--- title: "Ironworks London: The New 7,000-Capacity Room on the Thames, Explained" description: "London's new 7,000-capacity warehouse with a Thames terrace, run by LWE and PROJEKT. Every first-season date, the shipyard history and how it compares." author: "MNEEMO (Yaroslav Gorovoy)" section: "Scene" published: "2026-10-05T08:00:00Z" modified: "2026-10-05T08:00:00Z" canonical: "https://www.mneemo.com/blog/ironworks-london-royal-docks-venue-guide/" --- # Ironworks London: The New 7,000-Capacity Room on the Thames, Explained _London's new 7,000-capacity warehouse with a Thames terrace, run by LWE and PROJEKT. Every first-season date, the shipyard history and how it compares._ ![An 1860 Illustrated London News engraving of HMS Warrior under construction in scaffolding at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall](https://www.mneemo.com/assets/blog/ironworks-london-royal-docks-venue-guide/hero.jpg?v=2877a943) **Ironworks is London's newest big room: a 7,000-capacity warehouse with an open-air terrace over the Thames, on the former Thames Ironworks shipbuilding site at Thames Wharf in the Royal Docks, with a first season running from Jamie Jones on Saturday 3 October to Charlotte de Witte on Sunday 1 November 2026, run by LWE, the team behind Junction 2, with the placemaking organisation PROJEKT.** In late September 2026, before the doors had opened, the official site listed Charlotte de Witte as sold out and CamelPhat on a waiting list, with Jamie Jones, Eric Prydz's London return and the Appetite Halloween special still on sale. This is the guide: what the venue is, who built it and why, the first season date by date, how it compares with Drumsheds, Printworks and Magazine, and what a 7,000-capacity room on the river means for a city that keeps losing small ones. ## Ironworks at a glance - **What:** a 7,000-capacity warehouse venue for electronic music with an open-air terrace overlooking the Thames. - **Where:** Thames Wharf, Scarab Close, London E16 1AF, in the Royal Docks, on the site of the old Thames Ironworks and shipbuilding yards. - **Who:** developed by LWE, part of AMAAD and the promoter behind Junction 2, in partnership with PROJEKT. Founders Will Harold and Paul Jack. - **When:** first season from Saturday 3 October to Sunday 1 November 2026, billed as a limited run of shows. - **Format:** day-to-night takeovers, doors at midday or 2pm, close at 10pm. - **Extras:** a Museum of Youth Culture installation on the history of London's warehouse scene was announced; a ticket ballot for residents within half a mile (E14, E16 and SE10 postcodes), a street food line-up curated by Togather and paid local jobs tied to the launch. ## The first season, date by date - **Saturday 3 October, Jamie Jones presents Voyager.** 12:00 to 22:00. The opening show, with a 2010-era set and a future set, plus Seth Troxler, Adam Ten and Chez Damier b2b Manda Moor. On sale in late September. - **Saturday 10 October, Eric Prydz.** 14:00 to 22:00. Billed as his first show in the city in six years, with Aaron Hibell, Azzecca, Kotiēr and Sanaz. On sale in late September. LWE's official afterparty, Ironworks By Night, follows at fabric from 23:00 to 06:00. The [Eric Prydz profile](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/eric-prydz-real-name-pryda-cirez-d-2026/) covers the tour around it. - **Saturday 24 October, CamelPhat.** 14:00 to 22:00. With Avangart Tabldot, Hardt Antoine and KT. Waiting list in late September. - **Saturday 31 October, Appetite Halloween special.** 12:00 to 22:00. Line-up to be confirmed. On sale in late September. - **Sunday 1 November, Charlotte de Witte.** 14:00 to 22:00. Sold out, waiting list open. The Charlotte de Witte profile is the primer. Five dates are listed for the first run, and the calendar page is the place to watch for any more. Everything is day-into-evening, which is the format that has quietly become London's default for rooms this size, for the reasons in why London's biggest raves finish at 10:30pm: [Drumsheds](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/drumsheds-2026-season-lineup-dates-tickets/) finishes at 22:30, Ironworks at 22:00. If you want the night after, it is a separate ticket somewhere else, and the [October club calendar](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/october-2026-club-nights-london-manchester/) lays out what pairs with what. ## Who LWE and PROJEKT are, and why that matters LWE are the people behind Junction 2, the techno and house festival at Boston Manor Park that has been the west London answer to the big east-side days for a decade, and they are part of AMAAD, the group whose founders Will Harold and Paul Jack are the named voices behind Ironworks. Their stated ambition