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Vue West End

1938 establishments in EnglandArt Deco architecture in LondonBuildings and structures completed in 1938Cinemas in LondonLeicester Square
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Vue cinema London 2011 2
Vue cinema London 2011 2

Vue West End is a nine-screen cinema complex in Leicester Square, London, operated by Vue Cinemas. The multiplex was constructed in 1993 on the site of what was previously the Warner West End cinema.

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Vue West End
Cranbourn Street, City of Westminster Covent Garden

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Cranbourn Street
WC2H 7AN City of Westminster, Covent Garden
England, United Kingdom
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