The Heart of Gaming

The Heart of Gaming is an amusement arcade in London. The arcade's most recent venue opened in 2019 on North End, Croydon. The Heart of Gaming features a different pricing system to most traditional video game arcades: customers pay a flat entry fee enabling them to play on all the machines in the venue until it closes…

Type: Amusement arcade
Description: amusement arcade in London
Address: 42-46 North End, Croydon, CR0 1UG

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Centrale and Whitgift Centre.

Centrale

Shopping center

Centrale is a shopping centre in Croydon, South London. It is one of the largest covered retail developments in London. It is owned and managed by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and was opened in 2004. Centrale is situated 330 feet west of The Heart of Gaming.

Whitgift Centre

Shopping center

Photo: Hzh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Whitgift Centre is a large shopping centre in the town centre of Croydon, opening in stages between 1968 and 1970. This centre comprises 1,302,444 sq ft of retail space, and was the largest covered shopping development in Greater London until the opening of Westfield London at White City in 2008. Whitgift Centre is situated 350 feet northeast of The Heart of Gaming.

West Croydon station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

West Croydon is a multi-modal interchange station located in Croydon, South London. It is a southern terminus of the Windrush line of the London Overground, and is also served by National Rail services operated by Southern. West Croydon station is situated 1,300 feet north of The Heart of Gaming.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Croydon and Broad Green.

Croydon

Town

Photo: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.5 miles south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping area.

Broad Green

Suburb

Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The London Borough of Croydon is a borough within Outer London. It covers an area of 87 km2 and has a population of 397,741 as of mid-2023, making it one of London's most populated boroughs.