Right now in London

• Night Tube

  Fri & Sat only: Victoria, Jubilee, Central, Northern (Charing Cross), Piccadilly, and Windrush (Overground) · TfL live status

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• Tube, normal service

  All lines, roughly 05:30 to just after midnight · Plan a journey

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• Night buses

  N-prefixed routes and around fifty 24-hour routes, every night · Bus routes

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• Black cabs

  Metered, higher tariff at night. Flag one with the yellow light lit

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• Large supermarkets

  Sunday trading law caps large stores at six hours on Sundays

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• Corner shops & forecourts

  Petrol stations are the most dependable overnight shop in London

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• Pharmacies

  Very few open overnight — always check the live NHS finder · NHS pharmacy finder

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• GP surgeries

  Out of hours, call 111 instead · 111 online

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• A&E and 999

  Always. Emergency departments never close

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• Restaurant kitchens

  Hot food after 11pm needs a licence — cold food never does · Eating after midnight

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• Coffee & cafés

  Hot drink is licensable after 11pm too, so late coffee usually means a bar · Late-night cafés

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• Public toilets

  Council facilities shut around 8pm. Stations and venues are what is left · Finding a toilet at night

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• Airport transport

  Overnight coaches run when the trains do not — times vary by airport · Airports at night

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• Somewhere indoors

  Only Victoria, Liverpool Street and Paddington are staffed all night. Hotels serve their own guests · Where you can sit

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• Banks & post offices

  Weekday business hours, reduced Saturday, closed Sunday

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Stuck until morning?Start here — the 01:30 to 05:00 gap.

Full detail: which Tube lines run at night ·getting home after the last train ·eating after midnight ·late-night coffee ·finding a toilet ·somewhere to sit ·what is genuinely open 24 hours ·emergency numbers and essential services