Reel Cinema Chorley

At the Reel Cinema Chorley, we offer our cinema out for school or group bookings. This is a great way to reward your class with one of the current films or a requested film.

Also, we are ideal as an educational trip. So many books and true-life events have been adapted into films. Why not use the benefits of visual storytelling to support your curriculum. We also work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House and have their productions live-streamed to our cinemas – perfect for Drama or English literature classes.

Or, even just use the space as a presentation area. We can source most films, whether your visit is a treat or for educational purposes. We can also cater for SEN schools.

We will always try to accommodate your booking wherever possible. However, we do plan our film schedules up to 1 week in advance. To ensure you can visit at your chosen time, please contact us with at least 4 days’ notice. Where this is not possible, we will always endeavour to come to a suitable arrangement.

Reel Cinemas is the largest independent cinema operator in the UK, showcasing a great selection of mainstream films, live events and alternative content.

Reel Cinema Chorley has 5 Premiere lounges (screens), a VIP lounge (screen), and a number of screens varying in size.

Our Premiere lounge offers extra legroom, leather and larger seating and improved sound quality.

Our VIP lounge offers reclining chairs, extra legroom and table service.

Our multiplex cinema also benefits from The Sweet Barrel (offering a large range of sweet treats) and the ‘Cream & Cones’ (a dessert bar which provides a wide range of confectionery, ice creams, waffles, and milkshakes).

You and your students can watch some great movies as a treat / reward / for motivational reasons / for educational purposes with films relevant to your curriculum.

For private hires, we can show new films, old films or also content that you have created or provided (including DVDs and Blu-Ray). Why not showcase a product produced by your students in our cinema environment for added excitement? Invite their friends and family too!

We can also cater for introductions / award ceremonies with presentation equipment such as mics (please check with the cinema team about quantity of mics). If you wish to present something on our screens to your pupils, this can also be arranged.

Reel Cinemas is the first independent chain to have all of our screens fully equipped with category-leading Barco digital projectors, charismatic Dolby 3D screens, as well as Arqiva satellites – offering the pinnacle of screen technology to present our product in the highest possible quality.

We thrive off being the REEL heart of the community and ensure we can adapt to the needs of every customer.

A typical school visit to Reel Cinemas will include the viewing of your chosen film and will last for the duration of this. For ideas on how to expand your visit, please see above.

We can cater for almost any size, starting from 50 and going up to 175 in our largest screens. Cinema Capacity is 650, so, if you require even more space, we would be happy to make arrangements to spread your screenings over multiple screens.

On very limited occasions, film studios provide us with activity sheets for children. These activity sheets include educational games. We tend to hand these out to schools on their departure. These include word-searches, puzzles and games.

Children can take photos / videos during their visit. However, this excludes photos / videos of other school children. Photo, video or audio recordings will not be permitted in the cinema during film screenings due to copyright restrictions. Also, we ask you to please respect the privacy of our other customers and staff members.

Teachers are welcome to call in to the cinema during opening hours to carry out a Risk Assessment.

We may not be able to accompany you whilst you carry this out but we will assist in any way that

Duty Manager – 01257 267444

Ticket prices are £5.50 for films before 1pm or £6.50 for films after 1pm. This includes our school combo, which consists of a Kids soft drink (Pepsi, Pepsi Max, 7up free or Tango Orange) or a Kids water and a Kids popcorn.

Ticket prices (film ticket only) are £2.50 for films before 1pm or £3.50 for film after 1pm.

We always have a qualified first aider on duty at all times and a first aid kit on site.

We have a concessions area, where the children or teachers can buy snacks, sweets or drinks.

We have wheelchair access in all of our screens and designated areas for the wheelchair to be placed. Also, we have access throughout the cinema and on cinema grounds.

The cinema is open every day of the year except for Christmas day. The opening times vary and are generally 10 minutes before our first film starts. However, we can still accept school bookings before our regular opening times as we would be happy to accommodate you before we open to the general public.

Covid-19 update: Please contact chorley@reelcinemas.co.uk to check that we are open and operating, as it is possible for our cinema to be temporarily closed due to strict government restrictions or local lockdowns.

Your local Reel Cinema is now open!

Covid-19 – We have put measures in place that are in line with government guidelines to ensure the wellbeing of our customers & staff.

• Face coverings: we are aware that children under the age of 11 years are not required to wear face coverings. However, we do ask any of our visitors above this age to respect the rules and wear a face covering while inside any of our cinemas.
• There are anti-bacterial gel stations inside all our cinemas.