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The Regal Cinema is an Art Deco building which was Grade II listed in 1994. It was built by the independent Regal Wells Company Ltd. and opened on 12th November 1935. Seating was provided for 420 in the stalls and 160 in the balcony. The Regal also had a fully equipped stage which was 45 feet deep with a proscenium opening of 28 feet wide, along with four dressing rooms. The Cinema was taken over by the Clifton Cinema Circuit of Birmingham from July 1938 and they operated it for many years. It screened its last film in January 1993 and then became a full time bingo club, which closed in around 1997. In 2003 a Public Entertainment License was granted for the building to become a nightclub, and it is now known as 'Kudos'. It is currently on the local Mendip District Council 'Historic Buildings at Risk Register'.

Just round the corner from the bus station. To the right, the former office building is now a Wetherspoon's.

A JD Wetherspoon pub in Wells.

The Wells Film Centre opened around about the same time that the Regal Cinema (just along the road) closed down. The building originally was home to the 'Boy's Club'. It has three screens.

The Regal Cinema is an Art Deco building which was Grade II listed in 1994. It was built by the independent Regal Wells Company Ltd. and opened on 12th November 1935. Seating was provided for 420 in the stalls and 160 in the balcony. The Regal also had a fully equipped stage which was 45 feet deep with a proscenium opening of 28 feet wide, along with four dressing rooms. The Cinema was taken over by the Clifton Cinema Circuit of Birmingham from July 1938 and they operated it for many years. It screened its last film in January 1993 and then became a full time bingo club, which closed in around 1997. In 2003 a Public Entertainment License was granted for the building to become a nightclub, and it is now known as 'Kudos'. It is currently on the local Mendip District Council 'Historic Buildings at Risk Register'.

This is the finishing straight and the winning line just before the arrival of the cyclists. It is in Priory Rd on the south side of the city centre.

Photo shows detailed stained glass window with the horizontal stone banding all in art deco style. Further photos and history of this former cinema can be found here: Image and Image Also here http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/1345-regal-wells According to this site http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-483491-regal-cinema-wells it was listed in December 1991

This shows the podium erected in Priory street immediately after the end of the race. The spectators await the presentations, whil in the background is the Regal cinema with its art deco brickwork and stained glass.

Looking along Priory Road, lined with trees.