A city guide for laptop workers · London
Cafés and places to work from in London.
476 places to work from in London, United Kingdom: 363 cafés, 26 restaurants, 25 bars and 21 libraries. 178 have good Wi-Fi, 174 have power outlets and 104 are quiet. Each with its house rules and the date it was last checked. Updated .
Confirmed
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15grams Coffee House
To reconfirm28 Greenwich Church St, London SE10 9BJ, UK
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
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1930 Coffee Co London
To reconfirm3A Lever St, London EC1V 3QU, UK
- Wi-Fi available
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31 below
Confirmed31 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4PP, London
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
42 Coffee Junction
Confirmed42 Provost St, London N1 7SU, UK
- Good Wi-Fi
- Quiet
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46b Espresso Hut
To reconfirm46b Brooksby's Walk, London E9 6DF, UK
- Wi-Fi available
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60 Degrees Speciality Coffee
To reconfirmUnit 10B, 10 Greycoat Pl, London SW1P 1SB, UK
- Wi-Fi available
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640East
Confirmed10 Water Street, E14 5GX, London
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
640East
To reconfirmCanary Wharf Estate
- Wi-Fi available
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Abraço
To reconfirmHarringay Ladder
- Wi-Fi available
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Abraço Dalston
To reconfirm31 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 8BJ, UK
- Wi-Fi available
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Aether Coffee Lab
To reconfirmCanary Wharf Estate
- Wi-Fi available
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Al Grano Coffee House
To reconfirm17 Chalton St, London NW1 1JD, UK
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
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Alchemy Café - Old Street
To reconfirm32a Paul St, London EC2A 4LF, UK
- Wi-Fi available
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Allpress Coffee Roasters Dalston
To reconfirm55 Dalston Ln, London E8 2NG, UK
- Wi-Fi available
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Allpress Espresso - TEA Building
Confirmed56 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6JJ, UK
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
Checked
Alzo cafe
Confirmed28 Friern Barnet Road, N11 1NA, London
- Good Wi-Fi
- Plenty of power outlets
- Quiet
Another Brother
Confirmed118 Glenthorne Road, W6 0LP, London
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
- Quiet
Another Brother Putney
To reconfirm187 Putney Bridge Rd, London SW15 2NZ, UK
- Wi-Fi available
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Antipode
ConfirmedFulham Palace Road, W6 9PH, London
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
Arancina
Confirmed19 Pembridge Road, W11 3HG, London
- Good Wi-Fi
- Plenty of power outlets
- Quiet
Arise Coffee Roasters
To reconfirmUnit 2 Plaza Gdns, London SW15 2DT, UK
- Wi-Fi available
Checked
Artisan Coffee
Confirmed372 King St, London W6 0RX, UK
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
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Artisan Coffee
Confirmed203 Upper Richmond Rd, London SW15 6SG, UK
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
Checked
Artisan Coffee
To reconfirm139 Sheen Ln, London SW14 8LR, UK
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
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Our picks
Best places to work from in London
Ranked by what members and our scouts recorded: check-ins first, then fast Wi-Fi, power outlets, quiet and how recently each place was checked.
42 Coffee Junction
Café · 42 Provost St
Reviews mention good Wi-Fi and a quiet room.
Good Wi-FiQuietChecked
Corgi Cafe
Café · 74 Great Eastern St
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets and good Wi-Fi.
Good Wi-FiPlenty of power outletsChecked
Drop-in
Coworking · Lower Clapton
Reviews and its own site mention good Wi-Fi, a quiet room and phone booths or room for calls.
Good Wi-FiQuietChecked
Old Spike Fenchurch Street
Café · 80 Fenchurch St
Reviews mention plenty of power sockets and a quiet room.
Wi-Fi availablePlenty of power outletsQuietChecked
Black Sheep Coffee
Café · 81 Southwark St
Reviews and its own site mention plenty of power sockets and Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi availablePlenty of power outletsChecked
Charing Cross Library
Library · 4-6 Charing Cross Rd
Reviews mention Wi-Fi and a quiet room.
