cinema

History Opend to the public in 1994 and operated up until 2025. Renovation has now started on the inside due to the site's location being fully re done. Photos were taken with my D7000 and Sigma 10-20mm. Would of got more photos but...

Mecca Bingo Halifax was a bingo hall in a striking Art Deco building on the corner of Broad Street and Orange Street (HX1 1YA), on the edge of Halifax town centre. Built as the Odeon Cinema by architect George Coles, it opened in June 1938 with 2,058 seats. Its distinctive façade featured...

This is the Rawtenstall picture house June 2026. Rawtenstall Picture House was a cinema that opened on 29 December 1920 with seating for 1,309 people. It later became the Unit Four multi-screen cinema before closing as a cinema in 1996. Converted into the Heritage Arcade shopping centre, it...

First report here so apologies if not perfect. Would love any feedback! Brief history, some of this thanks to cinema treasures: History The Gaumont palace (as it was first known, not long after becoming just the “Gaumont”) was opened to the public in 1932 as a theatre and cinema right in the...

The abandoned Vogue Cinema in Kilkeel. This old picture house opened in 1940 on Newry Street and became one of the best-known buildings in the town. Designed by Kilkeel-born architect Ben Cowser, the cinema was built in a Streamline Moderne / Art Deco style, with its bold curved frontage and...

Hi, I came across a video on YouTube of some people who sneaked into the old abandoned cinema in my town (Bridgwater, Somerset). It got me thinking that I would like to explore abandoned places like that. How can I find people to go with? Is there a group I could join? Thank you. Would anyone...

Me, @gba7s, @Liverpool Urbex & Kuro Exploring (YT) were granted a permission visit at my request in return for a donation to the 'Save the Woolton Cinema' fund; which is located here: Woolton Cinema Donation If you wish to see this cinema returned to its former glory, then please consider...

I'm really surprised nobody has gone there yet. It has a cinema right next to it, large offices and an underground pub, abandoned for years. I'm surprised nobody here went. Well, I saw some guys on tiktok go a long time ago. I went in aswell once, but security came essentially always after I...

May 2026 Finally managed to tick this one off after nearly three years of regularly checking on it. About 18 months ago, I put in a fair bit of effort to gain access and made it as far as the cellar—only to find there was no way up into the main building. So, it was back to periodic visits and...

Grants building (Croydon) Opened in the 1890s as Grants of Croydon, a large department store more history near the bottom Redevelopment The building sat empty for years Redeveloped around 2000 into a leisure complex (restaurants, bars, gym, cinema) The original historic façade was kept, but...

The electric cinema birmingham began life in 1909 and closed the end of February 2024. The alarms inside had been going off for a week or more before we went inside and seen what was left inside. Inside we was met by the living accommodation upstairs I only got videos of that part but it was...

The former Garston Empire Theatre in south Liverpool opened in 1915 as a purpose-built cine-variety theatre, reflecting the rapid growth of popular entertainment in the dockside suburb during the early twentieth century. Designed to host both live acts and motion pictures, it featured a full...

The Hulme Hippodrome, originally known as the Grand Junction Theatre and Floral Hall, opened in Preston Street, Hulme, Manchester, on 7 October1901. It and the nearby Playhouse Theatre in Warwick Street, built at the same time, were part of the theatrical empire of W. H. Broadhead. The two...

My latest explore with @gba7s @Liverpool Urbex & @Kuroexploring (YT) was at the former Abbey Cinema. The Abbey Cinema was opened on Saturday 4th March 1939 by the Regal Cinema Co. Ltd, the first film screen was the, “Joy of Living” starring Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It cost £50,000...

The Abbey Cinema in Wavertree, Liverpool, opened in 1939 as a striking Art Deco picture palace designed by Sir Alfred Ernest Shennan and quickly became one of the area’s most beloved entertainment venues, known for its grand auditorium and local cultural significance; it was a favourite haunt of...