Virtual clay shooting · Soho
Clays, Soho
- Virtual clay shooting from a semi-private peg, with a proper bar and food alongside.
- £10 to £14 per person, and Soho is cheaper than the City sites on every weeknight.
- £10 arcade format at Soho only, 75 minutes, best for four or fewer.
- Three sites: Soho, Canary Wharf and the City, priced differently.
What is Clays?
Virtual clay shooting. You stand at a peg with a modified shotgun and shoot at clays on a screen, with the system tracking your aim and scoring each round. It is the closest thing in this set to a real sport, and the one most likely to produce a genuinely competitive evening.
Three London sites, at Soho, Canary Wharf and the City, and they do not all price the same.
How does it work?
Two different products, which matters more than it sounds:
- The semi-private peg is the main event and what most groups book. This is the format the £12 to £14 rates below apply to.
- The arcade format is Soho only, £10 per person for 75 minutes, every day. It is recommended for up to four people and reads much more like a walk-in filler than a work social. Check what you are actually booking before you assume the £10 applies to your group.
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How much does it cost?
Rates differ by site, and counterintuitively the central London site is the cheaper one on weeknights.
Soho, semi-private peg
| Day | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Tuesday | £12 | All day |
| Wednesday | £12 or £14 | £14 for sessions starting 16:30 to 19:45 |
| Thursday | Not captured | not yet confirmed by us |
| Friday | £12 or £14 | £14 for sessions starting 18:00 to 22:00 |
| Saturday | £12 or £14 | £14 from open to 19:45, £12 after |
| Sunday | £12 | All day |
Canary Wharf and the City, semi-private peg
| Day | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | £14 | All day |
| Saturday | £12 or £14 | £14 between 12:00 and 14:30, £12 otherwise |
| Sunday | £12 | All day |
Per person. Verified September 2026. Thursday Soho pricing was not captured.
What that means in practice
- Soho undercuts the City sites on every weeknight, at £12 against £14, which is the opposite of what the postcodes suggest.
- Soho only reaches £14 in narrow evening windows, so a 20:15 Wednesday start in Soho is £12 while the same slot in the City is £14.
- Weekends flip. Saturday is £12 at the City sites outside a two and a half hour lunchtime window, while Soho holds £14 until 19:45.
- For twelve people, that is £144 in Soho against £168 in the City on a standard Tuesday. Not a fortune, but free money for a five-minute decision.
Do not confuse the two products. The £10 arcade rate is Soho only, capped at around four people, and is a different experience from the peg. If your group is a work social, you are booking the peg.
What is the food and drink like?
Clays is at the more serious end of this set for food and drink, with a full bar rather than a snack offer, and the venues are built to be stayed in rather than passed through.
We have not yet priced the food menu or checked whether group packages exist, so budget for food separately.
How do you get there?
Soho. Walkable from Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road, which makes it the easiest of the three for a group coming from anywhere in central London. It is also the cheapest site on weeknights, which is an unusual combination.
Canary Wharf and the City suit teams already working in those areas, though both cost more Monday to Friday.
We have not timed the walk from each station or confirmed step-free access, so check with the venue if either matters.
How do you book?
Online, choosing a site, a date and a time. Check carefully whether you are booking the arcade or the semi-private peg, because the Soho booking flow offers both and they are very different products at very different prices.
The venue does not publish a maximum group size, deposit or cancellation terms. Ask for all three before you commit a group.
Is it worth it?
Yes, and it is the pick of this set if you want an activity that feels like a real skill rather than an arcade game. Shooting has a learning curve, which means people improve visibly over a session, which is exactly what makes an evening competitive. Soho is the site to book: more central, easier to reach and cheaper Monday to Friday than either City location. The pricing is close enough between all three that the decision is really about journey time.
Right for
- Groups who want something that feels like a sport rather than a gimmick
- Anyone in central London, where Soho is both cheapest and most convenient
- Teams who want a proper bar to sit in afterwards
- Monday, Tuesday and Sunday, at a flat £12 all day in Soho
- Small groups of four or fewer, who can use the £10 Soho arcade format
Wrong for
- Anyone at Canary Wharf or the City on a weeknight, paying £2 a head more for the same thing
- Groups who need a firm headcount cap before booking
- People uncomfortable around simulated firearms, which is worth asking about quietly first
- Thursday in Soho, where we could not confirm the rate
Common questions
- How much is Clays?
- £12 or £14 per person for a semi-private peg, depending on site, day and time. Soho also runs a £10 arcade format for up to four people.
- Which Clays site is cheapest?
- Soho, on every weeknight. It charges £12 where Canary Wharf and the City charge £14 Monday to Friday.
- What is the difference between the arcade and the peg?
- The arcade is Soho only, £10 for 75 minutes, and recommended for four or fewer. The peg is the main format and what groups normally book.
- Where are the London sites?
- Soho, Canary Wharf and the City.
- Is it a real gun?
- No. It is a modified shotgun shooting at clays on a screen, with the system tracking your aim.
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