Podcast Studio London: The 13 Best Studios to Hire in 2026

Type "podcast studio London" into Google and you get pages of near-identical websites, all promising broadcast quality and a nice sofa. Not much help when you have a CEO booked in for Thursday and a first episode due next month. So we did the legwork. The result covers nearly every podcast recording studio London has worth considering, with podcast studio hire London prices running from about £40 to £300 an hour depending on spec. Below are 13 real London studios, every one checked against its own website, compared on rooms, cameras, engineer support and published prices.

A quick note on how this list works. Where a studio publishes prices, we quote the "from" rate. Where it does not, we say so rather than guess. And if you would rather skip the research entirely, our podcast studio hire service pairs the right room with a production team that plans, records, edits and distributes the whole show.

Podcast studio London comparison: all 13 at a glance

Studio	Area	Video?	Best for
Premiere Podcast Studios	Shoreditch	Yes (3 to 4 cameras)	Engineer-included branded shows
Podshop Studios	Shoreditch	Yes (Sony FX series)	Multi-guest video on a budget
Outset Studio	Shoreditch and London Bridge	Yes (4K, fixed mounts)	Self-service regulars
Vaudeville	Shoreditch	Yes (robotic PTZ cameras)	Fast-turnaround corporate content
Laughing Around	Soho	Yes (Sony FX3s)	Affordable central dry hire
Soho Radio Studios	Soho	Audio-led	Radio-grade audio shows
Podcast Room	Fitzrovia and Barnes	Yes (Blackmagic 4K)	Flexible set-ups, fair prices
Spiritland Productions	King's Cross	Yes (4K PTZ, live switching)	Broadcast-grade productions
TYX Studios	King's Cross (Tileyard)	Yes (premium spec)	High-end video podcasts
Voices Studio	King's Cross	Yes (1 or 2 cameras)	Solo hosts and small shows
London Podcast Studios	Whitechapel	Yes (4K)	Value bookings near the City
Qube	Canary Wharf, Acton, Hackney, Elephant & Castle	Varies by studio	Members who record often
Pirate Studios	Camden, Dalston, Hackney, Wembley and more	Audio-first	24/7 self-service recording

We have grouped the list by area, starting with Shoreditch (which has quietly become the capital's podcast quarter), then Soho, then King's Cross and north, then east London and the multi-site operators.

Shoreditch and the City fringe

1. Premiere Podcast Studios (Shoreditch)

Premiere Podcast Studios sits on Scrutton Street, five minutes from Old Street and Liverpool Street. There are two purpose-built rooms. Studio 1 seats up to four people with three Sony A7IV cameras and Shure SM7 microphones. Studio 2 takes up to six, with four Sony FX30s, a talkback system and a seven-screen display for on-set branding. Every booking includes an engineer for the full session, which removes the single biggest failure point in podcast recording. Both rooms film landscape and vertical at the same time, so your social clips arrive ready-framed. Studio 1 is £150 per hour plus VAT, Studio 2 is £195 plus VAT, and block rates start at £105 per hour when you book four hours or more. Best for brands and B2B teams that want engineer-supported video without hiring their own crew.

2. Podshop Studios (Shoreditch)

Podshop Studios runs six broadcast-quality studios across two sites on Worship Street and Clifton Street, three minutes apart where Shoreditch meets the City. Rooms are soundproofed and acoustically treated, with Sony FX6 and FX3 cameras, Shure and Rode microphones and proper LED lighting rigs. An engineer sets every session up, and you can add a dedicated engineer for the whole booking if you want someone on the desk throughout. The largest studio seats up to six, and the sites also handle webinars, livestreams and course recordings. Published rates start at £50 per hour plus VAT for audio and £75 per hour plus VAT for video, which is strong value for the spec. Best for multi-guest video shows on a sensible budget.

3. Outset Studio (Shoreditch and London Bridge)

Outset Studio operates three rooms across two locations: Studio A (750 sq ft) and Studio B (500 sq ft) at the Leather Market near London Bridge, plus a 420 sq ft boutique room on Cremer Street in Shoreditch. All studios come with broadcast microphones, multitrack recording and multiple 4K cameras on fixed mounts, designed so you can run the session yourself. That self-service model keeps prices down: audio from £84 per hour and video from £108 per hour, with sound engineers from £24 per hour and videographers from £48 per hour if you would rather have help. Full production packages start at £200 per hour, and the studios are open seven days a week. Best for creators, brands and agencies that record regularly and are happy pressing record themselves.

