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Bola 8

A Colombian bar behind the Elephant with pool tables at one end and a dancefloor at the other, running to six in the morning at the weekend.

ClubsRuns till dawn

Elephant and Castle has been the centre of London's Latin American life for decades, and Bola 8 is one of the rooms that carried on after the shopping centre which housed most of it was demolished. It is a bar first - forty-odd spirits, pool tables, sport on the screens - and a dancefloor later, for salsa, bachata and reggaeton. The crowd is largely Colombian and largely local, and the music is not a themed night: it is what the room plays.

Where
122 Elephant Road, Elephant and Castle, SE17 1LB
Nearest station
Elephant & Castle · 1 min walk

Hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday16:00 – 22:00
Wednesday16:00 – 22:00
Thursday16:00 – 22:00
Friday16:00 – 06:00
Saturday16:00 – 06:00
Sunday16:00 – 22:00

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 25 September 2026.

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