Ultimate Picture Palace
Front of the Ultimate Picture Palace at night | |
| Former names | Oxford Picture Palace (1911–17)
Penultimate Picture Palace (1976–94) Section 6 Cinema (1994) |
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| Address | Jeune Street, Oxford OX4 1BN |
| Location | East Oxford, off Cowley Road |
| Coordinates | 51°44′55″N 1°14′22″W / 51.748704°N 1.239333°W |
| Public transit | Oxford Bus Co 5, U5 Stagecoach buses 1, 10, 12 |
| Type | independent cinema |
| Genre(s) | independent films, World cinema, repertory cinema |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1910 |
| Built | 1910–11 |
| Opened | 24 February 1911 |
| Renovated | 1976, 1994–96, 2014 |
| Closed | 1917–76, 1994–96 |
| Website | |
| uppcinema | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Penultimate Picture Palace |
| Criteria | Rare surviving example of a simple early cinema |
| Designated | 23 September 1994 |
| Part of | Grouped with the Elm Tree pub next door |
| Reference no. | 1278732 |
The Ultimate Picture Palace is an independent cinema in Oxford, England. It is Oxford's only surviving independent cinema, showing a mixture of independent, mainstream, foreign language, and classic films.
The cinema has been a Grade II listed building since 1994.