MOVING
PICTURES

reusing cinemas as places of worship in the diaspora.




Current site name
Original site name
Address
Construction
Date
Nationally
Listed
Locally
Listed
Adaption
Date
Religion



Anjuman-e-Islamia Newham Mosque
Coliseum Cinema
266 High Street, Manor Park, E12 6SB
1912

1990’s
Islam

Arena Church
Grand / ABC Mansfield
Leeming Street, Mansfield, NG18 1NG
1906
2013
Christian

Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Odeon
22 Castle Hill, Dudley, DY1 4QQ, Dudley
1937
Grade II
1977
Christian

Aziziye Mosque and Community Centre
Astra Cinema/Apollo Picture House
117 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8PU
1913 / 1933
1994
Islam


Bath City Church
Forum Cinema
St. James Parade, Bath, BA1 1UG
1934
Grade II*
1998
Christian


Bethel Faith Centre then New Life Church
Abbey Cinema
1455 Leek Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8BY
1936
Unknown
Christian

Birchingstone Baptist Church
Regal Cinema
31 Station Road, Birchington, CT7 9DJ
1910
2010
Christian

UCKG HelpCentre Leicester
City Cinema
27, Abbey Street, Leicester, LE1 3TE
1969
2014
Christian


Calvary Church of God in Christ
Odeon
127 Dunstable Road, Luton, LU1 1BW
1938
Grade II
2001
Christian

Carlton Pentecostal Church
Regal Cinema
49, Station Road, Nottingham, NG4 3AR
1913
1980s
Christian

Christ Faith Tabernacle Cathedral
Granada Woolwich
174-18 Powis Street, SE18 6NL
1937
2011
Christian

Christ The King Dominion Place - Tottenham Tabernacle
People’s Palace
7 Forster Road, Tottenham, N17 6DQ
1907
1999
Christian

Christian Life Centre Church
Regal Cinema
300 Cowley Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 1US
1937
Grade II
2011
Christian

Congregation of Yahweh
Plaze Cinema
8 Cramlington Terrace, Newsham, Northumberland, NE24 4AQ
1940
Grade II
Early 2000s
Christian

Crusaders Ministries International Church
Peckham Central Hall
43 Peckham High Street, SE125 5EB
1910
2012
Christian

Deeper Life Bible Church
Granada, Clapham Junction
58 St. John’s Hill, SW11
1937
Grade II*
2012
Christian


Dominion Centre Church
Gaumont Palace
Wood Green, 9 High Road, N22 6DS
1934
Grade II*
1999
Christian


Elim Christian Centre
Gaumont Palace
63 Park End, Gloucester GL1 5AN
1914
Christian

Elim Church (used on sundays) re-opened
Old Savoy Theatre/Savoy Theatre
Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE
1932
Grade II
1994
Christian

Elim Pentecostal Church
Avenue/Odeon/Coronet 
268 Northfield Avenue, Northfields, Ealing, W5 4UB
1943
Grade II*
Christian


Elim Pentecostal Church
Odeon Becontree
947A, Green Lane Becontree RM8 1DJ
1929   
1999
Christian


Four Square Gospel Church
Greengate Cinema
525-529 Barking Road, E13 9EZ
1914
2003
Christian


Freedom Centre International Church
Odeon Welling
Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, DA16 3HF
1934
2009
Christian


Freedom Church Hereford
Ritz Cinema
100 Commercial Road, Hereford, HR1 2BJ
1938
Grade 
2016
Christian


Grace Church Sheffield
Plaza Cinema
Richmond Road and Bramley Lane, Sheffield, S13 8TB
1937
2019
Christian


Gracepoint Church
Carlton Cinema
161-169 Essex Road, N1 2SN
1930
Grade II*
2013
Christian


Gurdwara Bebe Nanaki Temple
Rookery Picture House
189, Rookery Road, Birmingham B21 9PX
1914
1983
Sikh


Guru Nanak Gurdwara - Punjabi
Continental Cinema
2-10, Tunbridge Street, Preston, PR1 5YP
1914
1990s
Christian


Hillsong Church for Sunday Services
Dominion Theatre
Tottenham Court Road­
1930-81
Grade II
2005+
Christian


Hindu Temple Kent Thanet Amman Temple
King’s Theatre
King’s Place, Ramsgate, CT11 8NN / 1903 King's Pl, Ramsgate CT11 9AD
1910
Grade II*
2017
Hindu


Hope Church
Ritz Cinema
Middle Brook Street, Winchester, SO23 8BQ
1940
2015
Christian


House of Praise: Lighthouse Church
Regal
262-274 Camberwell Rd, SE5 0DL
1940
Grade II
2010
Christian


