The Palace Cinema Broadstairs

The Palace Cinema Broadstairs An independent cinema in Broadstairs for people who love independent film.

60 Years a Cinema 1965-2025 🎈

The Palace is small, welcoming, independent and family-run, offering a programme of quality mainstream, independent and world cinema for locals and visitors alike! It's usually open 7 days a week, offering at least two choices of film plus special events including 'Palace Sunday Silents', monthly silent films with live piano accompaniment Sept-June. The cinema is deceptively small from the street-

front; inside at street level there is a little foyer (with a lovely range of snacks and drinks, and fully licensed) and balcony. Stairs from the foyer lead down to the stalls, and we have step-free access at the rear of the building. The Palace is housed in a lovely Grade II listed building. Originally a shipwrights stood on the site until in the 1910s it was transformed into the more elegant, and solid, 'York Gate Hall' to house the armour collection of Sir Guy Laking, whose family holidayed next door in York Gate House. From the late 1910s-1960s the hall was hired out in the season for puppet shows and 16mm cartoon shows before being converted into a cinema by local cinema entrepreneur Jack Field, who originally named it the 'Windsor'. It was re-named the Palace in 2006 by the third owners, Colin Jay and Sean Mills, who undertook a large scale renovation and installation of larger screen plus digital sound & projection.

From Fri 24 July at the Palace 🎉🍷🍷 THE INVITE - A dinner between two couples (Penelope Cruz, Seth Rogan & Ed Norton, plu...
22/07/2026

From Fri 24 July at the Palace 🎉

🍷🍷 THE INVITE - A dinner between two couples (Penelope Cruz, Seth Rogan & Ed Norton, plus Olivia Wilde who also directs) goes deep & dangerous.

🧊 TIME AND WATER - Heartfelt, thought provoking and beautiful to watch, a portrait by an Icelandic writer/poet on his homeland, family and memories as all melt away.

👩‍💻 TOY STORY 5 - Jessie‘s in charge as she, her horse pal Bullseye, Woody, Buzz and the gang face an existential threat…. Lilypad the tablet toy.

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Coming up from Fri 31 July!

🪩 NORTHERN SOUL: STILL BURNING - Decades of irresistible tunes and snappy shimmy dance moves explored & celebrated by devotees past and present. A joy!

🤩 MINIONS & MONSTERS - A minion back story of their time as silent movie superstars! Which quickly, unfortunately, led to them creating some really annoying monsters…

Coming up in August:

THE MISFITS
MINIONS & MONSTERS
THE ODYSSEY
MOANA
DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA
LADY
Billy Wilder season

From Fri 17 July at the Palace 🥰 500 MILES - Bill Nighy is the grandad In Di**le at the end of brave/risky quest by two ...
16/07/2026

From Fri 17 July at the Palace

🥰 500 MILES - Bill Nighy is the grandad In Di**le at the end of brave/risky quest by two young brothers determined to escape their parents’ break up.

👩‍💻 TOY STORY 5 - Jessie‘s in charge as she, horse pal Bullseye, Woody, Buzz and the gang face an existential threat…. Lilypad the tablet toy.

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Coming up from Fri 24 July!

🧊 TIME AND WATER - Heartfelt, thought provoking and beautiful to watch, a portrait by an Icelandic writer/poet on his homeland, family and memories as all melt away.

🍷🍷 THE INVITE - A dinner between two couples (Penelope Cruz, Seth Rogan & Ed Norton, plus Olivia Wilde who also directs) goes deep & dangerous.

Coming up soon….

NORTHERN SOUL: STILL BURNING
THE MISFITS
MINIONS & MONSTERS
THE ODYSSEY
MOANA
DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA
LADY
Billy Wilder season

From Fri 10 July at the Palace! Films + aircon, just the ticket 😊🔭 VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NIGHT & DAY - England (Edwardian) + ...
09/07/2026

From Fri 10 July at the Palace!

Films + aircon, just the ticket 😊

🔭 VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NIGHT & DAY - England (Edwardian) + astronomer (a woman) + romance (tricky) in gorgeous quick-fire comedy.
Love this, inspired to read the book? Pick up at copy at Broadstairs’ wonderful new bookshop Best of Times!

