Cinema
Troxy, Stepney
490 Commercial Road, E1 0HX
One of the UK's largest cinemas when it opened, a slice of cinema history survives in the shape of its 1930s Wurlitzer organ.
Troxy, Stepney
Near this cinema:
1939—
Stepney Green
Near this cinema:
1936—
Liverpool Street
Near this cinema:
2014—
Shoreditch High Street
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