On the way to Horncastle you will pass through Woodhall Spa which is home to the “Kinema in the Woods”, part of the cinema is housed in the original building used during the war for showing films.
The Kinema in the Woods is currently open seven evenings a week with matinee showings on Saturdays, Sundays and during the school holidays.
The Kinema in the Woods started life as a sports and entertainment pavilion dated from the late 19th Century. The pavilion sat in the grounds of The Victoria Hotel, looking over tennis courts, croquet lawns and gardens, until The Victoria Hotel burnt down on Easter Sunday 1920, this led to the relationship between the hotel and the pavilion being severed.
In 1922, Sir Archibald and Lady Weigall purchased the Victoria Hotel ruins including the sports pavilion and, with the assistance of Captain Carleton Cole Allport, the pavilion was transformed into a cinema which opened its doors on Monday September 11th 1922 at 7pm. The first film to be shown was intended to be “The Lion Eaters”, however the film failed to arrive and a Charlie Chaplin film was shown in its place.
Do look on their website for further information www.thekinemainthewoods.co.uk