Sites will open in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leeds in the first quarter of 2026, with development across all sites expected to start before the end of March.
In Scotland, the group will open a Lane7 in Glasgow city centre, adding to its existing Level X operation at St Enoch’s Centre, while Edinburgh will gain a second site at Ocean Terminal in Leith to complement its established presence at St James Quarter.
The Edinburgh site will mark the fifth city in which the company operates multiple venues.
The Leeds site will be the group’s first venture into Yorkshire, with a 23,000sq ft venue located in the city centre.
Alongside the expansion, the Lane7 group will bring all of its brands under a single administrative structure, in what it hopes will be a ‘transformational year’ for the business and which will help ‘turbocharge’ growth plans.
The move will mean its Lane7, Level X, ML7 and Gutterball brands will operate under one unified group, a change designed to simplify management, improve efficiency and better support its growing portfolio.
“We know 2026 is going to be another transformational year for the group. We’ll be starting development of three new sites by the close of the first quarter, taking in some new locations and expanding further in others,” says Gavin Hughes, group managing director.
“Equally, the administrative restructuring of the brands that form the group means we’ll enter 2026 with a much stronger financial model for our busy investment and growth plans.
“This will turbocharge our ability to better resource both the identification and subsequent acceleration of new site plans, work with even more ambitious suppliers and partners, and maintain our position as the industry’s front-runners in developing new, competitive experiences in the social space.”
Lane7 was launched in Newcastle in 2013 by Tim Wilks and has grown to an estate of more than 20 Lane7 venues, alongside family-focused Gutterball sites, immersive Level X experiences and the ML7 concept.
The group also has an international presence following the opening of a site in Berlin in 2024.