Cineworld Cinemas is a multiplex cinema chain in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Jersey. It is a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group. The first Cineworld opened in Stevenage in July 1996. The chain now operates 78 cinemas in the UK, one in the Republic of Ireland (in Dublin) and one in Jersey (in St. Helier) as a result of its takeover of the UK and Ireland operations of the French cinema company, UGC. It is the second largest cinema operator in the UK with over 800 screens, and the owner of the single largest multiplex by screens in Ireland (though the Vue cinema in Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is larger by customer base). Glasgow Renfrew Street cinema is the tallest in the world. Image File history File links Cineworld_New_Logo. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 362 KB) Cineworld middlesbrough by Neil Gray 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... A typical multiplex (AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California). ... The Blackstone Group is a private investment and advisory firm founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman. ... Stevenage is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... UGC is the largest European cinema operator with, as of October 2004, 92 sites and 929 screens across six countries: UK: 41 cinemas, 391 screens France: 40 cinemas, 365 screens Spain: 5 cinemas, 88 screens Belgium: 4 cinemas, 56 screens Ireland: 1 cinema, 17 screens Italy: 1 cinema, 12 screens... Vue is a cinema company in the UK and Republic of Ireland. ... Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Dublin, Ireland. ...

In July 2005 it began integrating the two chains, taking the opportunity to introduce a new company logotype (with a shortened name, "Cineworld Cinemas"). Cineworld will retain the UGC Unlimited Card (taken from Virgin Cinemas originally) and the UGC in-house magazine, also called Unlimited. The rebranding process of the former UGC cinemas was completed in September 2005, and as of April 2006 the companies websites and booking lines were merged into one combined service at cineworld.co.uk although the Cineworld Ireland site is still under development. Cineworld has now also taken on the staff benefit scheme of a 'cast pass' named simply as 'Watch Munch Card' this ID card allows hourly paid staff who have worked for the company for longer than 3 months to receive 40% discount on foods along with an free admittance of plus one admittance at a time. Salaried staff members such as managers and technicians (who work in and run the projection booth) also receive the 40% discount plus an additional admittance of 1 bringing their total to 3 permitted free tickets. A typical multiplex (AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California). ... Virgin Cinemas is a former unit of Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Group, founded when Virgin bought the MGM chain of cinemas in the United Kingdom. ...

As part of the merger with the former UGC brand the Office of Fair Trading announced that Cineworld must divest itself of six of its locations: Bishop's Stortford, Ealing, Slough, Sunderland, Swindon and Wigan. These have now been sold to and rebranded as Empire Cinemas. The Cineworld Birmingham — Great Park site was also later sold to Empire Cinemas and rebranded by the end of 2006 leaving the company with 71 total sites. The Office of Fair Trading or OFT is a UK statutory body established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforces both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the UKs economic regulator. ... Bishops Stortford is a market town in east Hertfordshire, England just touching the border with Essex. ... Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. ... For slough as a type of aquatic feature, see Slough (wetland). ... The Wearmouth Bridge Sunderland (pronounced: , or ) is a former county borough now part of the City of Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ... For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, North West England. ... Empire Leicester Square Empire Cinemas is a multiplex cinema chain in the United Kingdom. ... Rubery is a village and southern suburb of Birmingham, England, split between the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England, and the City of Birmingham in West Midlands. ... Empire Leicester Square Empire Cinemas is a multiplex cinema chain in the United Kingdom. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

As part of further developments plans have been made to build more Cineworld sites which means that this is an exciting time for the company as they continue develop as an already well established multiplex cinema chain within the UK and maybe an expansion within the RoI using their Dublin site as their Irish 'Flagship' site. within time older original Cineworld sites will gain the newer logo types (cineworld cinemas) as they undergo refurbishment (refurbishment will also be carried out at older former UGC sites as required, although the rebranding as basically already done so).

Current locations

Original Cineworld cinemas

• Ashford
• Ashton-under-Lyne
• Bradford
• Braintree
• Bristol
• Burton upon Trent
• Bury St Edmunds
• Cambridge
• Castleford
• Cheltenham
• Chesterfield
• Chichester
• Falkirk
• Goose Green
• Huntingdon
• Llandudno Junction
• London — Bexleyheath
• London — Feltham
• London — Ilford
• London — Wandsworth
• London — Wood Green
• Luton
• Milton Keynes
• Newport (Isle Of Wight)
• Rugby
• Runcorn
• Shrewsbury
• Solihull
• St. Helens
• St. Helier (Jersey)
• Stevenage
• Wakefield
• Weymouth
• Wolverhampton
• Yeovil

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Former UGC cinemas

• Aberdeen
• Bedford
• Birmingham — Broad Street
• Boldon Colliery
• Bolton
• Brighton
• Cardiff
• Chester
• Crawley
• Didsbury
• Dublin (Republic Of Ireland)
• Dundee
• Eastbourne
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow — Renfrew Street
• Glasgow — Parkhead
• Gloucester
• Harlow
• Ipswich
• Kingston upon Hull
• Liverpool
• London — Chelsea
• London — Enfield
• London — Fulham Road
• London — Hammersmith
• London — The Haymarket
• London — Shaftesbury Avenue
• London — Staples Corner
• London — West India Quay
• Middlesbrough
• Newport (Wales)
• Nottingham
• Northampton
• Rochester
• Sheffield
• Southampton
• Stockport
• Swindon

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Forthcoming Cineworld cinemas

• Didcot - Completion date est. Spring 2007 (It will have over 900 seats spread across five different sized auditoria)
• Haverhill - Completion date est. Spring 2008 (It will have over 980 seats and 5 auditoria costing a total of £9.2million - and now officially announced as a cineworld site)
• High Wycombe - Completion date est. late 2007-early 2008 (It will be located in the 'EDEN' centre a shopping development with 12 auditoria and a VIP bar area all on the second floor)

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Former Cineworld locations

The following location have recently been sold to Empire Cinemas

• Birmingham — Great Park
• Bishop's Stortford
• Sunderland
• Ealing
• Slough
• Sunderland
• Swindon
• Wigan

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External links

• Cineworld Cinemas, current chain site
• Cineworld Cinemas, former UGC Cinemas site now re-directs to new Cineworld website
• old Cineworld website at archive.org
• Cineworld (former UGC) Dublin
• [1]Information on Glasgow Branch