Clays Bar at Clays Canary Wharf

Real shotguns, four-metre-wide screens, and six different digital clay shooting games — Clays Canary Wharf builds competitive socialising into a cocktail bar designed to look as good as it plays. The main space holds 200 standing with eight shooting pegs integrated into the bar area, so the activity isn’t tucked away in a side room; it’s the central experience. For full exclusive hire, capacity reaches 300 to 350 across the bar, private shooting room, and two heated outdoor terraces overlooking the docks.

How the Shooting Works at Clays Canary Wharf

Each peg accommodates groups of up to 20, using real shotguns aimed at four-metre-wide screens displaying digital clay targets. Six game modes keep the format varied — experienced shots and complete beginners play the same games without either group feeling patronised or overwhelmed. The competitive element generates the kind of spontaneous energy that structured team activities often strain to create. For corporate bookings, semi-private pegs can be combined for groups up to 90, keeping the team together without requiring full venue hire. A dedicated Private Shooting Room with three pegs, its own bar, and capacity for 30 to 50 guests offers a more enclosed option for client entertaining or senior leadership groups who want separation from the main floor.

The Bar and Terraces at Clays

The interior design runs to dark greens, earthy pink tones, and a tree built around the main bar — the aesthetic sits closer to a members’ club than an activity centre. Two bars serve a premium cocktail menu developed using a signature clarification technique, alongside a food offering shaped by Culinary Director Roger Olsson, whose CV includes the Dorchester and the Ritz. Small plates and sharing platters are designed for social eating alongside the shooting, not as a formal dining experience. Two heated outdoor terraces face out across the West India docks. For summer parties and warm-weather corporate events, the outdoor space extends the venue’s footprint significantly and provides a natural change of pace from the shooting floor. The dock views are a genuine asset — Canary Wharf’s waterside setting is underused by most venues in the area.

Corporate Events and Christmas Parties at Clays Canary Wharf

The format solves a specific problem for corporate event planners: what do guests actually do? Drinks receptions risk awkward clustering. Dinners proceed through courses while conversation stalls between people who don’t know each other well. The shooting gives everyone a shared activity from the moment they arrive, generates competition and stories, and breaks ice faster than any amount of unstructured mingling. Team building events work without requiring elaborate facilitation — the games create the structure. Client entertaining has built-in talking points. Christmas parties have activities beyond small talk and a dancefloor. Birthday celebrations answer the perennial “what do we do?” question. Packages range from 90-minute sessions to four-hour-plus premium bookings with complimentary DJ, security, and cloakroom included. Company logo branding on screens is available for events that want the corporate touch.

Canary Wharf Location and Access

Clays sits on the wharf at West India North Dockside, two minutes from Canary Wharf station on both the Jubilee Line and DLR. For the Docklands corporate market, this is walking distance from the office — no travel logistics to manage, no excuse not to attend. The alcohol licence runs until 1am with extensions available, giving evening events enough runway to build properly. External DJs are permitted for bookings that want to push beyond the house music, and a shoot captain is included with every booking to manage the games and keep energy high.