Area: South

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.

Astoria, Brixton
Astoria, Brixton

Lambeth — South

Astoria, Brixton

211 Stockwell Road, SW9 9SL

1929—1972

Brixton

Capitol, Forest Hill 8

Lewisham — South

Capitol, Forest Hill

11-21 London Road, SE23 3TW

1929—1973

Forest Hill

Century Cinema 5

Croydon — South

Century Cinema

18 Church Road, SE19 2ET

1930—1958

Crystal Palace

Coronet, Eltham 7

Greenwich — South

Coronet, Eltham

99 Well Hall Road, SE9 6LX

1936—2000

Welling

David Lean Cinema, Croydon 12

Croydon — South

David Lean Cinema, Croydon

Katharine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET

1995—

East Croydon

Granada, Woolwich 6

Greenwich — South

Granada, Woolwich

174-186 Powis Street, Woolwich SE18 6JP

1937—1966

Woolwich Dockyard

Odeon, Balham 1

Wandsworth — South

Odeon, Balham

Balham Hill and Malwood Road, SW12 9EA

1938—1980

Clapham South

Odeon, Beckenham 1

Bromley — South

Odeon, Beckenham

296 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1DY

1930—

Beckenham Junctiom

Odeon, Woolwich 1

Greenwich — South

Odeon, Woolwich

John Wilson Street, Woolwich SE18 6QQ

1937—1966

Woolwich Dockyard

Peckhamplex 1

Southwark — South

Peckhamplex

95a Rye Lane, SE15 4ST

1994—

Peckham Rye

Regal, Camberwell 1

Southwark — South

Regal, Camberwell

262-274 Camberwell Road, SE5 ODL

1940—1973

Denmark Hill

Regal, Streatham 7

Lambeth — South

Regal, Streatham

5 High Road, SW16 1EF

1938—2000

Streatham Hill