Central Picture Theatre blue plaque

Blackpool, Blackpool, England, United Kingdom

The Central Picture Theatre This purpose built cinema opened in July 1913 and originally seated around a thousand patrons. It subsequently changed its name to the King Edward and opened, it remains a fine example of the first phase of cinema building in the Art Nouveau style. It showed its last film

in 1972 and has since been known by a variety of names, used mainly as a nightclub.

Listen to the audio guide for Central Picture Theatre blue plaque Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off