The oldest gay pub in Leeds, the New Penny is one of the hottest places for alternative music. As well as host many different themed nights, they have also had the pleasure of having the infamous Lily Savage perform on stage.
At the bottom of Call Lane sits what is claimed to be the UK’s longest running gay venue, and the first gay venue to open outside of London. The New Penny, or the Hope and Anchor as it was first known in 1953, was a secretive place in bygone days, but thankfully in these more liberal times the New Penny is a proud and open gay pub which remains busy throughout the week.
What can I say fooking fantastic get ure self down cheap drink and djs the best Queen of all time alexis Lilly Denman 💖
The New Year’s Eve female bouncer was terrible, she came down the queue and asked us how big our group was and we said 6, then we queued for another 30 mins in the rain, when we got the the end of the queue she said 6 was too many for the company policy. We’re people in the industry, just been working a nye event and this is terrible service. She could have told us that 30 minutes ago. By the time we got to the end of the queue everywhere was closed so we couldn’t enjoy our NYE. Even worse there was a group of 5 behind us that she let in.
First time going here. Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff. Great music and the drinks cost effective and went down a treat. The only one negative point of the night was a couple of guys doing drugs. But still other than that brilliant will definitely go again
Absolutely love The New Penny. The staff are delightful the drinks are reasonably priced and the atmosphere is fabulous. Worst part about it is that I spend an average 3-4 nights a week there and i may as well just have my wage directly sent to them 😲
Nice little bar. Music isn't great but at least the DJ is open to requests. Even though it's a gay bar, there are a lot of straight people there on any given night. Which isn't an issue, except for when the straight guys attempt to hit on the queer girls and they become insulting and over bearing. Saying how they can change your sexuality and constantly bothering u all night for sex even though you've made it extremely clear you're not interested. I've also had a couple of guys try and sell me drugs in there. -_- All in all not a bad bar if your looking for somewhere to chill. Most ppl are very friendly and will welcome u to dance with them. Just wish this gay bar had more gay ppl.
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Opening Times
| Mon | 17:00 – 00:00 |
| Tue | 17:00 – 02:00 |
| Wed | 17:00 – 03:00 |
| Thur | 17:00 – 03:00 |
| Fri | 17:00 – 05:00 |
| Sat | 17:00 – 05:30 |
| Sun | 17:00 – 03:00 |
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