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This is a list of former amusement arcades in London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.
Central London[edit]
Address | Name(s) | Opened | Closed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
443 Strand | Sports Gardens Ltd[1][2][3]; Trafalgar Novelties Ltd[4]; Playland[5][6][7] | 1939 or bef[1] | 1973[8][9] | |
17 Oxford Street | Amusements[10][11] | 1939 or bef[10][1] | 1956 or bef[4] | |
97-99 Charing Cross Road | Lots-O-Fun[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]; Atlantic Amusements Ltd[19]; Play 2 Win[20] | 1950 or bef[21][22][10] | 2012 | Expanded to next door from 97 by 1956.[4] Shrunk to 99 by 1996.[19] |
3 Wardour Street | Sterling & Michaels Ltd[10]; Casino[23][24][25]; Atlantic Amusements[26]; Game Zone[27]; Game One[28] | 1950 or bef[10] | 2015 | Expanded to 3-5 next door by 1972[8]; shrunk again in 1982.[26] |
15 Strand | Pennimatics[10] | 1950 or bef[10] | 1957[29] | |
16 Coventry Street | Sports Gardens Ltd[10][30][31][32]; Piccadilly Amusements Ltd[33][34][35]; Playland[36][25][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] | 1950 or bef[10] | 1981[26][44][45] | |
81 Tottenham Court Road | Casino[33]; Electrocoin Automatics Ltd[46]; Casino Amusements[47][48][49][50] | 1967 or bef[33] | 1990 | Closed 1971 to at least 1977 due to fire damage.[51][52][53] |
7-8 Cranbourn Street | Slot Palace[54]; Crystal Room[25][5][55][48][17][50][18][56] | 1968[54] | 2016 | |
3 Great Windmill Street | Piccadilly Amusements Ltd[54]; Playland Amusement Arcade[57][25][58][59][60] | 1968[54] | 1982[26][44] | |
409 Strand | Crystal Room[25][61][62]; Family Leisure[26][48][17]; Amusements[63] | 1969[25] | 2013 | |
7 Coventry Street | Fun City Amusements[25][64][65][66][42][67][68] | 1969[25] | 1981[46][26] | |
36-38 Old Compton Street | Golden Goose Enterprises[36]; Family Leisure[69][17][50]; Golden Goose Entertainments[70][71][72][73]; Play 2 Win[74] | 1969[36] | 2008[74] | |
195-197 Victoria Street | Golden Goose Enterprises[36][62]; Family Leisure[49][17]; Golden Goose Entertainments[73]; Play 2 Win[75] | 1969[36] | ||
32 Wardour Street | Swingland[5][76]; Leisure Investment PLC Amusements[50][77][78][79]; Play 2 Win[80] | 1969[36] | Change of occupancy from 1975-1981. | |
33-35 Euston Road | Funland[36][38] | 1969[36] | 1971[8] | |
14-16 Oxford Street | Blue Diamond[36] | 1969[36] | 1972[8] | |
2-3 Tottenham Court Road | Blue Diamond[36] (Mecca Ltd) | 1969[36] | 1972[8] | Converted to Sportsman gaming club.[8] |
9/19 Rupert Street | J.W.D. Amusements Ltd[36] | 1969[36] | 1970-71[8] | |
89-91 Wardour Street | Las Vegas[5][81][48][17][50] | 1969[25] | ||
87 Oxford Street | Lucky Seven[5][82][83] | 1970[5] | 1980[84][46] | |
1 Euston Road | Golden Goose[5]; Golden Goose Entertainments[73]; Family Leisure Ltd[85]; Reel Time[86] | 1970[5] | Change of occupancy in 1985.[77][49] Re-opened by 1994.[85] | |
44-46 Cranbourn Street | Lucky Seven[5][87] | 1970[5] | 1971[8] | "Amusements" sign was still present in 1975.[88] |
12 Brewer Street | Video Battle Centre[89] | 1979[89] | 1979[84] | Short-lived. |
51-53 Edgware Road | Arabic Centre[90][26][48] | 1981[90] | 1989[91] | |
426 Edgware Road | Aladdin's Castle[46]; Big Game Ltd[44]; Play 2 Win | 1981[46] | ||
7-9 Leicester Square | Colleano's Carousel[46]; Electronic Game Emporium[26][92] | 1981[46] | 1984[44][16] | Expanded from 7a to 7-9 one year after opening.[26] |
282 Pentonville Road | Play It Again Sam[46]; Burttress Enterprises[77]; Amusements[48] | 1981[46] | aft 1987[49] | |
65 Oxford Street | London Leisure Centre[44][48][17][93][50]; Lia Amusements[18]; Play 2 Win[94][95]; Vegas Gold[96] | 1983[44][48][17] | 2012 | |
69 Tottenham Court Road | Casino Leisure Centre[97][98][18][99][100][101][102][103][104] | 1990[105] | 2013 Mar[106] | Relocated from 81 Tottenham Court Road. |
Trocadero Centre, 7-14 Coventry Street | Funland Luna Park[18]; Funland + SegaWorld[107][102] | 1990 | 2011 July | Trocadero housed some amusements till closure in 2014. |
Hamleys, 188-196 Regent Street | Metropolis[108]; Sega Park[109] | 1992[109] | 2005[109] | |
212 Edgware Road | Slot Shop (C. C. Leisure Ltd)[19]; Reel Time[110] | 1995 or bef[19] | Moved next door to 210 by 2008. | |
42-44 Great Windmill Street | Namco Wonderpark[111][112][113][114][107][115][116][117][102][118][119] | 1995 Sep[120][121] | 1999 Jul[53] | |
Westminster Bridge Road | Namco Station County Hall[107][102][122][123]; Namco Funscape | 1997 Aug[124][125] | 2021 Aug[126] |
Greater London[edit]
Address | Name(s) | Opened | Closed | Notes |
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See also[edit]
- Amusement arcade
- Sega World
- London Trocadero
- Soho
- Namco Funscape
- Hamleys
- Timeline of arcade video game history
- Esports
- Fighting game community
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