Memory Palaces

Odeon, Islington 1Odeon, Islington 1
Odeon, Leicester SquareOdeon, Holloway Road
Cinema

Odeon, Islington

7 Islington High Street, N1 9LQ

Who would know that this Starbucks once housed Islington’s “aristocrat of local cinemas"?

Angel

Area:North

Borough:Islington

Odeon, Leicester SquareOdeon, Holloway Road
Odeon, Islington

Odeon, Islington

Area

North

Open

1913—1972

Borough

Islington
Cinema opened: 1913
Cinema closed: 1972
Final film: Burke and HareMore Dead Than Alive
Orig. screens: 1
Orig. capacity: 1,463
Usage: Retail (Starbucks)
Architect: H. Courtenay Constantine
Style: BaroqueNeo-Classical
Listed: II
AKA: Angel Picture Theatre
Circuit: Associated Provincial Picture Houses (1926—1929)Gaumont British (1929—1962)Odeon (1962—1972)

View cinema at:

See this cinema on a walk:

IslingtonNorth

Islington’s Big Screens

Cinema Walk

Sep 6

Book

Near this cinema:

Carlton, Essex Road 1

IslingtonNorth

Carlton, Essex Road

161-169 Essex Road, Islington, N1 2SN

1930—1972

Essex Road

Near this cinema:

The Coronet, Holloway 1

IslingtonNorth

Coronet, Holloway

338 Holloway Road, N7 6PA

1940—1983

Holloway Road

Near this cinema:

The Nickel cinema

IslingtonCentral

The Nickel

117-119 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5BY

2025—

Farringdon

Odeon, Islington 2
Odeon, Islington 3
Odeon, Islington 4
Odeon, Islington 5
Odeon, Islington 6

More Stories, Walks & Articles

Story

Story

The birth of cinema-going in Britain

The first public screenings of the Lumière brothers’ films change entertainment forever.

Regent Street Cinema (1912 —)

Walk

Walk

Hollywood Comes To London

Discover the stories behind London’s most famous cinemas and walk in the footsteps of the Hollywood stars who’ve graced their red carpets.

WestminsterCentral

Article
Cinema Museum co-founder Martin Humphries

Article

Martin Humphries’ Cinema Memories

Martin Humphries is the co-founder of The Cinema Museum in South London, a one-of-a-kind venue that celebrates the lost world of ‘going to the pictures’.

by Martin Humphries