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Auditorium Information

Accessibility Facilities at this Cinema

Cinema Mobility Information

This cinema is unfortunately not accessible to wheelchair users. There are 3 steps from the street into the cinema, and a further 29 steps up to the top foyer, screens and toilets. 

More details can be found in our Accessibility Policy here.

Travel & Parking

Parking: There is a small public car park directly opposite the cinema. Charges apply before 6pm daily. Further car parks are located within a five minute walk. Please note that the forecourt is not available for customer parking.

By Bus: The main bus operator in Bridgwater is First West of England trading as 'The Buses of Somerset'. The closest bus stops to the cinema can be found on Mount Street and High Sreet. Bridgwater Bus Station is a 15 minute walk, for services to Taunton, Highbridge, Burnham, Cannington and more.

By Train: Bridgwater main railway station is a 20 minute walk, and offers services connecting Weston-super-Mare & Bristol in the North, and Taunton & Exeter in the South. Further details can be found on operator Great Western Railway website. Taxi ranks are located at the front of the station.

By Air: The closest airports are Bristol International Airport and Exeter Airport is, both of which are approx 40-50 minutes by car from Bridgwater.

Contacting the Cinema

For recorded information please telephone 0300 124 0275. Calls to this number are charged at local call rates.  To contact the cinema directly, please telephone 01278 42 23 83, after 2.00pm at weekends, and after 5pm on weekdays. Staff are unavailable to take telephone calls before this time.

Cinema History

This cinema was opened as The Odeon on 13th July 1936. The architect was T.Cecil Howitt who also designed very similar Odeons in Weston super Mare, Bristol and Clacton on Sea. It had 1,525 seats.

Howitt’s Odeons were very stylish mid- Art Deco buildings and there are exterior and interior photographs on display in the cinema foyer. The main staircase and upper foyer retain many features.

During the late 1960’s it was sold to Classic Cinemas, who were later bought by Cannon Cinemas. Classic separated the stalls area for Bingo and divided the balcony into the two existing cinemas, making a new cinema entrance on the side.

Scott Cinemas acquired cinemas in this thriving town in December 1983.

For further information see: Odeon Cinemas 1 by Allen Eyles, BFI Publishing.

The cinema now has two identical auditoria on the first floor occupying the old circle.

A refurbishment was carried out in 2005 to restep the auditoria to allow new seating to installed. 2011 saw the refurbishment of the toilets and some front of house areas, and both screens were converted to Digital Projection.

In 2013 we completely refurbished the lower foyer, with some sprucing up of the upper foyer.