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Stranraer

6 buildings

6 cinemas recorded in the Scottish Cinemas archive.

3 mapped cinemas · View map →

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Open

Address not recorded

Ryan Centre Cinema

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Part of a leisure centre complex.

Demolished

St Andrew St

Empire Kinema

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St. Andrews Street

A cinema on this site was operating as early as 1914; as a film was made for it

(now in Scottish Screen Archive).

Now demolished, these photos are from June 1985, and courtesy of Paul Francis.

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Demolished

Dalrymple Street

Regal

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Original seating was for 1,174. Closed to film in August 1976, and has since been demolished.

DATABASE RECORDS

Other Stranraer 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!

Empire TheatreQueen Street Further information needed.

New Picture HouseAddress not recordedProgramme: Film only · Capacity: 600 · Opened: 1914 · Source: Bioscope Annual 1915 · Coordinates: 54.901252, -5.035032 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

PicturedromeAddress not recordedOpened: 1911 · Closed: 1912 · Source: The Bioscope 01.06.11, The Bioscope 04.04.12 · Coordinates: 54.901252, -5.035032 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Last updated: 24 August 2026