Wi-Fi availableQuietChecked
In short
What to expect in London
- What's here Third Desk lists 476 confirmed places to work from in London: 363 cafés, 26 restaurants, 25 bars, 21 libraries, 14 chain cafés, 12 hotel lobbies, 11 community spaces and 4 coworking spaces.
- Wi-Fi and power 178 of 476 have good Wi-Fi and 174 have power outlets.
- Noise 104 of 476 are rated quiet.
- Opening hours 97 are open past 9 pm on most days and 388 open on Sundays.
- Comfort 142 are air-conditioned and 129 have outdoor seating.
- House rules 5 limit laptops at weekends.
- How we check Every place was found by our own research or added by a member who worked there, and a person reviewed it before it went live. Members have checked in at 1 place here. Updated .
All places
Every confirmed place in London
- 15grams Coffee House
- 1930 Coffee Co London
- 31 below
- 42 Coffee Junction
- 46b Espresso Hut
- 60 Degrees Speciality Coffee
- 640East
- 640East
- Abraço
- Abraço Dalston
- Aether Coffee Lab
- Al Grano Coffee House
- Alchemy Café - Old Street
- Allpress Coffee Roasters Dalston
- Allpress Espresso - TEA Building
- Alzo cafe
- Another Brother
- Another Brother Putney
- Antipode
- Arancina
- Arise Coffee Roasters
- Artisan Coffee
- Artisan Coffee
- Artisan Coffee
- Artisan Coffee School
- Assembly Coffee London
- Attendant Coffee Roasters | Fitzrovia
- Aura Coffee House
- Bad Coffee
- Badger Badger
- Bake Street
- Barbican Centre
- Barbican Library
- Bàrd Books
- Bartons
- Batch Baby
- Bean & Hop
- Beanberry Coffee Company
- Beaufort House Chelsea
- Bethnal Green Library
- Bethnal Green Tavern
- Bex Coffee
- Bija Coffee
- Black Cowboy Coffee
- Black Sheep Coffee
- Black Sheep Coffee - Goodge Street
- Black Sheep Coffee - Kings Cross
- Black Sheep Coffee - Principal Place
- Black Sheep Coffee - Regents Place
- Black Sheep Coffee @ Southside Shopping Centre
- Black Sheep Coffee @ The Liberty Shopping Centre
- Black Sheep Coffee & Cocktails
- Black Sheep Coffee & Cocktails @ Broadgate Circle
- Black Sheep Coffee & Cocktails @ Southbank Central
- Blanco Chiswick
- Blank Street Coffee
- BLAS
- Blighty
- Bluebelles of Portobello
- Bob's Café Muswell Hill
- Bonjour Brioche
- BoysnBerry
- Brasserie Blanc - Chancery Lane
- Brasserie Blanc - Southbank
- Brasserie Blanc - Threadneedle Street
- Bread & Bean
- Bread & Butter
- Brickwood Coffee & Bread
- Brixton Blend
- Brother Marcus Angel
- Browns of Brockley
- Brunswick East, Dalston
- Buhler and Co (Brunch/Lunch/Coffee shop)
- Building Centre
- Bush Theatre
- BUTTER UP Coffee
- By the Bridge Cafe (BTB Cafe)
- C'est Ici
- Cable Cafe
- Cable Co
- Cafe @ artsdepot
- Café Mori
- Café O'Porto
- Café Volt
- Cafe Z Bar
- Cafebotanical.
