Lost Brixton: Lost cinemas of Brixton
Celebrating lost landmarks of Brixton

Between 1910 and 1915, at least nine cinemas opened in the Brixton area, many of them in railway arches and cramped premises.

As safety legislation was tightened up, many of these 'flea-pits' closed, with the introduction of sound in the 1920s leading to the construction of larger and more impressive cinemas.

Here we document some long-lost old Brixton cinemas.


Jan 2006
Site of the Electric Palace cinema
12 Atlantic Road, Brixton. Seating capacity: 450
Opened 11th August 1909, closed 1915


Jan 2006
Site of Pleasure Land cinema
41, Atlantic Road, Brixton
Capacity: 150. First reference dated 1912.


Jan 2006
Site of Pleasure Land cinema
26, Station Road, Brixton
Capacity: 150, recorded as still open in 1919.



Other lost theatres/cinemas:

Duke of Yorks Picture Theatre
383-385 Brixton Road, Brixton. Seating capacity: 460
Opened November 1910, renamed as The Gaiety in 1919, closed c1925

Theatre De Luxe
12 Acre Lane, Brixton. Capacity: 945
Active c. 1908.

Station Picture Hall
Station Road, Brixton. Capacity: 200
Opened c. 1915.

Pleasure Land cinema
463, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton (no further info)

Brixton Arch
Acre Lane, Brixton. Capacity: 150
Active c.1910.





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