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Cineworld Ashton-under-Lyne IMAX

Ashton-under-Lyne · United KingdomEstimated

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 31/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, with no published dimensions, so the size score rests on an estimate. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

One screen of the 2003-built 14-screen multiplex was converted to IMAX Digital in July 2014 and remains dual-2K xenon.

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Ashton Leisure Park, Fold Way, Off Lord Sheldon Way, Ashton Under Lyne, OL7 0PG · Open in maps ↗

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~IQ 31*provisional

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Spec sheet

Projection
IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen
Not published
Picture shown
1.90:1
15/70mm film
No
Sound
IMAX 6-channel
Seats
Not published
Screen type
Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened
2014
Operator
Cineworld

The projector here comes from a 2021 industry listing that we haven't been able to re-confirm. IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since, so a 2021 label is a 2021 state rather than a current one. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 31

Screen size *8/38

dimensions never published, scored on a conservative estimate · full marks at 700 m² · no source on file

Projection11/36

IMAX Digital Xenon · recorded 2021 · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound4/8

IMAX 6-channel · as published

* This venue has never published its screen dimensions. Size is scored on a deliberately conservative estimate, so an unmeasured screen can't out-rank a measured one on guesswork.

How big, really?

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Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

  • 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
  • 2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
  • 3Cineworld Ashton-under-Lyne IMAX (est.) · 18 m wide, height not published
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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What you actually see

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NOT SHOWN HERENOT SHOWN HERE
A film shot in the full IMAX frame plays here at 1.90:1 — you see 75% of what the camera captured.

Worth travelling for?

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Where this comes from

Estimated

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions
not published — estimated
Projector
single source
  • · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
Operating status
verified open

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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