Memory Palaces

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.

Queens, Bayswater 1
Queens, Bayswater 1

Westminster — West

Queens, Bayswater

98 Bishop's Bridge Road, W2 5AA

1932—1988

Bayswater

Regal, Camberwell 1

Southwark — South

Regal, Camberwell

262-274 Camberwell Road, SE5 ODL

1940—1973

Denmark Hill

Regal, Highams Park 1

Waltham Forest — North East

Regal, Highams Park

485 Hale End Road, E4 9PT

1911—1971

Highams Park

Regal, Streatham 7

Lambeth — South

Regal, Streatham

5 High Road, SW16 1EF

1938—2000

Streatham Hill

Regal, Uxbridge 1

Hillingdon — North West

Regal, Uxbridge

233 High Street, Uxbridge UB8 1LD

1931—1977

Uxbridge

Rex, Stratford 1

Newham — East

Rex, Stratford

361-375 Stratford High Street, E15 4QZ

1934—1969

Stratford

Rio, Dalston 1

Hackney — East

Rio, Dalston

107 Kingsland High Road, Dalston

1915—

Dalston Kingsland

Ritz, Leyton 1

Waltham Forest — East

Ritz, Leyton

806 High Road, E10 6AE

1938—1979

Walthamstow Central

Rivoli, Brockley 1

Lewisham — South

Rivoli, Brockley

346-350 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY

1913—1957

Crofton Park

Savoy Cinema, Dalston 1

Hackney — East

Savoy Cinema, Dalston

17 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BH

1936—1984

Dalston Kingsland

Scala cinema

Camden — Central

Scala, King’s Cross

275 Pentonville Road, N1 9NL

1920—1993

King's Cross

Studio One, Oxford Street 1

Westminster — Central

Studio One, Oxford Street

225 Oxford Street, W1D 2LR

1910—1984

Oxford Circus

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