Lynton Cinema

Lynton Cinema is a small independent cinema based in Lynton, a village on the North Devon coast of England. It operates as a local, community-scale picture house rather than a multiplex chain, and its programme is built around a rolling monthly schedule of feature films and documentaries. According to its own website, tickets are priced modestly — £5 for standard admission and £4.50 for matinee concessions at the time of the published listings — and seats are booked by telephone rather than through a large online ticketing platform, a pattern typical of small independent British cinemas. The cinema's published programme shows a mix of mainstream releases and specialist titles. Examples from its listings include the fantasy sequel 'Practical Magic 2', the D-Day drama 'Pressure', the family drama '& Sons' starring Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton, and the animated comedy 'Coyote vs. ACME'. Alongside these it screens documentary and music-related films such as 'SURFILMUSIC', a documentary about Jack Johnson's evolution from surfer to filmmaker to musician. Screenings are typically scheduled as an evening performance every day at 8pm, with a Monday matinee at 2.30pm, indicating a single-screen or very small-screen operation with a fixed daily rhythm. The cinema serves Lynton and the surrounding North Devon area, including the neighbouring town of Lynmouth, and functions as a local cultural amenity in a rural coastal community. Its identity is tied to place: it is described in structured data sources simply as a cinema in Lynton, England. It is not part of a national exhibition chain, and no parent company, group or listed status is documented in the available evidence. Because the available sources are limited to the cinema's own website and a structured-data record, details such as its founding year, ownership structure, number of screens and seating capacity are not established here. What is clear is its operating model: a small, telephone-bookable, low-price local cinema with a curated monthly programme of films and documentaries aimed at residents and visitors in the Lynton and Lynmouth area.

Lynton Cinema is a small independent cinema in Lynton, a village on the North Devon coast of England, near the twin settlement of Lynmouth. Structured data sources describe it simply as a cinema in Lynton, England, and its own website presents it as a local picture house with a rolling monthly programme of films. The available evidence does not record when the cinema was founded, who founded it, or how its ownership has changed over time. What can be documented is its present-day operating model. The cinema publishes a forward-looking schedule covering roughly the next month of screenings, with each title running for about a week. Screenings follow a consistent pattern: an evening performance every day at 8pm, plus a Monday matinee at 2.30pm. This rhythm suggests a small, likely single-screen venue with a fixed daily programme. Its published listings mix mainstream and specialist fare. Examples include the fantasy sequel 'Practical Magic 2', the Second World War drama 'Pressure' about the 72 hours leading up to D-Day, the family drama '& Sons' starring Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton, and the animated comedy 'Coyote vs. ACME'. The cinema also screens documentaries, such as 'SURFILMUSIC', a film chronicling Jack Johnson's evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician, shown as a matinee-only presentation. Ticketing is handled directly by the cinema. At the time of the published listings, tickets were priced at £5, with matinee concessions at £4.50, and seats were booked by telephone on 01598 753397. A later price change was announced in the same listings, with adult tickets rising to £6 from 9 October and matinee-only pricing of £4.50 for children and £5 for seniors. The cinema also maintains a presence on Twitter and Facebook. As a rural, community-scale cinema, Lynton Cinema functions as a local cultural amenity for residents and visitors in the Lynton and Lynmouth area rather than as part of a national exhibition chain. No parent company, group affiliation or listed status is documented in the available evidence, and no founding date or ownership history can be confirmed from the sources provided.

Small independent local cinema serving Lynton and the North Devon coast with low-priced, telephone-bookable screenings.

• Practical Magic 2

  Fantasy sequel screened 25 September – 1 October; evenings daily at 8pm, Monday matinee at 2.30pm; certificate PG; runtime 130 minutes.

• SURFILMUSIC

  Documentary on Jack Johnson's evolution from surfer to filmmaker to musician; matinee only on 26 and 27 September at 2.30pm; certificate PG; runtime 80 minutes.

• Pressure

  True story of the 72 hours leading up to D-Day; screened 2–8 October; evenings daily at 8pm, Monday matinee at 2.30pm; certificate 15; runtime 100 minutes.

• & Sons

  Drama starring Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton; screened 9–15 October; evenings daily at 8pm, Monday matinee at 2.30pm; certificate 15; runtime 120 minutes.

• Coyote vs. ACME

  Animated comedy screened 16–22 October; Wile E. Coyote sues Acme Corporation.

1. 1Lynton Cinema Homelyntoncinema.co.uk
2. 2Lynton Cinema (Wikidata)wikidata.org