How To Catch A Movie With The Baby In Tow

When a long-awaited release finally debuts, it can be slightly frustrating and stressful to find someone to babysit. Being a first-time parent, you may feel restricted and confined to live a different life you once knew. But maybe that’s not the truth?

You may not realise, but you could be one of the lucky parents who live in an area that provides ‘Baby Friendly’ screenings.

Most major leading cinematic companies, ODEON, Vue and Cineworld, do indeed offer these services. But it all depends on where you live and which cinema is the closest to you.

The last thing any parent wants is to desperately want to watch the new Star Wars, but have to drive an hour out of your way to view it. So below we have listed the areas that each cinema covers, in hopes that you can get your movie hours in!

VUE Locations:

Birmingham, Bolton, Bristol Cribbs, Bristol Longwell Green, Cheshire Oaks, Cramlington, Croydon Purley Way, Darlington, Doncaster, Eastleigh, Finchley Road, Glasgow, Harrow, Islington, Leeds Kirkstall, Leeds Light, Leicester, Livingston, North Finchley, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Reading, Romford, Sheffield, Staines, Watford, Westfield, Westfield Stratford, York

ODEON Locations:

Aylesbury, Ayr, Basingstoke, Bath, Beckenham, Belfast, Birmingham Broadway Plaza, Birmingham New Street, Blackpool, Bournemouth BH2, Braehead, Bridgend, Brombrough, Cardiff, Chatham, Chelmsford, Colchester, Covertry, Derby, Dudley (Merry Hill), Dundee, Dunfermline, East Kilbride, Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird, Edingburgh Lothain Road, Edingburgh West, Glasgow Quay, Guildford, Harrogate, Hatfield, Hereford, Holloway, Huddersfield, Kettering, Kilmarnock, Kingston, Leeds Bradford, Leicester, Maidenhead, Manchester Trafford Centre, Metrocentre, Milton Keynes Stadium, Norwich, Orpington, Oxford George St, Port Solent, Putney, Richond, Rochdale, Sheffield, Silverlink, South Woodford, Southampton, Southend, Stoke, Streatham, Telford, Trowbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Uxbridge, West Bromwich, Wimbledon, Worcester, Wrexham Eagles Meadow

Cineworld Locations:

Aberdeen – Union Square, Ashford, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bracknell, Braintree, Cheltenham, Dalton Park, Didsbury, Edinburgh, Ely, Glasgow – Silverburn, Harlow – Harvey Centre, Haverhill, High Wycombe, Ipswich, Leeds, Llandudno, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Poole, Stevenage, St Neots, Stoke-on-Trent, Whiteley

Compared to the average screening, the child-friendly viewing has a softer volume and slightly brighter lights.

Cineworld offers to store your pushchairs whilst you watch, whereas Vue offers a free hot drink with every ticket, but their viewings are only every Thursday.

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