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The Rex is a cinema in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Designed in the art deco style by David Evelyn Nye in 1936, the cinema opened to the public in 1938. After 50 years of service, the cinema closed in 1988 and became derelict.
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The art deco Rex Cinema can also be found in Berkhamsted. The village is located in an area of outstanding natural beauty, adjoining Ashridge Forest to the west (where herds of wild deer roam) and close to Whipsnade Zoo to its east flank.
Berkhamsted (/ ˈ b ɜːr k əm s t ɛ d / BUR-kəm-sted) is an historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Bulbourne valley, 26 miles (42 km) north-west of London. [2] [3] The town is a civil parish with a town council within the borough of Dacorum which is based in the neighbouring large new town of Hemel Hempstead. [4]
The film was shot primarily in the English town of Berkhamsted, and the nearby Ashridge Estate owned and managed by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty Hertfordshire: featuring Ashlyns School and The Rex, a recently refurbished listed Art Deco cinema which had been left derelict between 1989 and 2004.
The Rex was eventually turned into a bingo hall and then closed in 1988, but the building was listed Grade II by English Heritage, preserving it from demolition by property developers. A local campaign to restore the Rex succeeded and in 2004 it was re-opened as an independent cinema. [5] During World War II Nye served in the Royal Navy. After ...
Egerton House was one of two Elizabethan mansions in Berkhamsted, the other being Berkhamsted Place, located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north near to Berkhamsted Castle; both mansions were demolished during the 20th Century. The site of Egerton House is thought to have previously been the site of St Clement's Hospital, a medieval hospital.
Dunstable, Berkhamsted and Tring are nearby. The Beacon lies within the Ashridge Estate and is managed and owned by the National Trust. [2] [3] It is the starting point of the Icknield Way to the east, and the Ridgeway long-distance path to the west. Flying model gliders at Ivinghoe Beacon. Ivinghoe Beacon is a popular spot for walkers and ...