Theatres · South East England
Ultimate Picture Palace
In or near Oxford.
Ultimate Picture Palace in England South East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Oxford · 2.2 km
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Ultimate Picture Palace is a cinema or movie theatre in England South East, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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Official information
The Ultimate Picture Palace is Oxford's oldest independent cinema, established in 1911 and community-owned since 2022. It features a cozy single-screen auditorium showcasing a variety of independent, international, and classic films.
From the Wikipedia article
The Ultimate Picture Palace is an independent cinema in Oxford, England. It is Oxford's only surviving independent cinema, showing a mixture of independent, mainstream, foreign language, and classic films. The cinema has been a Grade II listed building since 1994.
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Background
History
Frank Stuart opened Oxford's first cinema, the Electric Theatre, in Castle Street, in 1910. He was the licensee of the Elm Tree pub on the corner of Cowley Road and Jeune Street. Also in 1910 work started to build Stuart's second cinema on land in Jeune Street behind the Elm Tree. It opened on 24 February 1911 as the Oxford Picture Palace. In 1917 the manager was conscripted to serve in the First World War. The cinema was closed and stood unused for many years before being turned into a furniture warehouse. In 1976 Bill Heine and Pablo Butcher They added a sculpture of Al Jolson's hands by John Buckley to the façade. For a month that summer it was squatted by the Oxford Freedom Network,…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7488, -1.2393
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Oxford
- Parish
- Oxford, unparished area
- Postcode
- OX4 1HR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oxford East
- Established
- 1910
- Nearest railway station
- Oxford — 2.2 km
- Official site
- uppcinema.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7880229 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ultimate Picture Palace (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ultimate Picture Palace?
- Ultimate Picture Palace is in Oxfordshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode OX4 1HR), in the parish of Oxford, unparished area.
- What is Ultimate Picture Palace?
- Ultimate Picture Palace in England South East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Ultimate Picture Palace?
- The nearest railway station is Oxford, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode OX4 1HR.
- When was Ultimate Picture Palace built?
- Built or established in 1910.
- Who owns Ultimate Picture Palace?
- Ultimate Picture Palace is owned by |operator =.
- How do I get to Ultimate Picture Palace?
- The nearest railway station is Oxford, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode OX4 1HR.