CITY & LARGE TOWN COLLECTION

Aberdeen

41 buildings

This site attempts to catalogue, record and describe Aberdeen's cinema and theatre buildings, past and present.

35 mapped cinemas · View map →

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Open cinemas2

Cineworld Queen's Links

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Cineworld Queen's Links

Other names: Virgin – UGC – Cineworld

Queen's Link Leisure Park, AB24 5EN

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Cineworld Union Square

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Cineworld Union Square

Union Square, Aberdeen

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Theatres4

Beach Ballroom

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Beach Ballroom

Address not recorded

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His Majesty's Theatre

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His Majesty's Theatre

Address not recorded

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Music Hall

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Music Hall

Union St

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Tivoli Theatre

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Tivoli Theatre

Guild Street

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Closed/Repurposed cinemas15

Alhambra

Closed/Repurposed

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Alhambra

Guild/Exchange St

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Argosy

Closed/Repurposed

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Argosy

Diamond Street.

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Belmont

Closed/Repurposed

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Belmont

Other names: Coliseum – New Kinema

51 Belmont Street, AB10 1JS

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Capitol

Closed/Repurposed

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Capitol

443 Union Street, Aberdeen

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City

Closed/Repurposed

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City

197-199 George St.

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Globe

Closed/Repurposed

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Globe

67 Nelson Street

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Kingsway

Closed/Repurposed

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Kingsway

King Street

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Lyceum

Closed/Repurposed

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Lyceum

Other names: Royal

John Street

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Palace

Closed/Repurposed

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Palace

Bridge Place

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Picturedrome

Closed/Repurposed

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Picturedrome

3 Skene Terrace

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Queen's Cinema

Closed/Repurposed

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Queen's Cinema

120 Union St

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Regent

Closed/Repurposed

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Regent

Other names: Odeon

Justice Mill Lane

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Rinkie

Closed/Repurposed

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Rinkie

Other names: Woodside Picture Palace – Electric

705 Great Northern Road, Woodside, Aberdeen, AB24 2BU

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The Picture House

Closed/Repurposed

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The Picture House

181 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6BB

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Vue

Closed/Repurposed

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Vue

Other names: Lighthouse

10 Shiprow AB11 5BW

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Demolished cinemas12

Astoria

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Astoria

Central Park, Clifton Road, Kittybrewster, Aberdeen, AB24 4RZ

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Casino

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Casino

Wales Street

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Electric

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Electric

431, Union Street

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Gaeity

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Gaeity

Other names: Palladium

10, Shiprow

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Grand Central

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Grand Central

286, George Street

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Kings

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Kings

217, George Street

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Majestic

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Majestic

234, Union Street

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News Cinema

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News Cinema

Other names: Cosmo 2

15, Diamond Street

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Playhouse

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Playhouse

475, Union Street

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Regal

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Regal

Other names: ABC

35, Union St

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Star

23, Park Street

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Torry Picture House

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Torry Picture House

Other names: Torry Cinema

Crombie Road

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Other Aberdeen cinemas

These cinemas are recorded in the database but do not yet have a linked photographic page. Do you have a photo or other information? Email us!

NameAddressWhat we know

[Picture House]181 King Street Building type: purpose-built · Capacity: 1000 · Opened: 1913 · Building warrant given in July 1913 for building a cinema on the back of Middleton's Photographic Studio, with a long foyer and a cupola. s. 1000. Aberdeen Picture House Syndicate: H Ross, WH Baxter, V Behar. Not built? · Source: Aberdeen Archives · Coordinates: 57.152097, -2.094676 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Beach BijouEsplanade Capacity: 200 · Opened: 1910 · Closed: 1910 · Source: The Bioscope 30.04.10 · Coordinates: 57.148191, -2.076438 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Beach Skating rinkAddress not recordedBuilding type: skating rink · Opened: 1911 · Closed: 1911 · Source: The Bioscope 22.06.11 · Coordinates: 57.150866, -2.078107 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

EmpireAddress not recordedBuilding type: theatre · Opened: 1909 · Closed: 1909 · Source: Bio 25.11.09, Snapshot1913 · Coordinates: 57.143310, -2.104707 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Humber's WaxworkAddress not recordedProgramme: Variety and films · Opened: 1909 · Closed: 1909 · Source: The Bioscope 28.01.09, The Bioscope 02.12.09 · Coordinates: 57.147159, -2.098756 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

La Scala234 Union Street, Aberdeen Opened 1914 · Closed 1935 · Opened by La Scala Photo Playhouse Co. (Aberdeen); sold to Green’s in 1917, then Caledonian Theatres. Closed for the building of the Majestic.

Savoy49 Huntly Street, Aberdeen Opened 1912 · Closed Unknown; during the silent era · Opened in the former Albert Hall. It appears to have been a car showroom by 1923 and was redeveloped in 1990.

YMCA HallAddress not recordedBuilding type: hall · Opened: 1912 · Closed: 1912 · Source: Bio 18.01.12 · Coordinates: 57.145420, -2.104990 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Last updated: 18/8/26 at 13:06 by gbarr