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Edinburgh Cinemas and Theatres: Open, Closed, and Demolished.

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Open cinemas11

Open

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Cameo Picturehouse

Other names: King's Cinema

38, Home Street

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Open

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Cineworld Fountain Park

Other names: Virgin – UGC

Fountain Park, 130/3 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH111AF

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Dominion

18, Newbattle Terrace

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Open

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Everyman Edinburgh

Level 5, St James Quarter, Edinburgh, EH1 3AD

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Open

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Filmhouse

88 Lothian Road

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Open

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Odeon Fort Kinnaird

Fort Kinnaird, Newcraighall, Edinburgh, EH15 3RD

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Open

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Odeon Lothian Road

Other names: Regal – ABC

118 Lothian Road

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Odeon Luxe Edinburgh West

Other names: ABC Wester Hailes

120 Wester Hailes Road, Edinburgh, EH14 3HR

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Scotsman Picture House

20 North Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1TR

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Open

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Vue Ocean Terminal

Other names: Ster Century Multiplex

Ocean Drive, Edinburgh, EH6 6JJ

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Open

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Vue Omni Centre

Other names: Warner Village

Omni Centre, Leith Walk

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Theatres9

Theatres

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Church Hill Theatre

Morningside Road

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Festival Theatre

Nicolson Street

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King's Theatre

Leven Street

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Leith Theatre

28-30 Ferry Rd., Edinburgh EH6 4AE

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Pleasance Theatre

Pleasance

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Royal Lyceum Theatre

Grindlay Street

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St Brides Community Centre

Orwell Terrace

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Traverse Theatre

Cambridge Street

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Usher Hall

Lothian Road

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Closed/Repurposed cinemas30

Closed/Repurposed

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Albert Hall

Other names: West End

Shandwick Place

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Closed/Repurposed

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Caley

21-31, Lothian Road

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Closed/Repurposed

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Capitol

24, Manderston Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Central

12-13, Casselbank Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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County

Other names: George

14, Bath Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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County

Other names: George

14, Bath Street, Portobello

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Closed/Repurposed

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Haymarket

Other names: Scotia

90, Dalry Road

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Closed/Repurposed

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Institute Francais

13 Randolph Crescent

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Closed/Repurposed

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La Scala

Other names: Classic – Metro

50, Nicolson Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Lumiere

Lothian Road

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Closed/Repurposed

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Methodist Central Halls

Tollcross

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Closed/Repurposed

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Morningside Public Hall

Other names: Spring Valley

Springvalley Gardens

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Closed/Repurposed

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New Palace

18-20, High Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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New Tivoli

Other names: Tivoli

52, Gorgie Road

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Closed/Repurposed

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New Victoria

Other names: Odeon

7, Clerk Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Oddfellows Hall

Forrest Road, Edinburgh

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Closed/Repurposed

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Palace

Other names: Central

Constitution St x Duke St

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Closed/Repurposed

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Pavilion

Other names: Dean

26, Dean Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Picture House or Star

189, High Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Picturedrome

Other names: Eastway

12, Easter Road

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Closed/Repurposed

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Playhouse

Greenside

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Closed/Repurposed

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Poole's Roxy

392, Gorgie Road

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Closed/Repurposed

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Prince's

Other names: Monseigneur

131, Princes Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Pringle's Picture Palace

41, Elm Row

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Closed/Repurposed

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Queen's Hall

5, Queen Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Roxburgh

1, Drummond Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Star

16, St Mary's Street, Canongate

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Closed/Repurposed

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State

N. Junction Road

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Closed/Repurposed

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Tower Pavilion

47-49 Figgate Street

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Closed/Repurposed

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Tron

Other names: Royal

235, High Street

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Demolished cinemas31

Demolished

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Alhambra

200-204, Leith Walk

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Demolished

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Astoria

10, Manse Road, Corstorphine

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Demolished

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Blue Halls

Other names: Beverley

3, Lauriston Street

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Demolished

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Bungalow

Other names: Victory

Bath Street

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Demolished

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Calton Studios

Calton Road

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Demolished

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Carlton

Portobello Road, Piershill

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Demolished

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Coliseum

Other names: New Coliseum

125, W. Fountainbridge

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Demolished

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Concert Hall

Marine Park

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Demolished

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County

16, Wauchope Ave, Craigmillar

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Demolished

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Embassy

Boswall Parkway

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Demolished

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Gaiety

Kirkgate

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Demolished

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Grand

99, St Stephen's St.

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Demolished

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Lyceum

62, Slateford Rd/Robertson Ave.