Islamic Cultural Centre
Maida Vale Picture House
140 Maida Vale, W9 1QB
1913
1997
Islam


Islamic Cultural Centre
Mayfair Cinema
152 Upper Tooting Road, SW12 9AW
1932
1996
Islam


Jameah Fatimiah Mosque
Apollo cinema
118, Berridge Road, Nottingham, NG7 6HT
1920
1990s
Islam


Jami Mosque
Plaza
Bradford Junction, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 1PS
1928   
 
2000s
Islam


Jamia Masjid Abubakr
New Majestic Cinema
4 Brougham Street, Burnley, BB12 0AS

Islam


Jamia Masjid Haroonia
Capitol Cinema
767 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3PP
1925
1996
Islam


Jamiyat Tabligh-Ul-Islam Mosque
Roxy Cinema
65, Barkerend Road, Bradford, BD3 1SX
1920
1980
Islam


Jamiyat Tabligh-Ul-Islam Mosque Toller Ln
Elite Cinema
133 Toller Lane, Bradford, BD8 9HL
1913
Late 1990s
Islam


Jehovah’s Witness Assembly Hall
Ritz/ABC
174 Bowes Road, N11 2JG
1933
Enfield 
c1980s
Christian


Jehovah’s Witness Assembly Hall
Forum / ABC Wythenshaw
456, Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4DJ
1934
Grade II
Christian


Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall
Regent Cinema
13 Plough Road, Wrockwardine Wood, TF2 7AW, Telford
1947
Christian


Jehovah’s Witness Meeting Hall
Victoria Park Cinema
186 Grove Road, E3 5TG
1912
1994
Christian


Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Scala Cinema
37 Camp Road, Farnborough, GU14 6EN
1927
Christian


Kingsway Christian Fellowship
Winter Gardens Cinema
Church Road, Liverpool, L22 5NA
1909
1983
Christian


Kingsway International Christian Centre
Scala Cinema
466 Hoe Street, Leyton, E17 9AH
1913
Grade II
2004
Christian


Liberty Church
New Curzon Cinema
92 Frobisher Road, Turnpike Lane, N8 0QX
1910
Grade II*
2003
Christian


Lifecentre Bournemouth
Moderne
713 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, BH9 2AU
1935
2009
Christian



Majid Uzman
Aspara Cinema
162, Nedham Street, Leicester, LE2 0BH
1920
Grade II*
1979
Christian


Masjid At-Tawheed
Theatre Royal Cinema
Corporation Street, Hyde, SK14 1AB
1902
2021
Islam


Masjid Omar
Carlton Cinema
32 Blacker Road, Huddersfield, HD1
1914
Late 1960’s
Islam


Masjid-e-Sajedeen
Unit Four Cinemas
Plane Tree Road, Little Harwood, Blackburn, BB1
1910
Grade II
1995
Islam


Minaret Muslim Community Centre
Fulham Picture House
303 North End Road, W14 9NS
1910
2020
Islam


Minhaj-Ui-Quran Mosque and Adara Minhaj-Ui-Quran Muslim Cultural Centre
Former Odeon
Forest Gate, E7 9HD
1937
2001
Islam


Most Holy Redeemer - RC church
Sawbridgeworth Cinema
Sayebury Road and Sayesbury Avenue, Sawbridgeworth, Herts CM21 0BE
1914
1953
Christian


Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Church
Princess Cinema
12 Princess Parade, New Road, Dagenham, RM10 9LS
1932
Early 2000s
Christian


Mountain of Fires and Miracles Ministries
Arc Electric Theatre / Grand Cinema
207 High Street, SE20 7PF
1923/26
2017
Christian


Mt. Zion Millenium City
Capitol Cinema
Churchfield Lane and Alfreton Road, Nottingham, NG7 5GS
1936
Grade II
2004
Christian


Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple
Redesdale Cinema
224-226, Foleshill Road, Coventry, CV1 4HV
1933
1979
Sikh


New Life Baptist Church
Lyric Cinema
52-54 High Street, Northallerton, Yorkshire DL7 8EG
1939
late 1990s
Christian


New Testament Church of God
Glendale Cinema
34, Church Street, Caversham, RG4 8AU
1911
Christian


New Wine Church (now known as Gateway House)
Woolwich Odeon
John Wilson Street, SE18 6QJ
1937
Grade II
2001
Christian


Now Church
Scala Cinema
Doncaster Road, Langold, Nr. Worksop, S81 9RJ
1927
2014
Christian


Open Door Ministries international
Clifton Cinema
101-103 Brixton Hill, Brixton, SW2 1AA
1911
2020
Christian


Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and Shrine of St Jude
Empire Cinema
35 Tanners Street, Faversham, ME13 7JW
1910
1935
Christian


