Gay villages in the United Kingdom

Bigger cities and metropolitan areas are most popular as they are deemed to be more tolerant and tend to have "a history of progressive local government policy towards supporting and financing LGBTQ-friendly initiatives.

[1][2] LGBT-inclusive areas of UK towns and cities tend to be defined by "a distinct geographic focal point, a unique culture, a cluster of commercial spaces" and sometimes a concentration of residences.

Birmingham Pride is celebrated each year around the late May bank holiday weekend; its entertainment and festivities are centred around the Gay Village.

[15][16] Many LGBT pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants, cafés and shops are located around Brighton and in particular around St James's Street in Kemptown.

Cardiff has been ranked as the 8th most accepting city in the world for the LGBT community[26] and is home to many popular gay venues such as the Golden Cross.

The New Town end of Leith Walk from Picardy Place to Broughton Street is known locally as the 'Pink Triangle' and is home to a number of LGBTQ+ venues.

[42] The city's annual Homotopia festival is run by the only lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer combined arts organisation in northern England.

[47] London's Pride festival is now celebrated across the centre of city at the end of June, with particular focus on the main stage at Trafalgar Square and venues in Soho and Vauxhall.

Pride is an annual event that closes London's Oxford Street and draws the largest numbers of spectators in the country each year.

In an Office for National Statistics survey in 2010, London was found to be home to the highest percentage of British people who identify as either gay, lesbian or bisexual than anywhere else in the UK at 2.5%.

Located on the corner of The Moor and Hereford Street in the city centre, it takes in the long-established Dempsey's bar and club and the newly opened Queer Junction.