The list gives the number of auditoria and the seating capacities where known. Where possible a Web page is given for the cinema or the group it belongs to, which should give details of how best to contact the cinema; in other cases a telephone enquiry number is given when possible.

Also noted are announced new cinemas or extra auditoria where the plans are thought to be firm. Where a cinema has closed or been modified the information is kept on the list for a year then deleted.

AMC UK Web Site American company with small number of UK sites ( AMC U.S. parent site)
Apollo
Caledonian
Cineworld
Empire Cinemas
Everyman Media which in March 2008 bought the Screen Cinemas chain of cinemas
Hollywood Cinemas
Merlin Cinemas
Movie House Cinemas
Northern Morris
Odeon Includes full infotmation about each auditorium at each cinema.
Omniplex is based in the Irish Republic and runs a number of venues in Northern Ireland
Picture House City Screen
Reel Cinemas
Reeltime Cinemas
Scott Cinemas
Showcase (American owners National Amusements)
Silver Screen Cinemas
Storm Cinemas Ireland
Vue Cinemas Includes full infotmation about each auditorium at each cinema.
West Coast Cinemas
WTW Cinemas

American Widescreen Museum is devoted in particular to the various widescreen and large format processes of the past but also covers other technical matters of exhibition.
BKSTS, the Moving Image Society, has as its memebership people in the UK working in the cinema industry,including exhibition.
Brighton Cinema History is a very full background to the city's cinemas over the years.
The British Film Institute runs the National Film Theatre and publishes an annual Film Handbook on which this list was originally based when it was first put on the Web in the summer of 1995.
Carlton Screen Advertising is one of the two major companies selling screen advertising and their site contains an amount about exhibition.
The Cinema Theatre Association is involved in all aspects of cinema buildings past and present. This list of cinemas is provided with their support and their bi-monthly Bulletin giving details of openings and closings is one of the main sources of new information.
Cinema Treasures is an American site with details on individual cinemas, past and present, throughout the world including over 500 in Britain.
Cinestructures International is a UK specialist cinema consultancy, design, and build company.
Digital Cinema Media is the joint Odeon-Cineworld cinema advertising company established in 2008.
Dusashenka's Cinema Photos mostly London, on the Flickr site.
English Heritage have a large number of cinema photographs, often from the 1930s, in their Picture Gallery. Select View Picture Gallery and type cinema as the search item.
Film Distributors Association UK distributors site with release schedule, description of what distributors do, & links to them.
Mercia Cinema Society encourages, promotes, and publishes research on cinema building history up to the present day.
Odeon/UCI Company general and financial information including European activities
Odeon Cavalcade is a collection of 1960's views of Odeon theatres, mostly in evocative black-and-white.
Pearl and Dean is one of the two major companies selling screen advertising and the site also contains other information about exhibition.
Projected Picture Trust are involved in preserving cinema projection equipment.
Scotland's Surviving Cinemas, records details of as many of Scotland's cinemas as survive today, including pictures and news.
Subtitles is involved in promoting subtitled cinema presentation for the hard of hearing.

This list was introduced in 1995, the early days of the World Wide Web, and is updated from my own observations, heplful emails, and items in the CTA Bulletin. Web lnks to as many of the cinemas or their parent chains as possible are now incorporated, and almost all entries now have an associated Web link.

There is no financial remuneration in any form involved with collating and providing this information. It is important to understand that this is a spare time activity and the lists are in no way official. Every care should be taken in their use, and they should be checked against official data if any decision rests on the information. I would, though, very much like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who sends corrections and updates.

This list is administered by Jeremy Perkins on behalf of the Cinema Theatre Association.

Any corrections or additions can be mailed to jwp@bsrunners.myzen.co.uk.

Last updated 29th May 2010.