The club, named The Kink Society, in Dent, Greater Manchester, described itself as a private members club specialising in “alternate, BDSM, fetish, meet ups and socials”
Source: Mirror.co.uk.
UK – MANCHESTER – A sex club just yards from an MP’s office has been shut down after neighbours complained.
The club, named The Kink Society, in Dent, Greater Manchester, described itself as a private members club specialising in “alternate, BDSM, fetish, meet ups and socials”, Manchester Evening News reports.
It is open from 8am ‘to late’ seven days a week and has a ‘fully-equipped dungeon’.
It also advertised as a “safe space haven for members of the LGBT+ community to congregate and meet without the dangers of victimisation, bullying or prejudice”.
The club used to be found at Advocates House on Market Street in the middle of the town centre – just a few hundred yards from MP Andrew Gwynne’s constituency office and the town hall.
But on Wednesday on Officers from Greater Manchester Police visited together with enforcement officers from Tameside council and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service after repeated complaints from residents.
It has now been shut down on the grounds that there was no working fire detection in place, and no ‘separation between commercial and residential premises’.
Pictures on The Kink Society website show a red lit room painted black with a four poster bed, restraints and a wall of bondage accessories.
Events are priced at between £10 and £40, according to the Yell listing.
It has earned a string of five star reviews on the site this month, with one poster describing them as “pioneers in their field”.
Paul Fearnhead, head of protection at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, said: “Working closely with the council and police, we have acted on fire safety concerns, resulting in robust action being taken to keep people safe.
“GMFRS takes all breaches of fire safety extremely seriously and will take enforcement action where necessary to protect our communities.”
Chief Inspector Lee Broadstock, of GMP’s Tameside division, said: “This premises was causing serious concern within the neighbourhood area and, thanks to the multi-agency approach taken, this premises is now closed and enforcement action is being progressed.
“This shows that we take robust action and use our full partnership powers to keep our neighbourhoods safe.”
The council is also investigating other alleged unlicensed activity and change of use of the premises.