for the room is a space "that reflects the full breadth of London's creative community, live music, club culture, and cultural programming that goes beyond the expected", with "cutting-edge sound, lighting and visual production" inside a building whose "character and legacy" they say they want to preserve. PROJEKT is a placemaking organisation, which in practice means the people whose job is to make a piece of post-industrial land useful before the developers arrive. That combination tells you what kind of venue this is. Junction 2 is known for production, for treating sound and staging as the point rather than the backdrop, and for booking the techno and house names that sell a field out. Put that team in a 7,000-capacity shed with a terrace on the river and the first-season bill is exactly what you would expect: Jamie Jones, Prydz, CamelPhat, de Witte. It is a promoter's venue, built to host their own kind of show, in the way [The Warehouse Project](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/warehouse-project-vs-drumsheds-2026/) is a promoter with a home rather than a home with promoters. ## The site: Thames Ironworks, ships and a football club The name is not a mood board. The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company built ships on Bow Creek, where the River Lea meets the Thames, from 1837 until it closed in 1912, and its yards are where HMS Warrior, the Royal Navy's first iron-hulled armoured warship, was built in 1860; the hero image on this page is the Illustrated London News engraving of it on the stocks. The works were the largest employer in the area for decades, and in 1895 their workers' football team, Thames Ironworks FC, became the club now called West Ham United, which is why the Hammers still have crossed rivet hammers on the badge. When the organisers say the site "was defined by large-scale production and collective effort", that is the history they mean. What stands there now is the warehouse, and the venue is a use of it in the gap before the wider Thames Wharf site is redeveloped; the Royal Docks has been through that cycle before, with the Silver Building, the Pump House and Factory all repurposing industrial buildings nearby. Nobody has said how many seasons Ironworks will run. Treat the first one as the audition, because that is what it is, and because the last two big rooms London gained on borrowed land, the original Drumsheds and [Printworks](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/printworks-reopening-2026/), both closed when the developers' clocks ran out. Printworks is still "coming soon" three years on. ## How Ironworks compares with London's other big rooms IronworksDrumshedsMagazine LondonPrintworks Capacity7,00014,9993,000 indoors, more outdoorsWas about 6,000; reopening date not announced WhereThames Wharf, Royal Docks, E16Meridian Water, N18Greenwich Peninsula, SE10Canada Water, SE16 OperatorLWE with PROJEKTBroadwick LiveBroadwick LiveBroadwick Live with British Land FormatDay to 22:00, terrace on the ThamesDay to 22:30, three rooms; three Fridays to 03:00Indoor and open-air, riversideWas day to 23:00 First season3 October to 1 November 2026AW26/27, 19 September to 5 DecemberSummer open-airs, year-round indoorsNot yet The honest read: Ironworks sits between Magazine and Drumsheds in scale and closer to Magazine in feel, a riverside site with an outdoor space rather than a retail shed with three boxes inside it. At 7,000 it is big enough for the names that sell out Drumsheds' X Room but small enough that the sightlines and the sound are a single room's problem, which is the size Printworks proved London wanted. It is also, for a Londoner, the first big room in years that is genuinely easy to reach from the east and the Docklands rather than a train to Tottenham. For the rooms that do this every week at a tenth of the size, read [FOLD vs fabric vs E1 vs Drumsheds](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/fold-vs-fabric-vs-e1-vs-drumsheds-london-2026/); for the whole map, the [best London clubs](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/best-london-clubs-2026-where-to-dance/) guide, which this page now updates. ## Getting there and getting home Thames Wharf is on the Canning Town side of the Royal Docks. The venue's own key-info page recommends the Jubilee line to Canning Town, about a 15-minute walk; West Silvertown on the DLR is about 10 minutes away and Custom House, on the Elizabeth line and DLR, about 18. There is no parking, road closures apply on show days and the venue says not to drive. Check its travel page for the walking route, because the last stretch past busy roads and roundabouts is the part people get wrong. A 22:00 finish means the Jubilee line is