Theatres · East of England
Empire Cinema
Empire Cinema in England East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Empire Cinema is a cinema or movie theatre in England East, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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From the Wikipedia article
Empire Cinemas Limited was a multiplex cinema chain in the UK. Prior to the company entering administration in July 2023, there were 13 Empire Cinemas across the country, with 128 screens in total.
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Background
History
The Empire was originally a cinema in Leicester Square in London which opened in 1884 as the Empire Theatre and was a West End variety theatre, designed by Thomas Verity. Empire Cinemas Limited was formed in 2005 when Empire acquired the cinemas divested from Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld after the Office of Fair Trading had required them to divest 11 of the Odeon chain and six of the Cineworld chain. In 2005, both Odeon and the UK operations of UCI were taken over by Terra Firma who planned to merge the businesses under the Odeon brand. At the same time, Cineworld took over the UK and Ireland operations of UGC and began merging them into their existing Cineworld brand. Empire Cinemas Ltd…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.6063, 1.7362
- County
- Norfolk
- District
- Great Yarmouth
- Parish
- Great Yarmouth, unparished area
- Postcode
- NR30 2HF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Established
- 2005
- Official site
- www.empirecinemas.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q26561492 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Empire Cinemas (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Empire Cinema?
- Empire Cinema is in Norfolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode NR30 2HF), in the parish of Great Yarmouth, unparished area.
- When was Empire Cinema built?
- Built or established in 2005.
- How do I get to Empire Cinema?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NR30 2HF. It sits within the Great Yarmouth parliamentary constituency.