Parish of the Holy Redeemer
Rialto Cinema
Brackenhall Road, Sheepridge, Huddersfield, HD2 1EU
1938
early 1960s
Christian


Pentecostal Church for the Faith Dimensional Ministries
Palace Cinema
63, Stratford Road, Wolverton, Bucks, MK12 5LT
1911
Christian


Potters House, Christian Fellowship Church
Savoy Cinema
Leyton, 366 Lea Bridge Road, E10 7LD
1928
2012
Christian


RCCG Livingpraise Sunderland
Plaza Cinema
Ford Terrace, Pallion, Sunderland, SR4 6LT
1936
2016
Christian


Renew Church
Elite Cinema
67, High Street, Uttoxeter, ST14 7JQ
1935
1998
Christian


Ruach Ministries Church
Gaumont State Kilburn
199 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7HY
1937
Grade II*
2010
Christian


Saint Mark's Methodist Church
Palace Theatre
443 High Road, Tottenham, N17 6QH
1926 - 1969
Grade II
1996
Christian


Salvation Army Church
Princess Cinema
418 Old London Road, Ore, TN35 5BB
1913
Christian


Salvation Army, 2014 previously New Life Christian Church
Plaza Cinema
High Street and Grosvenor Hill, Margate, CT9 1EH
1915
Grade II
2014
Christian


Sanctuary Church
Regal Cinema
55 High Street, Bristol, BS16 5HD
1913
2000s
Christian


Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan - Centre for Oneness
Tivoli Cinema
Fraser Road, Erith, DA8
1923
Grade II*
2016
Christian


Shree Ram Mandir
Waldorf Cinema
Walford Road, Birmingham, B11
1913
Hindu


Simply Church
Riviera Cinema
Den Crescent, Teignmouth, TQ14 8BQ
1914
Grade II
2017
Christian


St Gabriels Catholic Church
Princess Cinema
Smalley Street, Castleton, Rochdale, 0L11 3EB
1914
1951
Christian


St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
The Cinema
33, Bulkely Road, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1NR
Late 1920’s
Christian


Stepney Methodist Church-East End Mission
Stepney Central Hall
583 Commercial Road, E1 0HJ
1881
1912
Christian


Synagogue then Masjid Al-Ghurabaa mosque
Empire Cinema
116 Bury Park Road, Luton LU1 1HE
1921
Islam


TBN Broadcasting Christian Channel (Since 2016 used as television studio) (Miracle Signs and Wonders Ministries) – 1997.
Granada Willesden
226 Church Road, NW10 9NR
1920
1997
Christian


The Hope Church
Odeon Ipswich
10 St. Margaret Street, Ipswich, IP4 2AT
1991
2021
Christian


The Oasis Church (Pentecostal)
Grand Cinema
Arundel Street, Portsmouth PO1 1NP – 1911
1943
1930
Christian


The Redeemed Christian Church of God-House of Praise
Electric Theatre
133 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST – 1908
1943
Grade II*
Christian


The Saint Mary of Zion Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Kenning Hall Cinema
229 Lower Clapton Road, E5 8EG
1910
2011




The True Vine Church
Picturedrome
23 (26a) High Street, Newport, PO30 1SS
1936
2020
Christian


United Church of the Kingdom of God
Grange Cinema
234 Kilburn High Road, NW6 4JR
1914
Grade II
2010
Christian


United Church of the Kingdom of God
Astoria/
Rainbow Theatre
232-238 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, N4 3NX
1930
Grade II*
1995
Christian


United Church of the Kingdom of God
Central Hall Picture House / ABC
1 Bromley Road, Catford, SE6 2TF
1913
Lewisham
2002
Christian



Dominion Centre
Gaumont Palace
9 The Broadway, High Rd, Wood Green
1943
Grade II*
Christian


Upper floor converted to Kingdom Life Ministries
Bruce Grove Cinema
117 Bruce Grove, N17 6UR
1921
Haringey
2011
Christian


Victoria Park Baptist Church 
The Electric Theatre / Victoria Theatre
186 Grove Road, London, E3 5TG
1912
1994
Christian


Wessex Christian Theatre Church
Palace Court Theatre
Hinton Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2EN
1931
1980’s
Christian


Wincanton Community Church
Plaza Cinema
18 South Street, Wincanton, BA9 9DL
1934
1999
Christian


Zoroastrian Centre
Grosvenor Cinema
Rayners Lane, Harrow, HA2 9TL
1936
Grade II*
2000 
Zoroastrian


St. Andrew’s Church Hall.
Venus Cinema
1 Bartholomew Road, Kentish Town, NW1 9QA
1970
1975
Christian