running when you leave, which is the single biggest practical advantage Ironworks has over its northern rival. ## A DJ's read on what Ironworks means London has spent the last decade losing rooms at the bottom and building them at the top. The story in [why London clubs are closing](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/why-are-london-clubs-closing-2026/) is the small floors going; the story in Drumsheds, Magazine and now Ironworks is capital finding the one format that still makes money at scale, the daytime warehouse takeover with a brand on the poster. I have mixed feelings about it. A 7,000-capacity day at Ironworks is a great show and a terrible place to discover a DJ. What Ironworks adds that the others do not is the river: a terrace on the Thames at 6pm in October, with the sun going down behind the city, is the kind of thing that turns a ticket into a memory, and that is the part of the pitch I believe. Whether the room outlasts the redevelopment clock is the question the first season cannot answer. Whether it sells is partly answered: Charlotte de Witte was gone and CamelPhat had a waiting list weeks before opening. ## FAQ **What is Ironworks London?** A new 7,000-capacity warehouse venue for electronic music at Thames Wharf in the Royal Docks, east London, with an open-air terrace overlooking the Thames. Its first season runs from Jamie Jones on 3 October to Charlotte de Witte on 1 November 2026, and it is run by LWE, the promoter behind Junction 2, with PROJEKT. **Where is Ironworks?** Thames Wharf, Scarab Close, London E16 1AF, on the Canning Town side of the Royal Docks, on the former site of the Thames Ironworks and shipbuilding yards. The venue recommends the Jubilee line to Canning Town, about 15 minutes' walk; West Silvertown on the DLR is about 10 minutes away. There is no parking. **What is the capacity of Ironworks?** 7,000, in a single warehouse space, plus the outdoor terrace. That puts it between Magazine London and Drumsheds among the capital's big rooms. **Who is playing Ironworks in 2026?** Jamie Jones presents Voyager on 3 October, Eric Prydz on 10 October, CamelPhat on 24 October, the Appetite Halloween special on 31 October and Charlotte de Witte on 1 November. In late September 2026 the official site listed Charlotte de Witte as sold out with a waiting list, CamelPhat on a waiting list, and Jamie Jones, Prydz and Appetite on sale. **What time do Ironworks events run?** Day to night: doors at 12:00 or 14:00 depending on the show, and a 22:00 close for every date in the first season. **Who runs Ironworks?** LWE, part of AMAAD and the team behind the Junction 2 festival, in partnership with the placemaking organisation PROJEKT. AMAAD founders Will Harold and Paul Jack are the named spokespeople. **Is Ironworks a permanent venue?** Nobody has said. The first season is described as a limited run, and the venue is a reuse of an industrial warehouse on a site that forms part of the wider Thames Wharf redevelopment. Treat the first season as the test. **What was the Thames Ironworks?** The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, which built ships on Bow Creek from 1837 to 1912, including HMS Warrior in 1860. Its works football team, founded in 1895, became West Ham United. **How does Ironworks compare with Drumsheds?** Drumsheds is more than twice the size at 14,999 across three rooms in a former IKEA in Tottenham. Ironworks is 7,000 in one riverside warehouse with a terrace, closer to the centre and the east, and finishes at 22:00 against Drumsheds' 22:30. ## Sources - Ironworks London official site (events, About, Community and Key Info pages, checked late September 2026) for the first-season dates, times, availability, resident ballot, travel and operators; LWE's site for the Ironworks By Night afterparty at fabric; Royal Docks, Resident Advisor, Music Week, Mixmag and Time Out on the announcement, capacity, terrace, operators and community commitments - Songkick, See Tickets and Ironworks on the Eric Prydz date; We Rave You on the autumn tour - Wikipedia and the Illustrated London News archive on the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, HMS Warrior and Thames Ironworks FC This guide is part of House of MNEEMO's ongoing coverage of the electronic and club music scene, written by London-based DJ and producer MNEEMO, with millions of streams to his name and a party series running through some of London's best clubs. For every other big date this month, read the [October 2026 club calendar](https://www.mneemo.com/blog/october-2026-club-nights-london-manchester/). --- Source: https://www.mneemo.com/blog/ironworks-london-royal-docks-venue-guide/ · © HOUSE OF MNEEMO. Written by MNEEMO (Yaroslav Gorovoy).