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3 cinemas recorded in the Scottish Cinemas archive.

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44 Market Street

Pavilion

Other names: Playhouse – Capitol – Kingsway

View location on Google Mapsgalashiels.merlincinemas.co.uk →Pavilion / Playhouse / Capitol / Kingsway, GalashielsImages above courtesy of manager Andrew Poole

Pavilion

Market Street

Screen 1

Screen 2

Screen 3

Screen4

Opened around 1920 as the Playhouse. Renamed Capitol 1959.

Later Kingsway, then Pavilion. Quadrupled in 1995. Open as cinema.

4 screens: 300, 172, 147, 56

Archive shot of the Playhouse courtesy Ian Miller, via Joe Skivington and Norrie Mcnamee

Archive shot as the Kingsway, courtesy of the Cinema Theatre Association Archive

DATABASE RECORDS

Other Galashiels 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
Empire TheatreDrill Hall Programme: Cine-variety · Building type: hall · Capacity: 850 · Opened: 1914 · Source: Bioscope Annual 1915 · Coordinates: 55.619451, -2.803398 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Volunteer HallOther names: Scott's EmpireSt John Street Still extant as of 2026. https://galashielsheartland.org.uk/member_listings/volunteer-hall/

Last updated: 19/8/26 at 19:43 by gbarr