Opened 18 October 1911. Designed by Thomas R. Eltringham of Throckley Colliery for Towyn Thomas. Seating was for 550. William B. Saul took the cinema over in August 1912. In July 1913 he added a 131 seat gallery and replaced some of the tip-up stalls with forms. In January 1919 Thomas Maughan, a locomotive driver from Blaydon took over the Imperial. The exterior of the cinema was faced with vitrolite glass panels. The sweet shop next door provided refreshments during the intervals. In March 1936 Maurice Cohen took over. In February 1939 the Imperial closed for renovation and partial rebuilding. Seating was reduced back to 550. A.J. Lamb designed a façade in cement render with a neon display. There was a fire around September 1940. Architect Robert Burke redesigned the proscenium arch. The Imperial reopened on 23 December 1940. It closed on 13 May 1961 and was converted into a bingo hall. It is now used by a firm of industrial designers.

In February 1890 G. Ginnett opened a circus in a temporary building in Bath Road (Northumberland Road). In March 1893 the building was leased by James Carnegie who refurbished it as a downmarket theatre called the Amphitheatre. In 1908 Harry Taft leased the theatre and renamed it the Hippodrome. It is said to have been the venue for one of the world's first beauty contests (the Blonde and Brunette Beauty Show!) in December 1905. The cinema closed on 18 June 1908 and was demolished in 1909 to make way for the new Olympia (HER 6253).

Opened 21 December 1933. The owner was Dixon Scott. The cinema could seat 1280 people. There was box on either side of the stage, level with the circle. There were dressing rooms below the stage. George Bell of Dixon and Bell of Newcastle was the architect. Thomas Clements and Son was the builder. The Haymarket claimed to be the second cinema in Britain to be fitted with Western Electric 'wide-range' sound (the first was Leicester Square Theatre in London). There was a café above the entrance foyer which was leased to Hunters the Bakers. The façade of the cinema was cement render finished in white, and it used glass and chromium. The interior décor was by M. Alexander and Son and was apparently based on a cinema in Cairo - the foyer featured friezes of camels and palm trees. The Haymarket was advertised as 'Newcastle's Luxury Theatre'. In September 1935 the Associated British Cinemas Ltd (ABC) took over the Haymarket. In 1936 the cinema was extended to the rear. The same contractors were used. The new colour scheme was petunia, cream and gold. Seating was increased to 2006. The boxes were replaced by circle slips. The projection box was relocated at the rear of the circle. Carricks took over the café. The Lord Mayor re-opened the cinema on 31 August 1936. There was a fire in April 1942. It reopened on 7 December 1942. In the 1950s King's College (later Newcastle University) bought the site but leased it back to ABC. The last film was in September 1984. The Haymarket was demolished in January 1985 apart from the ground floor frontage. This was removed in 1987. The site is now a university car park.

Opened 1 December 1913. Built by a company controlled by Joseph R. Collins. Converted into a cinema from Millings the drapers. The narrow entrance led to an auditorium parallel to the street. The imposing entrance was flanked by granite columns which led to a marble-lined vestibule. The stairs and passages were of marble with mahogany panelling and led to the circle and to a café which also had an entrance on the street. The auditorium was Neo-Classical style, by Percy L. Browne and Glover. The ceiling was pierced by three domes. The walls were decorated by massive columns and figures. The proscenium arch was flanked by four columns and surmounted by a group of sculpture. This cinema claimed to have used only Newcastle contractors. There were 775 seats. In 1925 the Grainger was bought by Bernicia Ltd, controlled by George Black. Sound was introduced in December 1929. The Grainger became an ABC cinema. It closed in July 1937. After refurbishment, it reopened on 2 December 1937 as the Grainger News Theatre, part of the MacHarg circuit. It was reconstructed to designs by Marshall and Tweedy. The entrance was re-faced in rough-cast pink glass with stainless steel straps. It had a new canopy in coloured glass and neon with 'News Theatre' above. The paybox was brought out to street level. Inside there were 16 feet high vertical light fittings on the side walls and concealed lighting above the proscenium in amber, cream and red. The overall colour scheme of the interior were pastel beige, orange, cream, red and gilt. The new seats were scarlet and grey with matching carpet. The News Theatre showed travelogues, newsreels and cartoons. On 28 March 1938 the Grainger reverted to a normal cinema. The cinema closed in March 1960 as Dunn's (hatters and outfitters) who occupied the premises next door wished to expand. The Grainger Street entrance is now unrecognisable due to shop frontages. Presumably all of the interior has gone.

Opened on 11 April 1938. It was built for Albert Buglass who had taken over the Bensham Picture House in 1923. The architect was Albert Fennel and the builder was Gordon Durham & Co. There were 762 turquoise seats in the stalls and 422 in the circle. The entrance doors were flanked by black and gold pillars. The foyer was panelled in oak with lime green stippled walls above. The floor was cream and buff terrazzo. The side walls of the auditorium were splayed and the ceiling sloped towards the screen to improve acoustics. Above a dado rail, the walls of the auditorium had stippled hard plaster in autumn colours with the fibrous relief picked out in gold, silver and turquoise. There was a double curved staircase led to the circle foyer. The proscenium was lit by colour change lighting hidden behind pillars. The inner screen curtains were silver, the outer ones peach with designs in turquoise, silver and gold. The exterior of the building had a stepped roofline to give a waterfall effect when it was lit with blue neon lights at night. In the 1950s the Gloria specialised in science fiction, horror and western films. It closed on 4 March 1962. It reopened as a bingo hall on 8 March. One of the most attractive medium-sized cinemas in Newcastle with a splendid 1930s interior.

