Which cinemas in the UK are closing? Cineworld, Picturehouse and more to shut doors from today
Cinemas across the UK are closing their doors as the film industry struggles to survive the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
While theatres across the country were forced to close earlier this year when the country entered lockdown, many cinemas had re-opened over the summer when restrictions were eased.
Other than Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi blockbuster Tenet, which was released theatrically in August, many of the year’s biggest releases, such as Disney’s live-action Mulan or the forthcoming Dune, have either converted to digital releases, or postponed their release dates until next year.
On 2 October, it was announced that the James Bond film No Time to Die, originally delayed from April, would be pushed back again to 2 April 2021.
In the days that followed, several UK cinema chains announced plans to either close temporarily, or scale back operations for the foreseeable future.
While Cineworld and Picturehouse are closing completely, rival chain Odeon is only paring down opening times in some locations.
Here is a list of all the cinemas which will be closing…
Cineworld
Cineworld is closing the doors of all 127 of its UK venues from Friday, 9 October.
There is currently no word on when the chain will re-open. Cineworld also operates 536 cinemas in the US, all of which will also be closing.
Here’s a list of the Cineworld venues which will be closed:
Aberdeen – Queens Link
Aberdeen – Union Square
Aldershot
Ashford
Ashton-under-Lyne
Basildon
Bedford
Birmingham – Broad Street
Birmingham – NEC
Boldon Tyne and Wear
Bolton
Bracknell
Bradford
Braintree
Brighton
Bristol
Broughton
Burton upon Trent
Bury St Edmunds
Cardiff
Castleford
Cheltenham
Chesterfield
Chichester
Crawley
Dalton Park
Didcot
Didsbury
Dover
Dundee
Eastbourne at The Beacon
Edinburgh
Ely
Falkirk
Glasgow – IMAX at GSC
Glasgow – Parkhead
Glasgow – Renfrew Street
Glasgow – Silverburn
Gloucester Quays
Harlow – Harvey Centre
Harlow – Queensgate
Haverhill
Hemel Hempstead
High Wycombe
Hinckley
Hull
Huntingdon
Ipswich
Jersey
Leeds – White Rose
Leigh
Llandudno
London – Bexleyheath
London – Enfield
London – Feltham
London – Fulham Road
London – Ilford
London – Leicester Square
London – South Ruislip
London – The 02 Greenwich
London – Wandsworth
London – Wembley
London – West India Quay
London – Wood Green
Loughborough
Luton
Middlesborough
Milton Keynes
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newport – Friars Walk
Newport – Isle of Wight
Newport – Spytty Park
Northampton
Nottingham
Plymouth
Poole
Rochester
Rugby
Runcorn
Rushden Lakes
Sheffield
Shrewsbury
Solihull
Speke
Stevenage
St Helens
St Neots
Stoke-on-Trent
Swindon – Regent Cross
Swindon – Shaw Ridge
Telford
Wakefield
Warrington
Watford
Weston-super-Mare
Weymouth
Whiteley
Witney
Wolverhampton
Yate
Yeovil
York
In a statement, Cineworld boss Mooky Greidinger said: “This is not a decision we made lightly, and we did everything in our power to support safe and sustainable reopenings in all of our markets - including meeting, and often exceeding, local health and safety guidelines in our theatres and working constructively with regulators and industry bodies to restore public confidence in our industry.”
Picturehouse
Because the chain is owned by Cineworld, all Picturehouse cinemas are also set to close, starting from Friday, 9 October.
Here’s a list of all the branches that will be suspending operations:
Ashford
Bath – Little Theatre Cinema
Brighton – Duke of York’s
Brighton – Duke’s at Komedia
Cambridge – Arts
Edinburgh – Cameo
Exeter
Henley-on-Thames – Regal
Liverpool – Fact
London – Bromley
London – Clapham
London – Crouch End
London – East Dulwich
London – Finsbury Park
London – Fulham Road
London – Greenwich
London – Hackney
London – Picturehouse Central
London – Ritzy
London – Stratford
London – The Gate
London – West Norwood
Norwich – Cinema City
Oxford – Phoenix
Southampton – Harbour Lights
York – City Screen
Odeon
While Odeon cinemas are not all closing, they are scaling back opening times, with around 25 per cent of their 120-odd screening venues closing during the week.
The chain has not released a full list of which cinemas will be affected, and how, but cinema-goers are able to check screening schedules on a cinema-by-cinema basis on their website.
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