| Place Name | Area / Borough | Type | Free | Power | Quiet | Notes | | ------------------------------- | --------------------------- | -------------------- | ---- | ----- | ----- | ----------------------------------------- | | Buckle Street Studio | Aldgate, Tower Hamlets | Café / Coworking | N | Y | Y | Paid studio space; calm and clean | | National Art Library (V&A) | South Kensington | Library | Y | Y | Y | Registration required; design-focused | | WatchHouse – Covent Garden | Covent Garden, Westminster | Café | Y | Y | M | Small but laptop-friendly | | Neighbours Café – Mayfair | Mayfair, Westminster | Café | Y | Y | M | Trendy, laptop-allowed (follow etiquette) | | Ember Lock | South Kensington | Café | Y | Y | M | Boutique café with work nooks | | WatchHouse – Somerset House | Strand, Westminster | Café | Y | Y | M | Beautiful interiors, but busy | | Cafebotanical – Holborn | Holborn, Camden | Café | Y | Y | Y | Plant-filled, popular with students | | Soderberg – Soho | Soho, Westminster | Café | Y | Y | M | Scandinavian, work-friendly weekdays | | Potter & Reid | Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets | Café | Y | Y | Y | Spacious & laptop-encouraged | | Foyles Bookstore Café | Tottenham Court Rd, Camden | Bookshop Café | Y | Y | Y | Quiet upstairs café inside bookstore | | Gecko Coffeehouse | Shoreditch, Hackney | Café | Y | Y | M | Creative crowd; few sockets | | Hackney Coffee Company | Hackney | Café | Y | Y | Y | Lots of space + greenery | | Senate House | Bloomsbury, Camden | Library (UoL) | Y* | Y | Y | UoL students free; public access w/ ID | | Noxy Brothers | Holborn, Camden | Café | Y | Y | M | Small, laptop-friendly | | Labs – Hogarth House | Holborn, Camden | Coworking Space | N | Y | Y | Membership or day pass | | E1 8DB – Buckle St Studios | Aldgate, Tower Hamlets | Coworking Studio | N | Y | Y | Flexible workspace, good Wi-Fi | | AREA – Holborn (UCL only) | Holborn, Camden | UCL Study Space | Y* | Y | Y | UCL access only | | Tabxtab | Dalston, Hackney | Café | Y | Y | M | Quiet, under-the-radar | | Library Lounge @ The Standard | King’s Cross, Camden | Hotel Lounge Café | Y | Y | Y | Stylish, calm weekday mornings | | Frequency Coffee – Broken Wharf | Blackfriars, City of London | Café | Y | Y | M | Popular with remote workers | | Royal Festival Hall | Southbank, Lambeth | Public Lounge | Y | Y | Y | Ample seating, Wi-Fi, river views | | Cromwell Place Café | South Kensington | Café / Gallery | Y | Y | Y | Artistic environment, gallery-adjacent | | Bermonds Locke – Tower Bridge | Tower Bridge, Southwark | Hotel Café Space | Y | Y | Y | Laptop-friendly hotel café | | British Library | St Pancras, Camden | Library | Y | Y | Y | Top-tier national library, ID required | | Southbank Centre Café | Waterloo, Lambeth | Public Café | Y | Y | Y | Open, spacious, riverside vibe | | The Gentlemen Baristas | Borough, Southwark | Café | Y | Y | M | Stylish; morning hours quieter | | Ozone Coffee Roasters | Shoreditch, Hackney | Café | Y | Y | M | Trendy, very popular | | Barbican Library | Barbican, City of London | Library | Y | Y | Y | Public + music + study zones | | Timberyard Seven Dials | Covent Garden, Westminster | Café (Work-friendly) | Y | Y | Y | Reliable sockets + fast Wi-Fi | | Ace Hotel Lobby (if reopened) | Shoreditch, Hackney | Lounge | Y | Y | Y | Stylish, low-noise & work-allowed | | The Hoxton | Holborn | Cafe | Y | Y | Y | | | Senate house library | Russell Square | Library | Y | Y | Y | | | | | | | | | |