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Please note that these are only a list of some of the bigger and more popular venues for convenience, not a shortlist – every venue in the UK is eligible, so please use the 'other' option if your favourite is not listed.

Best venue (London large)
None
Amused Moose Soho (Moonlighting)
Bearcat
Banana Cabaret
Bloomsbury Theatre
Chuckle Club
Comedy Cafe
Comedy Carnival (Clapham Grand)
Comedy Store
Covent Garden Comedy Club
FymFyg Bar
Hammersmith Apollo
Headliners
Highlight Battersea
Highlight Camden
Jongleurs Hammersmith
Leicester Square Theatre
Tabernacle
Tattershall Castle
Soho Theatre
Up The Creek
Other (please specify)

Best venue (London small)
None
99 Club at Storm Nightclub
Betsey Trotwood
Camden Head Camden
Camden Head Islington
Canal Cafe Theatre
Comedy At Sohoho
Comedy Bunker
Comedy Camp
Comedy Pub
Comedy Tree Putney
Crack Comedy Club Kingston
Downstairs At The Drayton
Downstairs At Kings Head
EDComedy
Etcetera Theatre
Falling Down With Laughter
Fat Tuesday
Funny Side Of Covent Garden
Ginglik
Hampstead Comedy Club
Hen & Chickens
Knock2Bag at Bar FM
Laughing Horse Wimbledon
Lowdown At The Albany
Monkey Business
Old Rope at Phoenix
Outside The Box
Pear-Shaped
Proud Galleries
Roar With Laughter
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Upstairs at the Masons
Other (please specify)

Best venue in the south
None
Aldershot West End Centre
Basingstoke Anvil
Bournemouth Jaggers
Bracknell South Hill Park
Brighton Dome
Brighton Joogleberry Playhouse
Brighton Komedia
Brighton Three And Ten
Folkestone Lonestar
Hastings Barnstormers
High Wycombe Swan
Guildford You Must Be Stoking
Oxford Free Beer Show
Portsmouth Highlight
Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Reading Big Jack's Laughter Club
Reading Jongleurs
Reading South Street Arts Centre
Redhill Comedy At The Cottage
Southampton Comedy Bar
Walton Comedy Works at the Playhouse
Tunbridge Wells Trinity Theatre
Other (please specify)

Best venue in the Midlands and the East
None
Birmingham Cheeky Monkey
Birmingham Glee
Birmingham Highlight
Cambridge Jesterlarf
Cambridge Junction
Chesterfield Winding Wheel
Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
Derby Funhouse
Ipswich Jokers
Leicester Belmont Hotel
Leicester Bottle Rocket Comedy
Leicester Highlight
Leicester Ship Of Fools
Leicester The Y Theatre
Lincoln Drill Hall
Nottingham Just The Tonic
Norwich Playhouse
Norwich Red Card
Sutton Coldfield Comedy Junction
Wivenhoe Funny Farm
Wolverhampton Civic Halls
Other (please specify)

Best venue in the West and Wales
None
Bath Comedy Cave
Bath Komedia
Bristol Comedy Box
Bristol Jesters
Bristol Highlight
Bristol Tobacco Factory
Cheltenham Town Hall
Cardiff Glee
Cardiff Highlight
Gloucester Guildhall
Swansea Mad Dog Comedy
Wells Long Paws
Other (please specify)

Best venue in the North
None
Beverley Buzz Club
Crewe M Comedy
Darlington Hilarity Bites
Durham Gala Theatre
Huddersfield Laughter Lounge
Huddersfield Lawrence Batley Theatre
Leeds City Varieties
Leeds House Of Fun
Leeds Highlight
Leeds Smirking Room
Liverpool Comedy Central
Liverpool Rawhide
Manchester Comedy Balloon
Manchester Comedy Centro
Manchester Comedy Lounge
Manchester Comedy Store
Manchester Frog & Bucket
Manchester Mirth on Monday
Manchester Trof
Manchester XS Malarkey
Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt
Newcastle Hyena Cafe
Newcastle Long Live Comedy
Northwich Purple Cactus
Preston Frog & Bucket
Preston Roper Hall
Saddleworth Off The Rails
Salford Lowry
Sheffield Last Laugh at City Hall
Sheffield Lescar
Stockport Blue Cat Cafe
Stockton Catch 22
York The Other Side
Other (please specify)

Best venue in Scotland
None
Aberdeen Lemon Tree
Dundee Just Laugh
Edinburgh C Venues
Edinburgh Gilded Balloon
Edinburgh Assembly Rooms
Edinburgh Highlight
Edinburgh Pleasance (Fringe)
Edinburgh Pleasance Cabaret Bar (year-round)
Edinburgh Stand
Edinburgh Underbelly
Glasgow Garage
Glasgow Highlight
Glasgow Stand
Glasgow Tron
Perth Just Laugh
Stirling Tolbooth
Other (please specify)

Published: 15 Feb 2010

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