18-07-2025
Gainsborough Savoy Cinema opens as part of £9m redevelopment
A four-screen cinema has opened in the centre of is part of a £9m redevelopment of the Lincolnshire town and also includes two new shops and a 330-seat venue, operated by Savoy Cinemas, is located in the Market Place and has a pedestrian link to the Marshall's Yard shopping Grindrod-Smith, director of planning, regeneration and communities for West Lindsey District Council (WLDC), said it would "reconnect the new with the old".
She added: "The changing face of retail has meant fewer people have been coming into the centre of the town."So this offer and new leisure offer will bring people in for a different reason and once they're here, we hope they'll spend time here and enjoy everything else that the town centre has."It was built on the site of the former Oldrids department store, which was demolished in June project was funded by contributions from WLDC, the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, the government's levelling up fund and Savoy to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
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