Going to the cinema often isn't the cheapest way to relax, especially if you're taking the whole family.
But it doesn't always have to cost an arm and a leg - and the cheapest cinemas in the UK have been revealed, with a Welsh picture house coming out on top.
After surveying more 500 cinemas across the UK, vouchify.co.uk found that the Cheapest Cinema in the UK is in Wales - The Gaumont Plaza in Flint.
The cinema offers adult tickets at just £3 each.
And there are two Welsh venues in the top 10 cheapest - The Maxime in Blackwood makes an appearance, with tickets priced at £3.50 .
The research found that the average adult ticket costs £9.33 while the average child ticket costs £7.25.
This comes after a cinema cuts its prices by 50% after year-long campaign in one Welsh town. And Odeon also revealed it was launching a £5 ticket system at its branches across Wales this summer.
And you can see the price difference between cinemas across Wales, here .
Here are the top 10 cheapest cinemas in the UK, according to vouchify's research:
- The Gaumont Plaza, Flint £3
- Carlton Cinema, Thanet £3.50
- Carlton Cinema, Westgate-on-Sea £3.50
- Century Cinema, Clacton-on-Sea £3.50
- Connaught Theatre, Worthing £3.50
- Maxime Cinema, Blackwood £3.50
- Palace Cinema, Devizes £3.50
- Picturedrome, Bognor Regis £3.50
- ODEON Darlington £3.75
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Mockingbird Cinema, Birmingham £3.95
The Gaumont Plaza
The Gaumont Plaza has been showing the latest movies since 1936 and now it’s been crowned as the Cheapest Cinema in the UK with a standard adult ticket costing just £3. Putting it into perspective, that’s a whole £6.33 cheaper than the national UK average.
“If you go a multiplex, you can be looking at £60 for a family day there,” says The Gaumont Plaza owner and film buff Alejandro Whyatt.
“My dad remembers the silent film days and how cinemas were affordable for the everybody. We offer something different from a multiplex, the building has a great character and prices to see a film are cheaper.”