4. Vaudeville (Shoreditch)

Vaudeville is on Leonard Street, five minutes from Old Street station. The studio is built around three Sony FR7 robotic PTZ cameras, Shure SM7B microphones and Blackmagic ATEM live switching, with ISO recording from every angle. An operator and tech assistant are included in studio packages, so nobody from your team needs to touch a camera. Audio-only hire is £80 per hour, a half day is £1,000 and a full day is £2,000, all plus VAT. Raw files arrive the same day and edited content comes back within 24 to 72 hours, which is unusually quick. There is even a make-up room for hire. Best for corporate teams, leadership comms and press content where the deadline matters as much as the footage.

Soho

5. Laughing Around (Soho)

Laughing Around lives in the basement of 21Soho on Sutton Row, a short walk from Tottenham Court Road, Oxford Circus and Leicester Square. It is one of the cheapest ways to record in central London: dry hire of the soundproofed studio is £40 per hour if you run the session yourself. Supported video sessions cost £150 per hour and include a dedicated sound engineer and two Sony FX3 cameras, with a third available on request. A full package, including the post-production edit of a finished episode, starts at £550 per episode. The room seats up to four around the table and remote guests can be added on. Best for new shows that want a central location now and professional support as they grow.

6. Soho Radio Studios (Soho)

Soho Radio Studios grew out of the Soho Radio station, with the original studio at 22C Great Windmill Street opened in 2014 and a second site at 33 Broadwick Street added in 2019. This is a proper audio operation with a production company attached, so the engineering pedigree runs deep. Podcast studios hosting up to four people cost £120 per hour, larger studios hosting up to eight cost £175 per hour, and editing, mixing and mastering are available from £50 per hour. Best for audio-first shows and bigger panel recordings that want radio-grade sound in the middle of Soho.

A studio gets you a recording. It does not get you a show

Worth pausing here. Hiring a room is step one. Someone still has to design the series, prep the guests, direct the session, edit the episodes, cut the clips and put it all in front of the right audience. That work decides whether anyone actually watches.

Earworm handles both halves. Our podcast studio hire and production service combines studio recording with strategy, editing, clips and multi-platform distribution, from £1,500 a month, with shows live in 4 to 8 weeks. Now, back to the list.

Fitzrovia, King's Cross and north London

7. Podcast Room (Great Portland Street and Barnes)

Podcast Room started in leafy Barnes in south-west London and has since added a central studio on Great Portland Street. Both are kitted out with Blackmagic 4K cameras, Rode microphones and on-site engineers, with space for up to six people and prices from £60 per hour. The central studio offers three configurations: a sofa set-up for relaxed conversations, a table for structured interviews and a screen-based set that displays your branding behind you, with an editing suite next door. Best for teams that want a proper video set-up at a fair price, with a choice of central or quieter west London locations.

8. Spiritland Productions (King's Cross)

Spiritland Productions runs a broadcast-standard studio inside the Spiritland listening bar in King's Cross. The spec reads like a TV gallery: three Panasonic 4K PTZ cameras, a vision switcher for line-cuts and livestreams, a Studer broadcast console, redundant multitrack recording and remote guest lines including Riverside and ISDN. The room seats up to four guests, and on-site producers, engineers, videographers and editors handle everything from recording through post. Bookings start at one hour, in 30-minute increments. Pricing is not published, so you will need to enquire. Best for broadcasters, brands and livestreamed productions where redundancy and polish are non-negotiable.

9. TYX Studios (Tileyard, King's Cross)

TYX Studios sits in Tileyard, the creative campus near King's Cross, alongside music studios and a Dolby Atmos room. There are three podcast studios. The flagship Studio 1 runs three Sony FX2 cameras at a spec TYX describes as Netflix approved, under Aputure lighting on a custom overhead rig, with flexible set dressing so you can build a look rather than borrow one. A technician is included with every booking. Sessions carry a three-hour minimum: Studio 3 starts at £300 per session, Studio 2 at £600 and Studio 1 at £900, with memberships from £100 per month for frequent recorders. Best for premium video podcasts where the set is part of the brand.

