Odeon Taunton
Heron Gate, Riverside,
Taunton,
TA1 2LP
Heron Gate, Riverside,
Taunton,
TA1 2LP
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The two smallest auditoria (Screens 1 and 8) have been refurbished and rebranded as Luxe screens, each with 41 recliner seats.
It is unclear if the other screens are also going to similarly refurbished. It is possible that Odeon consider that for some cinemas it is impractical to rebrand all the screens as Luxe. This may be such a case. All 8 screens are currently operational.
Have been here a few times since the late 90s'…more recent experiences quite good for a regional multiplex – Anchorman 2 / Central Intelligence / Life of Pi in 3D / Zoolander 2 Sausage Party preview tonight!
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Three photographs of the Odeon Taunton:
1. Photo by Dan Harris taken soon after opening in 1994:
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2. Night view
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3. Close-up of tower
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Opened originally as a 5-screen Odeon on 4th August 1994 with a seating capacity of 998. The extension with 3 additional screens opened in March 2005.
Yes, the cinema has finally been extended after many years of refused planning applications. The program included adding a further three screens to the north western elevation, new customer toilets and staff areas, and extending and remodelling the foyer. The three new auditoria are all of stadia design and seat 86, 153 and 215. A few compromises had to be made – screen 4 lost around 30 seats to create access to the new auditoria, and we lost around 30 car park spaces, although as yet this hasn’t been a problem. The existing five screens were all refurbished back in 2001 to include better acoustic wall panelling, and the screen surfaces were all enlarged recently.
Have they extended the cinema yet…Saw a few films there in a spate a few years ago FaceOff Little Voice Boogie Nights and nothing for a while…a serviceable multiplex which could be bigger in a community which deserves slightly bigger and better