Architectural Style: Art Deco

Cinema architecture showcases diverse styles, from the opulent Art Deco and Baroque of early movie palaces to the sleek, minimalist designs of contemporary multiplexes.

Each style reflects its era’s cultural and aesthetic values.

Exploring the Memory Palaces provides a crash course in 20th-century urban architecture.

Monsigneur News Theatre 1
Monsigneur News Theatre 1

Westminster — Central

Monsigneur News Theatre

215 Piccadilly, W1V 9DL

1934—2001

Piccadilly Circus

Odeon, Balham 1

Wandsworth — South

Odeon, Balham

Balham Hill and Malwood Road, SW12 9EA

1938—1980

Clapham South

Odeon, Beckenham 1

Bromley — South

Odeon, Beckenham

296 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1DY

1930—

Beckenham Junctiom

Odeon, Camden Town

Camden — North

Odeon, Camden Town

14 Parkway, NW1 7AA

1937—

Camden Town

Odeon, Covent Garden 11

Westminster — Central

Odeon, Covent Garden

135 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8AH

1970—2024

Leicester Square

Gaumont Palace, Hammersmith 8

Hammersmith and Fulham — West

Odeon, Hammersmith

45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith W6 9QH

1932—1984

Hammersmith

Odeon, Leicester Square 1

Westminster — Central

Odeon, Leicester Square

22-24 Leicester Square, WC2H 7LQ

1937—

Leicester Square

Odeon, Woolwich 1

Greenwich — South

Odeon, Woolwich

John Wilson Street, Woolwich SE18 6QQ

1937—1966

Woolwich Dockyard

Project

Barnet — North

Phoenix, East Finchley

52 High Road, East Finchley, N2 9PJ

1912—

East Finchley

Picturehouse Bromley 8

Bromley — South East

Picturehouse, Bromley

242 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1PQ

1936—2024

Bromley North

Prince Edward Theatre 7

Westminster — Central

Prince Edward Theatre

30 Old Compton Street, W1D 4HS

1930—1978

Tottenham Court Road

Princess Cinema, Dagenham 1

Barking and Dagenham — East

Princess Cinema, Dagenham

12 Princess Parade, New Road, Dagenham, RM10 9LS

1932—1960

Dagenham Heathway