While extensive restoration work is carried out on our 1937 cinema in Newcastle we have been very fortunate to be offered a superb temporary location at the beautiful Victorian Old Town Hall in Gateshead.

We’ve moved to Gateshead for a short while, but it’s business as usual!

While extensive restoration work is carried out on our 1937 cinema in Newcastle we have been very fortunate to be offered a superb temporary location at the beautiful Victorian Old Town Hall in Gateshead. If you havent had the chance to visit us make a date soon – everyone loves the Old Town Hall!

How to get to here

The Old Town Hall, Gateshead is just a stone’s throw from Pilgrim Street and is within easy reach by Metro and bus.

Car Parking: Monday – Saturday evenings after 5.30pm: FREE parking is available at the Old Town Hall, at West Street and Swinburne Street car parks.

Monday – Saturday before 5.30pm: 90p for two hours at the West Street multi-storey car park (as featured in Get Carter).

Sundays: Day permits are available for the Old Town Hall, West Street and Swinburne Street car parks for just £1.

Metro: Take the Metro to Gateshead Station, leave the station, head towards the River Tyne down West Street and the Old Town Hall is on your right hand side.

Bus: Many services operate from Pilgrim Street. You can get regular services 21, 24, 27, 97 (all Northern buses) from the stop outside Maplin Electronics, just across the road from our Pilgrim Street site. All services stop in Gateshead Town Centre (fare 70p).
Yellow Quaylink buses Q1 pick up outside the Theatre Royal and go to Gateshead travel interchange (fare 65p).

On Foot: It’s just a 15 minute walk from the centre of Newcastle, over the Tyne Bridge, under the railway arches and the Old Town Hall is directly ahead of you. The Entrance to the Cinema is on West Street.

Access for everyone

For the first time ever, we’ll be showing films in an environment fully accessible for anyone with trouble using stairs (at last), and in one of the grandest auditoriums you’ll ever set foot in.

How to book tickets

You can still book tickets by calling us on exactly the same Box Office telephone number: 0845 217 9909.

If you have any questions

If you have any questions, worries, queries, hopes or requests about our exciting temporary relocation to the Old Town Hall, please contact us, or call the Box Office on 0845 217 9909.

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