Built by a syndicate led by Joseph R. Collins of the King's Cinema, Marlborough Crescent, Newcastle. The architect was J.J. Hill. It has several private boxes at the rear of the stalls. Original plans of April 1910 show a billiard room in the basement with 8 tables. These were eliminated in the final plans. The cinema was licensed for 883 people. The manager was fined for overcrowding in 1912 and again in 1913. On 24 February 1913 the cinema was let for a political gathering by the Gosforth and Coxlodge Liberal Association. During the gathering a hammer-head was thrown through a window in the foyer. A label was attached to the hammer-head which read 'Let fresh air into politics by votes for women'. In February 1915 the Globe was taken over by Sidney Bamford. Talkies were introduced in April 1930. In December 1928 the Globe was taken over by General Theatres Corporation (shortly to merge with Gaumont British). In 1935 it was sold to E.J. Hinge, who co-owned the Royalty Cinema on Gosforth High Street. In 1958 Hinge redecorated the Globe. The cinema closed on 25 November 1961 and became a bingo hall. This closed in 1990. This is the oldest surviving cinema building in Newcastle.

The New Westgate opened on 31 October 1927. The lower storey was in stone with recesses for posters and there was a marble porch. The main staircase was in Roman stone plaster with ebony handrails. On the first floor there was an illuminated fountain (removed by the late 1930s). The parterre was on the first floor with 1200 tip-up seats. Under the balcony there was an illuminated dome. On the third floor was the balcony foyer, decorated in Roman stone and Italian furniture. The circle could seat 700. The cinema décor was Italian Renaissance in style. The proscenium was gilded and had embroidered curtains and pelmet. There were projecting balconies to either side. The projection box is unusually on the roof. This was Newcastle's largest cinema. In February 1928 Gaumont bought the New Westgate for a reported £70,000. Sound was introduced in 1929. In August 1930 the orchestra was replaced by a Wurlitzer organ brought from the Castle Hill Theatre in New York. From April 1941 the Westgate was twinned with the Queen's Cinema in Northumberland Place. It was renamed the Gaumont on 10 July 1950. It closed on 29 November 1958. Rank turned the building into the Majestic Ballroom in February 1959. It later became a bingo hall. Circa 2007 it became a concert hall (Newcastle Academy).

Built as the Picture House, costing £4500. It was owned by the Newcastle Cinematograph Company. The architect was Arthur Stockwell and the builder Stephen Easten Ltd. There were 850 seats. The Picture House opened with a charity performance for the benefit of the Home for Destitute Cippled Children at Gosforth (Sanderson Hospital). In February 1913 the cinema was extended to the rear increasing the number of seats to 1021 and adding a tea room and smokers' lounge. The décor was opulent. In 1914 the orchestra was said to be Viennese, led by Herr Franz Csavojacz. The cinema was renamed the Westgate Road Picture House. In 1919 the cinema was taken over by the Consolidated Cinematograph Theatres circuit. In February 1920 a marble entrance was added. The cinema closed on 5 March 1927 and was demolished. It was rebuilt as the New Westgate (HER 12837).

Built as a shop (Dunn and Dick, jewellers). Converted into a cinema in 1913 by Moss Empires, who owned the adjacent Empire Theatre (HER 10360) in Newgate Street. It may be unique example of theatre proprietors building a cinema to work alongside the original theatre. The architects were W. and T.R. Milburn of Sunderland and the builder Stephen Easten Ltd. The cinema entrance on Grainger Street West had pillars of Hoptonwood stone and mahagony doors and fittings. The foyer had marble floors and walls. Customers could wander between the cinema and theatre without coming into the street. The cinema could seat 614. It had rose-pink tip-up chairs. The decoration was Adams style. The walls were panelled in mahogany with cedarwood carvings and friezes and tapestries above. The screen was set in a plaster proscenium arch. The cinema was lit by electric and had an Ozonair ventilation system to clear the air. Tilley's ran the tea rooms on the first floor which had a separate entrance on Grainger Street West and was accessible from the theatre. It was decorated in the Treillage style, which was popular in London. On the second floor there was a smoker's lounge and another tea room. Music was provided by the New Empire Cinema Orchestra. In 1927 the Empire was taken over by Favourite Cinemas Ltd and one of the tea rooms became a dance room. Sound arrived in 1930. In October 1931 the cinema was reseated, recarpeted and redecorated. It closed on 11 November 1933. The building became a furniture shop. The site is now the Grainger Street entrance to the Newgate Shopping Centre.

Opened 6 September 1937 as part of a new housing estate. The developers were Messrs. J. W. Longstaff and J. Bain. The architect was Robert Burke. It had 936 seats. The decoration was by Fred A. Foster of Nottingham and the lighting effects by Falk Stadelmann. The Embassy was advertised as 'Newcastle's Premier Suburban Cinema' with 'Trolleybus to door'. The Embassy closed on 25 June 1960. It opened as a bingo club in 1963.