Cinemas
Name Screens Opened/Closed
ABC 51 Churchgate, Bolton 1 Closed
Astor Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Beehive Picture Palace Bolton 1 Closed
Belle Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Cannon Bolton 3 Closed
Carlton Theatre Bolton 1 Closed
Cineworld Cinema – Bolton 15 Open
Crompton Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Derby Cinema 222 Derby Street, Bolton. 1 1911- 1937
………………………………..Tivoli]……………………………………………
Embassy Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Empire Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Gem Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Grand Theatre Bolton 1 Closed
Hippodrome Theatre Bolton 1 Closed
Ideal Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Light Cinemas Bolton 9 Closed
Majestic Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Odeon Bolton 1 Closed
Palace Picture House Bolton 1 Closed
Palladium Picture House Bolton 1 Closed
Paragon Cinema 60 Bradshawgate, Bolton 1 1913 -1930
Picturedrome Bolton 1 Closed
Princess Picture Palace Bolton 1 Closed
Queen's Picture House 180 Bradshawgate, Bolton. 1 1912-1980
……[first purpose-built cinema to open in Bolton.]…………………………….
Regent Cinema Deane Road, Bolton 1 1922-1967
Rialto Picture Playhouse Bolton 1 Closed
Ritz Cinema Fletcher Street, Bolton. 1 1914-1960
…............................…[Atlas, New Atlas]…………………….
Royal Continentale Cinema Bolton 1 Closed
Theatre Royal 14 Churchgate, Bolton 1 Closed
Tivoli Cinema 222 Derby Street, Bolton. 1 1938-1960
………………[Shahina Textiles Ltd]……………………………………..
Vue Middlebrook Leisure Park, The Link Way, Horwich, Bolton 12 1998-to date
Windsor Cinema 336 Deane Road, Bolton 1 1927-1962
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Swimming Pools
Bridgeman Street baths,
Farnworth Baths,
High Street baths,
Moss Street baths, Halliwell,
Water Place demolished 2002
Bolton One opened in 2012 .............................… has a 25-metre swimming pool…………………………..
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Theatres
The Octagon Theatre Howell Croft South, Bolton 1967- to date
The Theatre / Early Theatres
The Temple Opera House Dawes Street 1877-
(1) The Theatre Royal Churchgate 1853-1888 burnt down
(2) The Theatre Royal Churchgate 1888
(3) The Theatre Royal Churchgate 1928 - 1962
The Victoria Theatre of Varieties and Victoria Buffet, Churchgate, Bolton 1855 /1886/
………….Formerly - The Star Theatre and Museum / The Museum Music Hall.............. ............/ The Star Music Hall /.The Victoria Buffet - Later - The Princess Picture Hall.......
The Grand Theatre, 30 Churchgate, Bolton 1894
………Formerly - The New Grand Circus of Varieties - Later - The Continental Theatre / .........Grand Bingo Hall
The Empire Theatre, Deansgate, Bolton 1908-1961
………………Later - The Hippodrome Theatre ………………………………………….
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