Theatres · West Midlands
Odeon Cinema, Sutton Coldfield
Odeon Cinema, Sutton Coldfield in England West Midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Odeon Cinema, Sutton Coldfield is a cinema or movie theatre in England West Midlands, 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
The Royal Cinema, originally the Odeon Cinema and later the Empire Cinema, is a cinema in Maney, Sutton Coldfield in West Midlands, England. Built in 1936, it is notable for its Art Deco style. It is a Grade II listed building. After the Empire closed in 2020, it opened after refurbishment as the Royal Cinema in July 2024.
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Background
Description
The cinema is situated on Maney Corner, at the junction of Holland Road with the A5127 Birmingham Road. It was built as one of the Odeon Cinemas of Oscar Deutsch. The architect was Cecil Clavering of the Harry Weedon partnership. The style, by the same firm, was first produced for the Odeon, Kingstanding, and further Odeon Cinemas in similar style were built in York, Harrogate and Scarborough. The listing text describes that the foyer, staircase and auditorium are "each defined as a separate block in a complex, carefully massed and expressionistic composition" inspired by the Titania-Palast in Berlin, built in 1928. The cinema opened on 18 April 1936; the first film shown was First a Girl.…
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- Coordinates
- 52.5566, -1.8259
- District
- Birmingham
- Parish
- Sutton Coldfield
- Postcode
- B72 1SB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sutton Coldfield
- Established
- 1936
- Official site
- royalcinemas.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q26561748 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Royal Cinema, Sutton Coldfield (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Odeon Cinema, Sutton Coldfield?
- Odeon Cinema, Sutton Coldfield is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode B72 1SB), in the parish of Sutton Coldfield.
- When was Odeon Cinema, Sutton Coldfield built?
- Built or established in 1936.
- How do I get to Odeon Cinema, Sutton Coldfield?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode B72 1SB. It sits within the Sutton Coldfield parliamentary constituency.