UPDATED: UK cinemas – a list of which ones have reopened their doors

There’s still some uncertainty as to which cinemas in the UK are open and which aren’t: here’s our list of all the ones we know of whose doors are open.

It was all the way back in March when UK cinemas shut their doors in response to the spread coronavirus. Since then, major summer releases and smaller films alike have delayed their cinema runs or simply headed straight for video on demand or streaming services. As we enter August though, the picture is beginning to look cautiously optimistic as more and more cinemas are reopening. We’ve compiled a list below of cinemas that have confirmed that they are currently open for business. If you are a cinema reopening and want us to add you to this list, please let us know here. With the UK’s staggered entrance out of lockdown, Wales and Scotland are slightly behind openings in England and Northern Ireland, although some Scottish independent cinemas are slating dates later in August or September to reopen. Multiplexes though, are already open in some of these areas.

Independent Cinemas

Whilst many UK independent cinemas are yet to reopen, there are lots that have already opened their doors.

The North:

Brewery Arts, Kendal

Zeffirellis, Ambleside

Abbeygate, Bury St Edmunds

Alhambra, Keswick and Penrith

Bijou, Merseyside

Ducie Street Warehouse, Manchester

Storyhouse, Chester

Regent Cinema, Blackpool

Loewen, Mablethorpe

Cinemac, Macclesfield Hambleton Forum, Northallerton Harbour Lights, Southampton Harlequin, Redhill Hertford Theatre, Hertford Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St. Anne’s Meridian Parkway, Cleethorpes Parkway Cinema, Beverly Picturehouse at FACT, Liverpool Plaza, Liverpool Storyhouse, Chester  

The South:

Rex Cinema, Berkhamstead

Astoria Reel, Chippenham Beehive Honiton, Honiton

Alexandra Cinema, Newton Abbot

Ashford Picturehouse, Ashford

Atrium, East Grinstead

Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

Bellingham Film Palace, London

Bromley Picturehouse, Bromley

Curzon Bloomsbury, Canterbury, Mayfair, Richmond

Dorking Halls, Dorking

Genesis, London

Scott Cinema, Bridgwater

Scott Cinema, Barnstaple

Savoy Cinema, Exmouth

Ritz Cinema, Burnham on Sea

Radway Cinema, Sidmouth

Odyssey, St Albans

Orpheus, Bristol

Capitol, Horsham Carlton Cinema, Westgate Central Cinema, Fakenham Century Cinema, Clacton Chequer Mead Theatre, East Grinstead Clapham Picturehouse, Clapham Commodore, Ryde Crouch End Picturehouse, London Curzon, Clevedon Curzon, Bloomsbury Curzon, Cantebury Curzon, Mayfair, London Curzon Richmond, London Dome, Worthing Dorking halls, Dorking Duke of York’s, Brighton Dukes at Komedia, Brighton East Dulwich Picturehouse. London Electric Picture House. Wotton Elgiva, Chesham Exeter Picturehouse, Exeter Garden City Cinema, Welwyn Gate Notting Hill, London Genesis, Mile End Greenwich Picturehouse, West End Hackney Picturehouse, London McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater Palace Cinema, Gorleston Palace Theatre, Watford Picturehouse, Uckfield Picturehouse, Central London Picturehouse, Fulham Road London Plaza, Dorchester Plaza, Truro Premiere Cinema, Romford Rhodes Art Complex, Bishop’s Storford Rio Cinema, Burnham on Crouch Ritz, Burnham Ritzy Cinema, Brixton Scott Cinema Orpheus, Bristol Scott Cinema Radway, Sidmouth Scott Cinema Savoy, Exmouth Scott Cinemas Barnstaple, Barnstaple Scott Cinemas Bridgwater, Bridgwater Stag Cinema, Sevenoaks, London White River Cinema, St Austell Westway, Frome Westlands, Yeovil Wells Film Centre, Wells Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford  

The Midlands:

Bonington Theatre, Nottingham

Cinema de Lux, Coventry

Kinema In The Woods, Woodhall Spa

Stafford Cinema, Stafford

Red Carpet Cinema, Barton-under-Needwood

CineBowl, Uttoxeter Loewen, Mablethorpe Malvern Theatre, Malvern Palce, Felixstowe Regal, Redruth Regal, Wadebridge Stafford Cinema, Stafford The Arc Cinema, Hucknall  

