Hello and welcome to the Broadway Cinema website. Thanks for visiting.

We are your very own three screen cinema showing mainstream films along with other titles for the more discerning filmgoer.  

This summer we look forward to the return of Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kindom of the Crystal Skull, Harrison Ford returns as the great adventurer in what is sure to be a huge hit.  

If you enjoyed The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe a few years ago then you are sure to enjoy Prince Caspian in June, further adventures in Narnia abound from the same team who brought you the original film.  

Batman Begins restarted the Batman film series with a more realistic yet exciting and genuinely emotionally engaging take on the dark super hero. In July he returns in The Dark Knight, again starring Christian Bale and of course the late Heath Ledger in what looks to be a scenery chewing tour de force.  

You may have seen the stage show Mamma Mia based on the songs of Abba in the West End of London. The film version starring Pierce Brosnan arrives in July and is sure to generate a new raft of music lovers.  

A belated X-Files movie sequel arrives in August along with the third in the Mummy series then we are on the run down to Christmas! With James Bond in Quantum of Solace, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Madagsacar 2 that will also be a film packed season!

We look forward to welcoming you to the Broadway Cinema very soon.

Geoff Bartram
General Manager

The story of independent cinema in North Hertfordshire reached a new climax on 12th July 1996 with the re-opening of the luxurious 1936 art deco, Broadway Cinema situated in the heart of the world's first Garden City.

This latest chapter continues the rich tradition of local cinema. In 1909, the first cinema opened outside London, the Palace Cinema opened in Letchworth. The Palace was refurbished in 1924. Six years later, on a site a few yards away, the Broadway Cinema was created. The cinema opened on 26th August 1936 with a black tie gala screening of “Follow the Feet” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

The Palace Cinema in Letchworth closed its doors on 31st December 1977. The Broadway Cinema closed its doors temporarily at the end of February 1996 with a special screening of “Windbag the Sailor” starring Will Hay.

To ensure the continued prosperity of the Broadway, the sixty shareholders of The Letchworth Palace Ltd had come together with the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation in a £2m programme to revitalise the cinema from a single to a triple screen facility to combine the latest in sound, seating and projection with the original exterior and luxurious art deco interior features.