Building record 11241 - Park Cinema, Saltney

<1> Howe, S, 2012-Present, A Virtual Stroll Around the Walls of Chester, http://www.chesterwalls.info/gallery/cinema7.html (Web Site). SCH6990.

Park Cinema, on Coronation Street, Saltney opened in 1923 and comprised a 489 seat hall. It continued to operate until 1959 when it closed for good. It was subsequently converted into a warehouse and has since been used as offices with a modern brick refronting.

During World War II it was also used as a Air Raid Precautions Post.

<2> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions, p272-273 (Book). SCH6522.

Park Cinema is described in the Victoria County History as being a 450 seat hall opening in 1923 and closing in 1963.