10. Voices Studio (King's Cross)

Voices Studio on Lewis Cubitt Walk is a single, acoustically treated room about ten minutes from King's Cross and St Pancras. The kit is simple and solid: four Shure SM7B microphones, a Rodecaster Pro desk and Godox lighting. Pricing is refreshingly clear, with audio-only at £65 per hour, a single Sony FX30 camera at £90 per hour and a dual-camera set-up at £170 per hour. Engineer support is a £30 per hour add-on across all packages, and the space is wheelchair accessible with keyless entry. Best for solo hosts and small shows that want tiered pricing without a sales call.

East London and multi-site options

11. London Podcast Studios (Whitechapel)

London Podcast Studios is in Whitechapel, a few minutes from Aldgate East, which makes it the closest dedicated option for teams in the City and Canary Wharf. Acoustically treated studios cover audio-only sessions and 4K video recording, with engineers and editing support available, plus live-streaming and on-location recording if you need to take the show out of the building. Hire starts at £69 per hour, and there is a podcast management option for companies that want to hand over the admin entirely. Best for value-conscious bookings east of the Square Mile.

12. Qube (Canary Wharf, Acton, Hackney and Elephant & Castle)

Qube works differently: it is a monthly studio membership rather than straight hourly hire, with sites in Canary Wharf, Acton, Hackney and Elephant & Castle. Members book studios at member rates, and the podcast rooms range from audio-only spaces (like Podcast Studio A in Acton) to video-ready rooms such as Podcast Studio 23 in Canary Wharf and the flagship Pod at Elephant & Castle. Membership includes community events each month, and a multi-site upgrade adds access to every location for an extra 10 per cent on the fee. Best for podcasters who record often enough that a membership beats paying by the hour, and who like working around other creators.

13. Pirate Studios (Camden, Dalston, Hackney, Wembley and more)

Pirate Studios runs self-service podcast rooms at multiple sites across London, including Camden, Dalston, Hackney and Wembley. Everything is booked online and the studios run 24/7, so if your co-host can only record at 11pm on a Tuesday, this is the list's only realistic answer. There is no engineer and no front desk: you let yourself in, plug in and record, which keeps hourly rates low. Kit varies by location, so check the room spec for your chosen site before booking. Best for early-stage, audio-first shows and anyone who needs recording slots outside office hours.

What to check before you book a podcast recording studio

Thirteen decent options is still twelve too many for your Thursday session. These five checks will narrow it down fast.

Acoustics, not aesthetics

Exposed brick photographs beautifully and reflects sound horribly. Ask whether the room is acoustically treated (panels, soft surfaces, proper isolation) rather than just soundproofed, and listen to a recent recording made in the room before you commit. If the studio cannot share one, that tells you something too.

Video capability

If your show is going on YouTube, and for B2B it should be, check the camera count, whether cameras are operated or fixed, and whether the studio records vertical clips alongside the main feed. Two cameras is the workable minimum for a two-person conversation; three gives your editor a wide shot to cut to. Everything Earworm records is video-first for exactly this reason, and our video podcast production approach turns one session into YouTube episodes, LinkedIn clips and audio feeds.

Engineer included or extra

This is the biggest hidden variable in podcast studio hire in London. Some studios include an engineer in every booking (Premiere, TYX), some include set-up help only (Podshop), and some are fully self-service (Outset, Pirate). None of these models is wrong, but an advertised £40 room can quietly become a £100 room once you add the support you actually need. Price the session, not the headline rate.

Minimum bookings and VAT

Check the small print. Some studios book by the hour, others carry three-hour minimums or half-day blocks, and most quote prices excluding VAT. A £300 minimum session and a £75 hourly rate are very different commitments if you only need 90 minutes.

Editing add-ons

A recording is not an episode. Ask what the studio charges for editing, mixing and clip creation, and what the turnaround is. If the answer is a shrug, budget separately for post-production, because that is where most first-time podcasters lose their schedule (and their momentum).

Rather Skip the Shortlist? Work With Earworm

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