It has a five-screen multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise SPI Cinemas. Sri Brinda Theatre and Sri Shanmuga Theatre is popular among cinema lovers. Perambur has many other cinema theatres such as Ganga Cinemas in Kolathur which is just 5 km away. Perambur has Chennai's first disco waterpark — Murasoli Maran Membala Poonga — which is crowded on weekends. Perambur Railway Stadium is frequented for athletic events, annual sports meets and training sessions. Perambur serves as an important link between the northern mofussils of Chennai to the rest of the Greater Chennai. The neighbours of Perambur are Kodungaiyur East (3.9 km), Kodungaiyur West (3.3 km), Sembium (2 km), Periyar Nagar (3 km), TVK Nagar (3 km), Kolathur (4 km), Villivakkam (5 km), Moolakadai (3 km), Madhavaram (5 km), Manali (8 km), Vyasarpadi (2 km) and Doveton or Purasaiwalkam (3 km), Ayanavaram (3 km), Ponniammanmedu (5 km), Vepery (3.5 km), Vinayagapuram (6 km), Chennai Central railway station (8 km), and Erukkancheri (3 km) Otteri (1.2 km) Ambattur (11 km)  Some of the major connecting roads and streets include Paper Mills Road, Perambur Main Road, Perambur High Road, Madhavaram High road, Anandavelu street, Venkatraman street, Paddy Field Road, Patel Road, Bharathi Road (Paddy Field Road), Siruvallur Road, Foxen Street, Chinnaiya New Colony, Beer Shop Lane, Rangasayee Street, Ballard Street, Mohamadan Street, Damodaran Street, Raghavan Street, sundara vinayagar koil street, Jaganathan Colony, Carpenter Street, Nellam Garden Street, B.B Road and Bunder Garden Street. Apart from these Perambur also have a Road named after Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scout Movement.