Cinema to close this week after 34 years

A cinema that has been open for more than three decades will close on Sunday.

Bedford Cineworld will close permanently as part of a restructuring process after the company entered administration in July 2023.

A multi-screen cinema has been at the Aspects leisure park site since 1990, and it was run by the Virgin Group before Cineworld took over in 2005.

The chain said in a statement: "We would like to thank all of our customers, past and present, for choosing Cineworld Bedford as their local cinema."

Vue now operate the only remaining cinema in the town at Riverside Square.

Cineworld had announced plans to close six cinemas across the UK as part of a wide-ranging restructuring plan.

It was estimated the chain had a debt of almost £4bn.

The company said it would enter negotiations with landlords at an unspecified number of sites to try to reduce costs.

These negotiations saved a Cineworld in Leicestershire.

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