- Caffè Nero
- Caffè Nero
- Caffè Nero
- Caffè Nero @ 132 High St
- Caffè Nero @ Curzon Street
- Caffè Nero @ Eden Walk
- Caffè Nero @ Golden Hind
- Caffè Nero @ Oxo Tower Wharf
- Caffè Nero @ Theobalds Road
- Calico Coffee
- Campbell & Syme Coffee Roasters Cafe
- Canary Coffee
- Canary Garden Cafe
- Caravan City
- Caravan Coffee Roasters at Fora Euston Road
- Carbon Kopi
- Carluccio's
- Carnival Coffee Roasters
- Castiglione
- Cates
- Cha-Fe
- Change Please Coffee Elephant Park
- CHAOS London
- Chapter 72
- Charing Cross Library
- Chief Coffee
- Chill House Coffee Shop
- citizenM London Shoreditch hotel
- citizenM London Victoria Station hotel
- citizenM Tower of London
- Clarnico Coffee
- Clean Hearts Cafe - Old Street
- Clerkenwells, Coffee & Book Shop
- Clubhouse Cafe 2
- Coffee & Friends
- Coffee Circus
- COFFEE HOUSE 607
- Coffee Island
- Coffee Matters
- Coffee Temptations
- Colonna & Small's
- Compane
- Compane
- Comptoir Bakery Maltby
- Corgi Cafe
- Corvo Bar & Cafe
- Costa Coffee
- Côte St Katharine Docks
- CRATE Bar & Pizzeria Wood Wharf
- Creams Cafe Kings Cross
- Crêpes, Coffee & Chai
- Cricks Corner
- Curators Coffee Studio
- Curzon Soho
- Cutty Sark
- D1 Coffee
- Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
- Dark & Light Coffee
- Dark Arts Coffee Shoreditch
- Department of Coffee and Social Affairs
- Devotion Coffee Angel
- Dilectio Coffee
- Dillons Coffee
- Dishoom
- Door - Coffee Bar
- Dose
- Drop-in
- e5 Poplar Bakehouse
- Echo Espresso
- El&A’s Brunch
- Electric Coffee Co
- Element Coffee
- Elgin - Maida Vale
- Elsewhere Coffee Roastery and Brew Bar
- Elwin Coffee
- Esters
- Euphorium - Highbury
- F. Mondays
- Fabrica X Coffee Shop
- Fair Shot Cafe
- Farine
- Farm & Flynn
- Fee & Brown
- Feel Good Coffee House
- Fink's Salt and Sweet
- Fix Coffee
- Flat White
- Flying Horse Coffee
- Food Room
- Formative Coffee
- Foundry Coffee
- Four Boroughs
- Foyles Cafe
- Franklin's Wine
- Franze & Evans at Mare Street Studios ltd
- Frequency Coffee Kings Cross
- Frothee King's Cross
- Fuckoffee
- Fuckoffee
- FWD:Coffee
- Gaia Bistro Shoreditch
- GAIL's
- GAIL's Bakery Wandsworth
- GAIL's Baron's Court
- Gecko Coffeehouse
- Generator London - King's Cross
- Geoffrey's
- Geovation
- Ginger & White
- Good as Gold
- Goodman's Field - JD Wetherspoon
- Goods Office
- Green & Fortune Cafe
- Green Cactus Cafe
- Grind
- Guillam Coffee House – Bayswater
- Guillam Coffee House – Notting Hill
- H.R.Higgins
- Hackney Coffee Company
- Hagen Espresso Bar (Hagen Fitzrovia)
- Happy Bones Coffee
- Harris + Hoole
- Harris + Hoole
- Hart Shoreditch Hotel London, Curio Collection by Hilton
- High Grade Coffee
- Highness Cafe & Tea Room
- Hive Cafe
- Holborn Library
- Holy Grain & Brew
- Holy Shot Coffee
- Host Café
- I Love Coffee
- ibis London Canning Town
- Idea Store Watney Market
- Iris & June
- Japes
- Jimmy and the Bee
- JOE & THE JUICE
- JOE & THE JUICE @ Rathbone Square
- John Harvard Library, Borough
- KABIRYS street food & cofee.
