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The Nickel cinemaThe Nickel cinema
Tower, PeckhamStudio One, Oxford Street
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The Nickel

117-119 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5BY

London's only self-described 'grindhouse' cinema that specialises in the weird and wonderful you never knew you needed to watch.

Farringdon

Area:Central

Borough:Islington

Tower, PeckhamStudio One, Oxford Street
The Nickel 7

The Nickel

Area

Central

Open

2025—Present

Borough

Islington
Cinema opened: 2025
First film: Cecil B. Demented
Orig. screens: 1
Orig. capacity: 37
Usage: Cinema (The Nickel)
Circuit: Independent (2025— Present)

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