🟨 BACKROOMS - Two lost people (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve) take lostness to a whole other level in brilliantly unnerving slip into liminal space.

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Coming up from Fri 17 July….

🥰 500 MILES - Bill Nighy is the grandad In Di**le at the end of brave/risky quest by two young brothers escaping their parents’ break up.

👩‍💻 TOY STORY 5 - Jessie‘s in charge as she, her horse pal Bullseye, Woody, Buzz and the gang face an existential threat…. Lilypad the tablet toy. Plus! Colouring sheets & lollies to take home and the chance to win a real cinema poster!

Later in July!
THE INVITE
TIME AND WATER
NORTHERN SOUL: STILL BURNING
Summer hol special 2: MINIONS & MONSTERS

Way in…BACKROOMS (15) Fri 10 19:30Sat 11 19:30Sun 12 16:00Tue 14 19:30“One of the most out there art-horror features sin...
03/07/2026

Way in…

BACKROOMS (15)
Fri 10 19:30
Sat 11 19:30
Sun 12 16:00
Tue 14 19:30

“One of the most out there art-horror features since ERASERHEAD.” Empire

“Incredibly unsettling.” Slate

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Today’s the day! It’s National Seaside Day 2026, time to enjoy the Seaside Heritage Network’s 10 amazing contenders for ...
01/07/2026

Today’s the day!

It’s National Seaside Day 2026, time to enjoy the Seaside Heritage Network’s 10 amazing contenders for this year’s Bucket & Spade Awards.

Cast your vote today! No cinemas (we’ll be brave 💪) but a ton of other wonderful places. Voting is open until 1 Sept.

Local favourite!
SHELL GROTTO, MARGATE Shell Grotto

Also nearby!
HERNE BAY PIER Herne Bay Pier Village

Also!
ABERYSTWYTH CLIFF RAILWAY
BLACKPOOL COLONNADES
HARBOUR BAR, SCARBOROUGH
NORTH & SOUTH MARINE PARKS, SOUTH SHEILDS
TINSIDE LIDO, PLYMOUTH
VOLKS ELECTRIC RAILWAY, BRIGHTON
WEMYSS BAY RAILWAY STATION, INVERCLYDE
WEYMOUTH DECKCHAIRS

Find out more at seasideheritage.org.uk

From Fri 3 July at the Palace ☺️🐓 HEN - Told entirely in hen-vision, an astonishing tale of a daring escape, a small sea...
01/07/2026

From Fri 3 July at the Palace ☺️

🐓 HEN - Told entirely in hen-vision, an astonishing tale of a daring escape, a small seaside town and the response of humans, good & bad, to this plucky & innocent newcomer.

🛸 DISCLOSURE DAY - Steven Spielberg back in his & our happy place of hopeful humans, possible/probable aliens, the question of existence and breathtaking SFX.

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Coming up from Fri 10 July:

🔭 VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NIGHT & DAY - England (Edwardian) + astronomer (a woman) + romance (tricky) in gorgeous quick-fire comedy.

🟨 BACKROOMS - Two slightly lost people (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve) take lostness to a whole new level in brilliant unnerving slip into liminal space.

Coming up later in July!

500 MILES

TIME AND WATER

THE INVITE

NORTHERN SOUL: STILL BURNING

Summer hol specials TOY STORY 5 and
MINIONS & MONSTERS, both with colouring sheets & lollies to take home and the chance to win a real cinema poster!

Contained & entertained Had enough sun?! Kids getting ratty on the beach? Try 30min of guaranteed fun at a cartoon cinem...
26/06/2026

Contained & entertained

Had enough sun?! Kids getting ratty on the beach? Try 30min of guaranteed fun at a cartoon cinema! The welcome combination of a sit down, a continuous programme and a break from “I want an ice cream.”

Since the dawn of moving pictures, Broadstairs has always had at least one place to see a film. A Cinema Walk explores and celebrates them all, from summer pop ups to glorious picture palaces, from buildings still standing to those of which all flickering traces are long gone. Taking in local characters and social history, archive images and screenings happening next week, enjoy a Sunday morning stroll around Broadstairs’ love for the sights, sounds and sensations of film.

Cinema Walk: Broadstairs
Sun 28 June, 10:30-11:45

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Book in advance or pay on the day. Please see website for full details including meeting point.