- Kaffeine
- Kaffeine
- Kafi
- Kahaila
- Karak Chaii Hounslow
- Kasa Cafe London
- Kensington Central Library
- KIN Cafe
- Kiss the Hippo Coffee Chelsea
- Kiss the Hippo Coffee Covent Garden
- Kiss the Hippo Coffee Fitzrovia Corner
- Kiss the Hippo Coffee Richmond
- Kiss the Hippo Coffee Soho
- Kiss the Hippo Coffee Spitalfields
- Kiva Coffee House
- Koub Cafe
- Kronotrop Fitzrovia
- Kybelle Cafe
- L’eau à La Bouche
- Langdon Park Cafe
- Lantana Fitzrovia
- Leigh's
- LEON Borough
- LEON Pancras Square
- LIFT COFFEE
- LIFT COFFEE Shoreditch
- Liten Coffee
- Little Hudson Cafe
- Little Louie
- Local Hero
- LONG & SHORT
- Long White Cloud Bakery
- Lord Palmerston
- Lumberjack Cafe
- M.E.D Coffee & Movement
- Mackbear Coffee East Ham
- Mandala Café Bethnal Green
- Mare Street Market
- Market Cafe Haggerston
- Marquise Coffee Shop
- Marylebone Library
- Maya's Stores London
- Mayfair Library
- Mikel Coffee UK
- Milk London
- Millfields Coffee
- Mont58 Coffee
- Moonstruck Cafe
- Mouse Tail Coffee
- MULTI STORY
- Music & Beans Haringey
- Nagare Coffee Bankside
- Nagare Coffee Carnaby
- Nagare Coffee Spitalfields
- Naive
- National Poetry Library
- National Theatre
- Neighbourhood Organic
- Ngopi UK
- Nkora Coffee - Mayfair
- No. 41 Coffee
- Nostos Coffee
- Nostos Coffee
- Notes Coffee Roasters & Bar
- Notes Coffee Roasters & Bar
- Nude Coffee Roasters
- OBA Coffee
- OITA restaurant
- Old Spike Cabot Square
- Old Spike Fenchurch Street
- Old Spike Peckham
- Old Spike Piccadilly
- Ole & Steen
- Ole & Steen @ Sir Simon Milton Sq
- Ole & Steen UK @ 6 More London
- Olive Three
- Omotesando Koffee
- One Hundred Shoreditch
- Origin Coffee (Charlotte Road)
- Origin Coffee (Scoresby Street)
- Oru Dulwich: Coworking + Cafe + Yoga
- Oscar's
- Ozone Coffee - Shoreditch
- Page Common Coffee House
- Parcafé
- Peckham Levels
- Perks & White coffee, Herne Hill Station
- Perky Blenders - Espresso Bar (E11)
- Perky Blenders - Espresso Bar (E17)
- Perky Blenders - Espresso Bar (NW3)
- Perky Blenders - Project 660
- Perky Blenders @ Hoe Street
- Picturehouse Central
- Pimlico Library
- Pophams
- Popin
- Poplar Union Cafe
- Premier Inn London Hampstead hotel
- Premises Cafe & Bistro
- Press Cafe
- Pret A Manger
- Pretty Earth
- Profile Highbury
- Project 44
- PROJECT68
- Prospect of Whitby
- Proud Mary's
- Prufrock Coffee
- Queen Elizabeth Hall @ Southbank Centre
- RASTRO CAFÉ
- Redemption Roasters - Bloomsbury
- Redemption Roasters - Covent Garden
- Redemption Roasters - Hampstead Heath
- Revival Cafe
- Rise & Bloom - Shoreditch
- Roasting Plant Coffee
- Rondor Coffee
- Root25
- Rotunda Bar and Restaurant
- Route Broadway Market
- Royal Festival Hall
- Royal Opera House
- Rua Coffee Bar
- Rude Health Cafe
- Saffi
- Saint Espresso - Tower Hill
- Saint Nine Coffee
- Samsung KX
- Sangeetha Vegetarian Restaurant
- Santander Work Cafe @ Regina House
