Rio Cinema
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Rio Cinema by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Rio Cinema
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 13 Jun 2015
Small town independent cinemas still survive in some places, and the Rio here in Burnham on Crouch is a splendid example. It was built in 1931 when it opened as the Princes cinema - causing the older Electric Cinema to go out of business. The name was changed to the Rio in the 1960s.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.627058
Longitude
0.815035