East Anglia:

Arc Cinema, Great Yarmouth

East Coast Cinema, Lowestoft

Film Theatre, Leiston

Riverside Theatre, Woodbridge

Palace Cinema, Gorleston-on-Sea

Palace Cinema, Felixstowe

Aldeburgh Cinema, Aldeburgh Cinema City, Norwich East Coast Cinema. Lowestoft Leatherhead Theatre, Leatherhead Leiston Film Theatre, Leiston Lighthouse Cinema, Newquay Little Theatre, Bath Mejestinc, Ling’s Lynn Princess, Hunstanton Regal, Stowmarket    

Northern Ireland:

Omniplex Belfast Kennedy Centre

Omniplex Belfast Dundonald

Omniplex Antrim, Antrim Omniplex Carrickfergus, Carrickfergus Omniplex Craigavon, Craigavon Omniplex Derry, Derry Omniplex Downpatrick, Downpatrick Omniplex Dundonald, Dundonald Omniplex Lisburn, Lisburn Omniplex Newry, Newry Omniplex Omagh, Omagh Brunswick Moviebowl, Derry IMC Ballymena, Ballymena Moviehouse, City Side, Belfast Movie House, Coleraine Movie House, Maghera Ritz Multiplex, Cookstown Strand, Belfast   Scotland: Aros, Portree Chalmers Filmhouse, Arbroath Kino Cinema, Glenrothes Kino Cinema, Leven Lonsdale, Annan Movie House, Glengormley Premier Cinema, Saltcoats   Isle of Man: Broadway, Douglas Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin Palace, Douglas   Wales: Regent, Newtown  

Multiplex Cinemas

Cineworld Cinemas:

Aldershot, Ashford, Ashton Under Lyne, Basildon, Bedford, Bexleyheath, Birmingham NEC, Boldon Tyne & Wear, Bolton, Bracknell, Bradford, Braintree, Brighton, Burton, Bury St Edmunds, Castleford, Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Chichester, Crawley, Dalton Park, Didcot, Didsbury, Dover, Ely, Enfield, Feltham, Gloucester Quay, Greenwich at the O2, Harlow HC, Harlow QG, Haverhill, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Hinckley, Hull, Huntingdon, Ilford, Ipswich, Isle of Wight, Leeds, Leicester Square, Leigh, Loughborough, Luton, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Nottingham, Plymouth, Poole, Rochester, Rugby, Rushden, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Solihull, South Ruislip, Speke, St Helens, St Neots ,Stevenage, Stoke, Swindon Regent Circus, Swindon Shaw Ridge, Telford, Wakefield, Wandsworth, Warrington, Watford, Weston Super Mare, Weymouth, Whiteley, Witney, Wolverhampton, Wood Green, Yate, Yeovil, York

Empire Cinemas:

Empire Birmingham Great Park

Everyman Cinemas:

Bristol, Reigate, Crystal Palace, Maida Vale, Esher, Barnet, Hampstead, Chelmsford, Gerrards Cross, Oxted, Chelsea, Stratford Upon Avon, Horsham, Kings Cross, Harrogate, Leeds, Winchester

Odeon Cinemas: (Odeon’s cinemas below are staggering openings over the next few days but all are accepting bookings)

Bournemouth, Bromborough, Chatham, Durham, Epsom, Glasgow Quay, Islington, Lee Valley, Liverpool ONE, Liverpool Switch Island, Manchester Trafford Centre, Milton Keynes Stadium, Northwich Barons Quay, Norwich, Silverlink, Stafford, Tamworth, Telford, Tunbridge Wells, Warrington

Reel Cinemas: Rochdale, Burnley, Chorley, Chippenham, Widnes, Borhamwood, Fareham

Showcase Cinemas:

Bluewater, Bristol, Coventry, Derby, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, NottinghamPaisley, Peterborough, Reading, Southampton, Teeside, Avonmeads, Cardiff, Derby Foresters Park, Dudley, Manchester, Newham, Walsall

Vue Cinemas:

Vue is currently planning to open on August 8th.

We’ll be keeping this list updated.

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