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York

York Cinemas and Theatres

City Screen

Clifton

Electric

Odeon

Grand Opera House

Theatre Royal

Rialto

York Student Cinema

St George's

Tempest Anderson Hall

In addition, not shown, are the Friargate Theatre, and the Warner

Village Cinemas, Clifton Moore Centre (12 screens, 130 - 250 seats per

screen).

York Cinemas

Coney Street

Opened 2000. Building incorporates facade of newspaper offices on

riverside. 3 screens: 236, 245, 136 seats. Cafe & bar area.

Outlines of auditoria can be seen on this

rear view.

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52 - 54 Clifton Road

Clifton Cinema. Opened around 1937. Now on bingo, retaining some

original neon signs.

Exterior view of auditorium here .

17 Fossgate

Opened 1911, single floor, around 800 seats. Later renamed Gaumont and then Scala, closing 1957.

Now a furniture shop.

Odeon, York

Blossom Street

Opened 1937 with 1484 seats. Tripled to form 820, 111, and 111 seat

auditoria. The two smaller screens are in the rear stalls, and the

larger

screen is the balcony, extended forwards down into the front stalls,

Closed Thursday 31st August, 2006.

Gallery of photos from the the last night can be seen here (following a 467-mile round trip from Glasgow especially to catch the last film!).

Clifton Street.

Click here

to see the stage end of the auditorium.

Fishergate

Opened 1935, with 1800 seats. Exterior modified. Currently being

stripped prior to demolition, as the bingo has moved to a new hall

built next door.

for a picture of the auditorium exterior.

Room P/X001, Exhibition Centre, University of York

Lecture theatre used as cinema by student society.

Castlegate

Facade only retained.

Closeup available here .

Part of York Museum complex. Home to City Screen before their purpose built complex was ready. Built in 1912, has 300 seats. Currently used for conferences, etc.

Last updated: 30 July 2026