Cinema Walks: Ramsgate, Margate/Cliftonville
Already done for June 2026!
Next Margate/Cliftonville: Nov 2026 (tbc)
Next Ramsgate: Mar 2027

July at the Palace - come along! Films will be 🔥, aircon will be ❄️🐓 HEN - Told entirely in hen-vision, an astonishing t...
25/06/2026

July at the Palace - come along! Films will be 🔥, aircon will be ❄️

🐓 HEN - Told entirely in hen-vision, an astonishing tale of a daring escape, a small seaside town and a variety of humans, good and bad.

🛸 DISCLOSURE DAY - Steven Spielberg back in his & our happy place of hopeful humans, possible/probable aliens, the question of existence and breathtaking SFX.

🔭 VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NIGHT & DAY - England (Edwardian) + astronomer (a woman) + romance (tricky) in gorgeous quick-fire comedy.

🟨 BACKROOMS - Two slightly lost people (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve) take lostness to a whole new level in brilliant unnerving slip into liminal space.

🥰 500 MILES - Bill Nighy is the grandad In Di**le at the end of brave/risky quest by two young brothers escaping their parents’ break up.

🧊 TIME AND WATER - Heartfelt, thought provoking and beautiful to watch, a portrait by an Icelandic writer/poet of his homeland, family and memories as all melt away.

🍷🍷 THE INVITE - A dinner between two couples (Penelope Cruz, Seth Rogan & Ed Norton, plus Olivia Wilde who also directs) goes deep & dangerous.

🪩 NORTHERN SOUL: STILL BURNING - Decades of irresistible tunes and snappy dance moves explored & celebrated by devotees past and present. A joy!

👩‍💻 TOY STORY 5 - Jessie‘s in charge as she, her horse pal Bullseye, Woody, Buzz and the gang face an existential threat…. Lilypad the tablet toy.

🤩 MINIONS & MONSTERS - A minion back story of their time as silent movie superstars! Which quickly, unfortunately, led to them creating some really annoying monsters.

🎟️ thepalacecinema.co.uk

At the Palace from Fri 26 June 🎉🪎 SAVAGE HOUSE - C18th aristos with everything except money & shame haul it all together...
24/06/2026

At the Palace from Fri 26 June 🎉

🪎 SAVAGE HOUSE - C18th aristos with everything except money & shame haul it all together for one big show of family glory

🎧 TUNER - Heist with heart for two piano tuners whose unlikely friendship leads to unlikely uses for their particular skills

🎞️ CINEMA WALK: BROADSTAIRS - Taking in local characters and social history, archive images and screenings happening next week, visit the town’s love for the sights, sounds and sensations of film from the 1890s to today.

PS: YES, SORRY! Tues is 30th, not 29th. Too much sun to think straight…. ☀️

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Coming up from Fri 3 July!

🐓 HEN - Told entirely in hen-vision, a take of a daring escape, a small Greek seaside town and a variety of humans, good and bad.

🛸 DISCLOSURE DAY - Steven Spielberg back in his & our happy place of hopeful humans, possible/probable aliens, the question of existence and breathtaking SFX.

Coming up later in July!

VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NIGHT & DAY
BACKROOMS
500 MILES
TIME AND WATER
THE INVITE
NORTHERN SOUL: STILL BURNING
TOY STORY 5
MINIONS & MONSTERS

A hoot & a half…… with Laurel and Hardy, accompanied live on the Palace piana by the incredibly talented Lillian Henley!...
19/06/2026

A hoot & a half…

… with Laurel and Hardy, accompanied live on the Palace piana by the incredibly talented Lillian Henley!

Join us for an afternoon of deeply daft situations, slip ups, silliness and slapstick from the fellas’ silent years, when they were still two jobbing silent film comics on the brink of bringing together the double act still being discovered by new audiences today!

Kids’ tickets only £4!

🎁 Great Father’s Day treat!

❄️ We’re air conditioned!

A HOOT & A HALF WITH LAUREL & HARDY
Sun 21 June, 4pm

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Address

Harbour Street
Broadstairs
CT10IET

Opening Hours

Monday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Tuesday 2:30pm - 10:30pm
Wednesday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Thursday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Friday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Saturday 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 5:30pm - 10:30pm

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