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Phoenix, East Finchley

52 High Road, East Finchley, N2 9PJ

Regularly voted one of London's best-loved cinemas, it is also one of the city's oldest still in operation.

East Finchley

Area:North

Borough:Barnet

Picturehouse Central Peckhamplex

Phoenix, East Finchley

Area

North

Open

1912—Present

Borough

Barnet

Cinema opened:	1912
First film:	The Ill-Fated Titanic
Screens:	1
Capacity:	250
Orig. screens:	1
Orig. capacity:	428

Usage:	Cinema (Phoenix)
Architect:	S. Birdwood
Style:	Art Deco
Listed:	II
AKA:	East Finchley Picturedrome, Coliseum, Rex
Circuit:	Picturedrome Theatres (1912—1925) †Home Counties Theatres (1925—1936) †Independent (1936— Present)

† approximate dates

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