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)

Close Up Film Centre 1

Tower Hamlets — East

Close Up Film Centre

97 Sclater Street, E1 6HR

2014—

Shoreditch High Street

Compton Cinema Club 1

Westminster — Central

Compton Cinema Club

60 Old Compton Street, W1D 6HS

1960—1984

Leicester Square

Coronation, Manor Park 1

Newham — East

Coronation Cinema, Manor Park

501 High Street North, E12 6TH

1911—1968

Manor Park

Coronet, Eltham 7

Greenwich — South

Coronet, Eltham

99 Well Hall Road, SE9 6LX

1936—2000

Welling

The Coronet, Holloway 1

Islington — North

Coronet, Holloway

338 Holloway Road, N7 6PA

1940—1983

Holloway Road

Coronet, Northfields 9

Ealing — West

Coronet, Northfields

268 Northfield Avenue, W5 4UB

1932—1985

Northfields

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

David Lean Cinema, Croydon 12

Croydon — South

David Lean Cinema, Croydon

Katharine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET

1995—

East Croydon

Electric Theatre, Islington 1

Islington — North

Electric Theatre, Islington

75 Upper Street, N1 0NU

1909—1916

Angel

Empire, Leicester Square 1

Westminster — Central

Empire, Leicester Square

5 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA

1928—

Leicester Square

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