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Demolished

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New Picture House

56, Princes Street

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Demolished

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New Picture House (Portobello)

Other names: Central

281, High Street

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Demolished

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North British Electric Theatre

18, Nicolson Street

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Demolished

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Palace

15, Princes Street

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Demolished

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Palace

Other names: Savoy – Tudor

St. Bernard's Row

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Demolished

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Palladium (Fountainbridge)

Fountainbridge

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Demolished

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Picture House

111, Princes Street

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Demolished

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Poole's Synod Hall

Castle Terrace

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Demolished

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Regent

12, Abbeymount

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Demolished

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Ritz

Rodney Street

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Demolished

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Rutland

Other names: Gaumont

4-8, Canning Street

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Demolished

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Salisbury

34-42, South Clerk Street

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Demolished

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Salon

4-5, Baxters Pl, Leith Walk

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Demolished

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Silver Cinema

Other names: Lyric

30, Nicolson Square

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Demolished

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Theatre Royal

Other names: Queens – Adelphi – Caledonian

Broughton Street

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Demolished

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Tollcross

Other names: New Tollcross

140, Lauriston Place

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Demolished

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UCI Fort Kinnaird

Fort Kinnaird Retail Park, Newcraighall

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Demolished

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Waverley

6, Infirmary Street

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Other Edinburgh cinemas

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NameAddressWhat we know

Abbey30-32, N. Richmond St Opened 1920 · o. 1920 in former synangogue with external iron staircase. Cl. by 1933. Demolished.

Ardmillan HallMurieston Road Building type: hall · Opened: 1909 · Closed: 1909 · Source: The Bioscope 25.11.09 · Coordinates: 55.939586, -3.226230 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Broughton High School TheatreCarrington Road, Edinburgh, EH4 1QJ 0000 · 0000 · 200 seat lecture theatre. Used by film society with 16mm projectors, then from 1983 - 1991 (approx), equipped with 35mm projectors (dating from 1930s & from a Soho preview theatre), plus Cinemeccanica 4x4 long play stand from the Grosvenor in Glasgow. School due to be demolished, current whereabouts of projectors unknown. · Closed

Cooke's CircusFountainbridge Programme: Cine-variety · Building type: variety theatre · Capacity: 1700 · Opened: 1909 · Closed: 1911 · Source: The Bioscope 08.04.09 · Coordinates: 55.942979, -3.209330 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Goold Hall5 St Andrew Square Building type: hall · Opened: 1909 · Closed: 1909 · Source: The Bioscope 02.12.09 · Coordinates: 55.953658, -3.192951 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Imperial Picture HouseStorrie's Alley o. 22.4.11. Closed by c. 1917. Little else known.

Laurie (St)/Leith Picture House/Alison.6, Laurie Street o. 27.5.11 in old grocer's shop. s. 400. Renamed Leith Picture House, 1912-31; Laurie Picture House, 31-34; Leith Picture House, 34-44; Alison, 1944. Cl. 7.10.46.

Laurieston Hall28 Lauriston Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DJ 2000 · 2000 · Occasional film shows.

Magnet (Kinema)Parliament Street o. 1912 by Codona's. Metal shed, s. 200. Seems to have been short-lived.

New Electric CinemaShrubhill, Leith Walk Opened 1908 · Closed 1912 · o. 1908. Later Petit Paris. Cl. c. 1912.

Olympia54, Annandale Street Opened 1912 · Closed 1915 · o. 5.2.12 in old skating rink. s. 1,800. Cl. 1915 to become circus. Later car salesroom. Dem. Standard Life buiding on site, 1984.

Operetta House3, Chambers Strret Closed 1939 · o. 1900 for cine-variety in old Moss theatre. Cinema by 1906. Probably cl. 23.12.39. Dem. 1951.

People's Picture House19 (17?) Blackfriars Street Conversion of existing building

People's Picture House / Blackfriars Cinema Hall19, Blackfriars Street Programme: Film only · Capacity: 500 · Opened: 1912 · Source: Bio 18.01.12, Bioscope Annual 1915 · Coordinates: 55.949462, -3.185515 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

St Andrew's Square CinemaClyde Street Opened 1923 · Closed 1952 · o. 1.1.23 by FR Graham-Yooll in old vet school of 1818 (arch. R&R Dickson). s. 1,421. Sold to Gaumont, 5.28. Destroyed by fire, 12.11.52. Dem. Now part of bus station.

StrandRaeburn Place, Stockbridge Opp. Palladium.

Waverley MarketWaverley Bridge, Edinburgh 2000 · 2000 · Occaisonal film shows · Demolished

Last updated: 30/8/26 at 19:32 by ScottishCinemas.org editor