Urban exploration - Anglia Square shopping centre in Norwich

A look at a lost shopping centre in Norwich, Norfolk.

Anglia Square shopping centre in Norwich opened in 1970.

Anglia Square shopping centre has now closed and been partly demolished, with plans to build new housing, offices and retail space on the site.

The Hollywood Cinema closed in 2019

Photos of Anglia Square shopping centre in Norwich (May 2022).

The Hollywood Cinema was previously an ODEON

We visited Anglia Square shopping centre several times when in the city. Mostly to go to Sutton Toys, an excellent retro and vintage toy and videogame shop - which has now relocated to Reepham Road in Norwich.

Stafford Cinema on Newport Road

A look at Stafford Cinema.

Stafford Cinema on Newport Road in Stafford, Staffordshire opened as an Odeon in 1936 and closed in 2021.

This is how the Art Deco building looked in November 2024.

Lost cinemas - The ODEON in Canterbury, Kent

A look at a lost cinema in Canterbury.

The 'Now showing' / 'Coming soon' poster boards outside had posters for Covid-19 vaccines!

Back in 2022 we visited Canterbury and had a look at the ODEON cinema there.

It'd closed in March 2020 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and in 2021 became a Covid-19 vaccination centre. It never re-opened as a cinema.

The inside of the cinema showed the foyer had been most recently used as a Covid-19 vaccination centre