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Draft:List of former amusement arcades in London


This is a list of former amusement arcades in London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.

Central London

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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

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Address Name(s) Opened Closed Notes

See also

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References

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