Regent Street Cinema
The Regent Street Cinema is an independent British cinema located on Regent Street, London. Opened in 1848 and regarded as "the birthplace of British cinema", the cinema featured the first motion picture shown in the United Kingdom.- Type: Movie theater
- Description: historic repertory cinema located on Regent Street in London
- Also known as: “Cameo News Theatre”, “Cameo-Poly Cinema”, “Classic-Poly Cinema”, “Marlborough Hall”, “Polytechnic Theatre”, “Regent Theatre”, and “Regent-Poly Cinema”
- Address: 307 Regent Street, London
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and London Palladium.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
London Palladium
Theater building
Photo: MykReeve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Palladium is a Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, London, in Soho. The theatre was designed by Frank Matcham and opened in 1910. London Palladium is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Regent Street Cinema.
Oxford Circus tube station
Metro station
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Oxford Circus is a London Underground station in Central London. It serves Oxford Circus and is located at the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street, with entrances on all four corners of the intersection. Oxford Circus tube station is situated 540 feet south of Regent Street Cinema.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soho and Mayfair-Marylebone.
Soho
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Soho is a district of central London, part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.
Mayfair-Marylebone
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.
Marylebone
Suburb
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marylebone is an area in London, England, and is located in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.
Regent Street Cinema
- Category: independent movie theater
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51682° or 51° 31′ 1″ northLongitude
-0.14285° or 0° 8′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV84+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1710144548OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=cinemaWikidata ID
Q26869575
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Regent Street Cinema” goes by many names.
- French: “Regent Street Cinema”
- German: “Regent Street Cinema”
- Spanish: “Regent Street Cinema”
- Turkish: “Regent Street Cinema”
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Highlights include University of Westminster and Albion Jeune.
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