Cineworld Stevenage IMAX

Stevenage · United KingdomSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 30/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 135 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 5 November 2026.

Converted to IMAX Digital in July 2014; generally regarded as one of the smaller UK IMAX screens, still on xenon.

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Unit 4, Stevenage Leisure Park, Kings Way, Stevenage, SG1 2UA · Open in maps ↗

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Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 16 m × 8.6 m (138 m²)
Screen shape: 1.86:1 — the fabric itself
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 30

Screen size7/38

135 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source

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

How big, really?

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 Stevenage IMAX · 16×8.6 m · picture 135 m², 2% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

1 double-decker bus fit on this screen (1 across × 1 up · 138 m² total)

What you actually see

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IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are

Screen: 138 m²
Picture: 135 m²
Screen used: 98%

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

BFI IMAX

London · 28 mi away

You'd get 278% more screen, real 15/70mm film.

IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum

London · 28 mi away

You'd get 184% more screen, real 15/70mm film, the full 1.43 frame.

Cineworld Leicester Square IMAX

London · 27 mi away

You'd get 200% more screen.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Projector: single source
Operating status: verified open

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