Historic Buildings

Hebden Bridge Picture House – a heritage fit for the future

Hebden Bridge Picture House is a rare survivor, at the heart of, and owned by, its community since 1921, the jewel in the crown of the cultural and community life of a special town. However, we face major risks, as well as opportunities to share, this amazing heritage. We face major risks of loss through structural challenges to the fabric, economic changes that mean we need new facilities to be viable for the future and urgent needs to make the cinema accessible to all. Our project will transform our community cinema, attracting new audiences, enabling everyone to enjoy their cinema, addressing environmental challenges, developing heritage skills and enabling our work with many groups who cannot access mainstream cinemas. The first Sanctuary Cinema in the UK, we will work with all of our communities, to secure an accessible, sustainable, viable cinema, at the heart of our community for the decades ahead.