Wells Film Centre Cinema

Located in Wells, Somerset. The Wells Film Centre Cinema opened in January 1993. Independent operator Derek Cooper planned this to be a temporary stop-gap, as he was negotiating to re-open the former Palace Theatre, which had closed as a cinema around 1954. This was not to be, and the Wells Film Centre Cinema became the only cinema operating in the town. The Palace Theatre was demolished in 1999.

The building which houses the Wells Film Centre Cinema was originally a single-storey boys club room. Originally a single screen seating 150, a second screen seating 60 was added in 1999. Since then, a third screen has been added, with the screens now seating 116, 113 and 82.

While the Wells Film Centre Cinema has been a success, it is shame that the adjacent building, the magnificent Art Deco style Regal Cinema (Grade II Listed) which Mr Cooper closed in January 1993, became a bingo club until 1997, then stood unused for many years until it was reopened as Kudos nightclub in 2003 until 2023 and from 2024 is a live venue named Studio 24 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).

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