group nights out, with pizzas, cocktails and a carousel-themed bar alongside the darts.
- How much does Flight Club Bloomsbury cost?
- Social Darts starts from £10 per person. You book either a 60 or 90 minute slot in an oche and pay the gaming fee when you book. Food and drinks are extra on top.
- Do you need to book or can you just walk in?
- It is a bookable venue and you pay the gaming fee when you reserve your oche, so booking ahead is advised, especially for evenings and weekends.
- Is Flight Club Bloomsbury 18+?
- Yes. Flight Club Bloomsbury is for over-18s only.
- Do you need to be good at darts?
- No. The boards score everything automatically and you play a rotation of easy multiplayer games rather than traditional 501, so it works fine for total beginners and for groups of mixed ability.
- What is the nearest tube to Flight Club Bloomsbury?
- Tottenham Court Road is about a three minute walk. Holborn and Covent Garden are both around eight minutes on foot.
Other darts bars nearby
- Bat & Ball Covent Garden
- Nordic Bar Fitzrovia Fitzrovia
- Rocket Room Leicester Square Leicester Square
- Oche The Strand The Strand
- Cock Tavern (Soho) Soho, W1
- The Exiles Chiswick / Acton