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With more than a hundred cinemas inside the M25, London is as well served for picture houses as any city on earth. And they come in all shapes and sizes. From goliath multiplexes to boutique independents, to those – like Peckham’s beloved Peckhamplex and Walthamstow’s Empire – that sit at the nexus of the two, there’s truly something for everyone.
Of course, cinemagoing doesn’t quite work that way. Unless you’re up for an after-work screening in the West End, it’s usually the spot closest to home that gets the repeat visits – the local cinema with a favourite spot (in the middle by the aisle for us), reliably fresh popcorn and, if you’re lucky, ticket prices that won’t give your current account a conniption. Happily, there’s load of them and, as our poll of Time Out readers’ 25 favourites demonstrates, they’re all over the city.
The results are not entirely unexpected – a rundown of our city’s loveliest, buzziest, friendliest and most romantic local cinemas, with a couple of the big boys thrown in. So without further ado, here are London’s best cinemas as chosen by you.
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