- Sapid Coffee
- Scenery
- Sendero Specialty Coffee
- Seoul Bakery
- Servesmiths Coffee
- sevente
- SHED Haggerston Coffee & Wine Shop
- SHOT London - Mayfair
- Simmos Coffee
- Snoozzze Coffee
- Soto Coffee
- Special Guests Coffee
- Specialty Cafetiere
- Spice Deli
- St Katharine Docks Cafe
- Starbucks Coffee
- Starbucks Coffee @ Baker Street
- Starbucks Coffee @ Hammersmith Road
- Stir Coffee Brixton
- Store Street Espresso
- Store Street Espresso @ Hammersmith
- Store Street Espresso @ Store St
- Story Coffee
- Studio 1 by Common Ground
- Swiss Cottage Library
- Tamp Coffee
- Tattle Coffee House - St Pauls
- Teatro Hall
- The 40 Elephants
- The After School Cookie Club - Shoreditch
- The Athenaeum Hotel
- THE BARN Café Charlotte Street
- The BFI Reuben Library
- The British Library
- The Clubhouse | Raptor Bikes
- The Coffee Shop (One Hundred Shoreditch)
- The Coffee Studio - Greenwich
- The Coffee Traveller
- The Colombian Coffee Company
- The Common E2
- The Common Press Bookshop
- The Counter Coffee and Lounge
- The Courtyard Café
- The Eleventh Hour - Specialty Coffee
- The Fields Beneath
- The Flask, Highgate
- The Fleet Street Press
- The Front Room Cafe
- The Garden Room
- The George IV, Chiswick
- The Gun Spitalfields
- The Hoxton, Holborn
- The Hoxton, Shoreditch
- The Hoxton, Southwark
- The Kernel Spa Road
- The Living Room Club Cafe
- The Locals Chelsea
- The London EDITION Lobby Bar
- The Mossy Well
- The Penny Drop
- The Press Room
- The Riding House Café
- The Robin Craft Cafe
- The Skylark Café
- The Table Café
- The Tap on the Line, Kew
- THE USUAL
- The Woodman Pub
- The Wren Coffee
- The Yoga Space London
- Thingy Cafe
- Third coffee
- Third Coffee
- Tintico
- Treelogy Speciality Coffee Paddington
- Twisted Sister Cafe
- Two More Years
- Uncommon London
- Urban Baristas - Middlesex Street (City of London)
- Urban Baristas - Wapping
- Urban Botanica
- Vagabond N7
- Velasquez and Van Wezel
- Viva Cafe Bistro
- WA Cafe (Ealing)
- WatchHouse Bermondsey
- WatchHouse Bishopsgate
- WatchHouse Borough
- WatchHouse Covent Garden
- WatchHouse Fetter Lane
- WatchHouse Fitzrovia
- WatchHouse Hanover
- WatchHouse Marylebone
- WatchHouse Roastery
- WatchHouse Seven Dials
- WatchHouse Somerset House
- WatchHouse Spitalfields
- WatchHouse St Mary Axe
- WatchHouse Tower Bridge
- Waterloo Library
- Waterside Cafe
- Waterstones
- Well Bean Co - Café
- Wellcome Collection
- Wellcome Library
- Westminster Reference Library
- White Mulberries
- White Pine
- Wildcard
- Wilton Way Cafe
- Wolfy's Bar
- Wood Street Cafe
- Woolwich Works
- Workshop Cafe & Academy
- Wylie's Coffee
- Wylie's Coffee
- Yellow Warbler
- Zega
- ZeroToOne Coffee
Unconfirmed
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These came from our research. Worked from one? Confirm it and it turns green for everyone.
