just found this link on faith:

http://www.thisislon...lock/article.do

looks like our spiritual home of rave is to close and become an office block. planning permission has been granted but it's still in the early stages - hopefully there's time for a another glint party before it goes..

very sad if you ask me. londons hemoraging clubs at the moment with bagleys/canvas, the key and the cross going and now it seems turnmills.

lets hope there's some new spaces opening up to fill the void.

viva acid house

cheb x

Aw, man, that's sad. And I never got to go there, damn it all. =(

yeah i heard a rumour in september about it closing (as well as the end nightclub). aboslutley gutted its seems to be true. i had 10 years of great nights 'off my pickle' in that club.

heard about this a while ago, the normal club nights just weren't pulling in the crowds i heard to be honest besides the monthly together nite and glint the usual lineups would excite me. some great memories of glint parties and togethers parties there,

Aww, this is sad news. It's enough that I never made it to Turnmills, but when a place with as much history to an entire culture closes it's doors... I just find it sad that, if what irishfan heard is the real reason for the closure - a club with such history, a place that was home to many a rave and good nights out - is no longer considered a lucrative venture. I probably never will get to go to Turnmills, but guys - if the Chemical Brothers play there or if they are chosen to help the place go out with a bang - you guys have to go!! It would be one for the books.

Yes Ive herd this from a close source aswell. Such a shame, planning on heading to to together for a final few turnmills rave ups this year!

btw, didnt tall paul own it at some point.

I think they need to scrap the gallery on fridays and mix up the line ups more so

Owned by Paul's family yeah, his dad used to own it until he died. Paul's brother Danny runs the venue. Think the guys mentioned in the article bought it after they're dad died.

Not heard any rumours about The End closing though Sneaker?!?

Is dance music so utterly dead that all these amazing clubs are dieing? Thats shocking. I thought clubbing was going through something of a revival too.

Sad if it happens. One of the best nights of my life there.

yeah numbers at the club have been a bit low. i was last at turnmills back in august (traditional quite time in clubland) and the venue was the quietest i have seen it ever. turnmills used to have sooo many great club nights a few years ago. but in recent years they have had so many poor club nights that i would say soil the clubs reputation.

but i dont think the clubs closure is strictly down to numbers. from what i heard a while back the lease was up for renewal in the new year and the lease holder was looking at the economics of the building potential. redoveloping the property for residential and office space could net money far in excess of an club venue. a sad reality

Turnmills sounded like an awesome place to be. I'm thankful for all the stories you guys brought back after several NYE's spent at Turnmills. To bad its gotta end...

I dnt really know much about how the London scene works, however I here good things about all there Shoreditch partys, seems very underground, with lots of fresh sounds and djs, hopefully clubland will have a good year nxt year despite turnmills shutting

All clubs come to an end eventually. Just look at all the previous superclubs…. Hacienda the was turned into flats years ago, Gatecrasher (Sheffield) burnt to the ground, Cream (Liverpool) shut due to low numbers, Home (London) shut to low numbers & problems with drugs, Godskitchen is still kicking about but has changed venues numerous times. The only one still kicking about is fabric but I have been there on some nights and it’s dead. The reason for this is because all clubs have peaks but they have been unable to carry that on week in / week out due to silly money demands from the DJ’s. Also add to the equation that everybody and their mother is now a DJ and these people are all throwing nights on at smaller venues. Personally I think the reason for the demise of clubbing and the superclubs is also down to a range of different choice of music on offer, before you just had 4 or 5 different options, house, trance, hard house, techno & drum & base. Now you have such diversity plus dance music in general is not as popular as it was. I remember back in 1999 - 2000 you had to be in the queue for crasher for about 8pm and even then there was no guarantee you would get in due to overwhelming numbers wanting to get in. I really think clubbing is going back to ol' skool and is now more about the music less about the big name dj's and paying £15 - £20 to get into a club. Tonight I’m off to Shoreditch for the ISSST warehouse party, I’ve never been but I’m looking forward to seeing if this is the future of clubbing!

Home shut cos it was a shit club.

You're shitting me!! Turnmills is one of my goddamn all-time favourite clubs. Most luvved-up vibe around. :-(

A frigging office block? :-(

I'm not that surprised that it is closing. It seems rare if a club stays around for more then a few years these days. I've seen so many clubs come and go since I started in clubbing, and that's only about 5 years now. I'm still a youngen in terms but It is kinda creepy to see hardly anything survivng of something I love. Turnmills will be a great loss to us here I know. last year NYE and the stories you guys had from it were legend. but enough with the sentimental crap......

Ai that sucks that Turnmills will close. Now I wish I went to Together at NYE for Soulwax and others just to get that feeling again like I had last year (well not the exact same of course cause it isn't a Chems gig). It is/was an awesome atmosphere last year and I love clubs for their atmosphere more than the name it got for itself. A sad loss especially if it gets rebuild into office buildings, blegh

I wonder if the chems will do a final smash up in turnmills.

Its also a shame for the likes of Anil and Grahame, plus all the other turnmills djs, who will have to find a new home for together.

I don't understand how an office block would work, as most of Turnmills is underground? I presume they'll level the surface-leve stuff, but what about the club area? Fill it with concrete??

Second thought: Maybe they'll still have raves in the office? That would be interesting...