Peckhamplex, Rio Dalston and Prince Charles cinemas amongst DCMS grant recipients
The Prince Charles is among those receiving cash (Pic: Getty Images)
Some of London’s best-loved cinemas have received vital funds from the Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund, it emerged today.
Some £16m has been injected into more than 200 independent cinemas across the country.
Peckhamplex, a multi-screen cinema famed for showing the latest blockbusters at knockdown £4.99 prices, received £564,423 from the Government scheme.
The Rio Dalston received £110,296, Kino Bermondsey £108,902 whilst the Castle Cinema in Hackney received £369,911.
Genesis in Mile End and the Catford Mews both received grants, as did the Prince Charles Cinema just off Leicester Square.