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.