Key Words :- cinema

Address :- 108 South Street, Romford, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 5136 8854
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.575411 , Long 0.182846
Local Authority :- Havering London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Essex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- 1936 -

Description and History of Site:-
Architects: Leslie H Kemp and F E Tasker
Seating capacity: 2,500
Opened 29 January 1936 with The Passing Of The Third Floor Back and Stranded
Became the Odeon 1949
Tripled 24 March 1974 with The Stone Killer in 758-seat Screen 1, The Way We Were in 127-seat Screen 2, and Sleuth in 358-seat Screen 3
Odeon closed 8 July 1990
Nightclub in 1999, closed 2024

2025 - plans to demolish the building and build 294 flats on the site.

Further Reading and References:-
Webb, Malcolm. 'The Amber Valley Gazetteer of Greater London's Suburban Cinemas 1946-86'. Amber Valley, 1986

https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/13772

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