Area: Central

One of the aims of Memory Palaces is to demonstrate the staggering number of cinemas there have been in every corner of London – no neighbourhood has been without one at some point in the last 100 years!

To help navigate this breadth I’ve divided London into nine areas so you can explore the cinemas in the places that most interest you.

Carlton, Haymarket 1
Carlton, Haymarket 1

Westminster — Central

Carlton, Haymarket

63-65 Haymarket, SW1Y 4RQ

1927—2023

Piccadilly Circus

Cine Lumiere 10

Kensington and Chelsea — Central

Cine Lumiere

17 Queensberry Place, SW7 2DT

1996—

South Kensington

Compton Cinema Club 1

Westminster — Central

Compton Cinema Club

60 Old Compton Street, W1D 6HS

1960—1984

Leicester Square

Curzon Bloomsbury 1

Camden — Central

Curzon Bloomsbury

Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AW

1972—

Russell Square

Curzon Mayfair 6

Westminster — Central

Curzon Mayfair

32 Curzon Street, Mayfair

1934—

Green Park

Curzon Soho 2

Westminster — Central

Curzon Soho

93-107 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY

1959—

Leicester Square

Empire, Leicester Square 1

Westminster — Central

Empire, Leicester Square

5 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA

1928—

Leicester Square

The Garden Cinema, Covent Garden

Westminster — Central

Garden Cinema

39-41 Parker Street, WC2B 5PQ

2022—

Holborn

Gaumont, Haymarket 1

Westminster — Central

Gaumont, Haymarket

48 Haymarket, SW1Y 4SD

1925—2000

Piccadilly Circus

Monsigneur News Theatre 1

Westminster — Central

Monsigneur News Theatre

215 Piccadilly, W1V 9DL

1934—2001

Piccadilly Circus

Moulin 3

Westminster — Central

Moulin

44 Great Windmill Street, W1D 7NB

1910—1990

Piccadilly Circus

Contact

Westminster — Central

New Gallery, Regent Street

121-125 Regent Street, W1B 4TB

1913—1953

Oxford Circus