Arc Cinema at the Byron
High Street and Portland Road,
Hucknall,
NG15 7HQ
High Street and Portland Road,
Hucknall,
NG15 7HQ
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Press Release, 11 June 2020. The Irish cinema operator, The Arc Cinema, has invested £3 million in converting the old Byron Cinema into a state of the art four-screen cinema. The cinema will have 425 luxury leather electric recliner seats, laser digital projection and Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound. It is intended to open on Saturday 4 July 2020.
Since November 2019, work has been carried out to turn the former Byron building into a four-screen, two-floor cinema, called The Arc. Work on the complex should be completed in March 2020. Melcorpo already runs Arc cinemas in England and Ireland.
Recommended: http://www.jannaludlow.co.uk/Art_Deco/Hucknall_Byron.html
Photos taken in August 2015, as the cinema is made ready for reopening, can be viewed here:–
EXTERIOR
ART DECO WINDOW
STAIRS TO BALCONY
AUDITORIUM TO FRONT
AUDITORIUM TO REAR
Thanks to Ria for access.
The community group called the byron community project is trying to raise funds to restore and reopen this cinema. Its such an amazing building and is one of only five Alfred J Thraves cinemas remaining. They are looking for any old pictures and history to help build a heritage file
And another from February 2010:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/4367596348/
The former Byron Cinema Hucknall, photographed in May 2008 as a bingo club:
http://flickr.com/photos/14936165@N00/2586105929/