- 215 Hackney | Cafe & Brunch215 Stoke Newington High St, London N16 0LH, UK
- Alex Coffee1 Hanson St, London W1W 6TA, UK
- Allpress Coffee Roasters Shoreditch58 Redchurch St, London E2 7DP, UK
- Alma Kings CrossYork Wy, London N1 0FS, UK
- Art Cafe LondonElephant and Castle
- Artist CafeShoreditch
- Aux pains de papy279 Gray's Inn Rd, London WC1X 8QF, UK
- AyvaLower Clapton
- B Bagel Tottenham Court Road94 Tottenham Ct Rd, London W1T 4TN, UK
- Badu CaféE Bay Ln
- Baretto Coffee & Wine37 Tottenham St, London W1T 4RU, UK
- Bay Leaf Cafe19 Tottenham St, London W1T 2AN, UK
- Bean’s CaféLower Clapton
- Beans & Bites244 Morning Ln, London E9 6RQ, UK
- Beans love Greens8 Calvert Ave, London E2 7JD, UK
- Bench Bistro229 Gray's Inn Rd, London WC1X 8RH, UK
- Birds Hill Coffee Southwark142 Southwark St, London SE1 0SW, UK
- Blank Street CoffeeUnit 47A Pancras Rd, London N1C 4QP, UK
- Blank Street Coffee300 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9NR, UK
- Blank Street Coffee44 Charlotte St., London W1T 2NR, UK
- Blank Street Coffee16 Norton Folgate, London E1 6DB, UK
- Blank Street Coffee3 Redchurch St, London E2 7DJ, UK
- Blue River Cafe44 Northdown St, London N1 9BP, UK
- Boulangerie Patisserie212 Borough High St, London SE1 1JX, UK
- Boundary Shoreditch2-4 Boundary St, London E2 7DD, UK
- Brunswick CoffeeLower Clapton
- Bungalows Cafe Hackney80 Mare St, London E8 3SG, UK
- Cafe Express130-132 York Wy, London N1 0AX, UK
- Cafe Plaka315 Gray's Inn Rd, London WC1X 8PX, UK
- Cafe Rio66 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DR, UK
- Cafe Rossi57 Borough High St, London SE1 1NE, UK
- Cafe Terrace241 Caledonian Rd, London N1 1ED, UK
- Cafe Volonté Fitzrovia10 Mortimer St, London W1T 3JJ, UK
- Caffe In334 Hackney Rd, London E2 7AX, UK
- Caffe Latino Store44 Tower Bridge Rd, London SE1 4TR, UK
- Caffè Nero126 Tottenham Ct Rd, London W1T 5AT, UK
- Canela Espresso Bar93 Snowsfields, London SE1 3SS, UK
- Cappadocia Cafe & Bistro293 Gray's Inn Rd, London WC1X 8QF, UK
- Coffee & Creativity38 Newman St, London W1T 1NW, UK
- CoffeeLoversDalston Ln, London E8 1LX, UK
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Working from London, answered
Where can I work from a laptop in London?
Third Desk lists 476 confirmed places to work from in London: 363 cafés, 26 restaurants, 25 bars and 21 libraries. The most recently checked are Foyles Cafe, Peckham Levels, Chill House Coffee Shop, Local Hero and Wylie's Coffee.
Which cafés in London have good Wi-Fi and power outlets?
141 of the 476 confirmed places in London have both good Wi-Fi and power outlets, including Corgi Cafe, 31 below, 640East, Alzo cafe and Another Brother.
Where are the quiet places to work in London?
104 of the 476 confirmed places are rated quiet, including Peckham Levels, Coffee & Friends, F. Mondays, Host Café and Curators Coffee Studio.
Are there coworking spaces in London?
Yes. Third Desk lists 4 coworking spaces in London, including Peckham Levels, Drop-in, Geovation and Oru Dulwich: Coworking + Cafe + Yoga. Each listing says whether it sells day passes or is members only, where that is known.
Which cafés in London are open late?
97 of the 476 confirmed places are open past 9 pm on most days, including Foyles Cafe, Peckham Levels, Caravan City, Wood Street Cafe and Notes Coffee Roasters & Bar.
Where can I work on a Sunday in London?
388 of the 476 confirmed places open on Sundays, including Foyles Cafe, Peckham Levels, Chill House Coffee Shop, Local Hero and Wylie's Coffee.
Are there cafés with air conditioning in London?
Yes. 142 of the 476 confirmed places are air-conditioned, including Foyles Cafe, Peckham Levels, Holy Grain & Brew, Koub Cafe and Snoozzze Coffee.
How does Third Desk know a place is laptop-friendly?
Places are added by people who have worked there, or found through our own research and reviewed by a person before they go live. Every listing shows its Wi-Fi, power outlets, noise level and house rules, and the date it was last checked. Places that turn out not to allow laptops stay on the map, marked as such.
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