Memory Palaces

Explore London's Cinemas

At the heart of Memory Palaces is information about cinemas in every corner of London.

Among the wealth of data you can see when they were built, who designed them, what films they first screened and, sadly, in some cases when they were demolished.

Photographs of what the cinemas look like today accompany each entry.

Coronation, Manor Park 1

Coronation Cinema, Manor Park (1911—1968)

The former Railway Tavern (and former Acton Screen)

Ealing — West

Acton Screen, Acton

1-3 High Street, W3 6NG

1980—1991

Acton Central

ActOne cinema on Acton High Street

Ealing — West

ActOne

119 High Street, W3 6NA

2021—

Acton Central

Apollo Picture House, Stoke Newington 1

Hackney — East

Apollo Picture House, Stoke Newington

117 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8PU

1913—1983

Dalston Kingsland

Astoria, Brixton

Lambeth — South

Astoria, Brixton

211 Stockwell Road, SW9 9SL

1929—1972

Brixton

Astoria, Finsbury Park 7

Islington — North

Astoria, Finsbury Park

232 Seven Sisters Road, N4 3NP

1930—1971

Finsbury Park

Camden Hippodrome Picture Theatre 10

Camden — North

Camden Hippodrome Picture Theatre

1 Camden High Street, NW1 7JE

1913—1940

Mornington Crescent

Capitol, Forest Hill 8

Lewisham — South

Capitol, Forest Hill

11-21 London Road, SE23 3TW

1929—1973

Forest Hill

Carlton, Essex Road 1

Islington — North

Carlton, Essex Road

161-169 Essex Road, Islington, N1 2SN

1930—1972

Essex Road

Carlton, Haymarket 1

Westminster — Central

Carlton, Haymarket

63-65 Haymarket, SW1Y 4RQ

1927—2023

Piccadilly Circus

Castle Cinema 1

Hackney — East

Castle Cinema

64 Brooksby's Walk, E9 6DA

1913—

Homerton

Century Cinema 5

Croydon — South

Century Cinema

18 Church Road, SE19 2ET

1930—1958

Crystal Palace

Cine Lumiere 10

Kensington and Chelsea — Central

Cine Lumiere

17 Queensberry Place, SW7 2DT

1996—

South Kensington

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