Rivoli Picture House

81 Station Avenue,
Sandown, PO36 8HB

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Darron
Darron on August 20, 2025 at 1:12 pm

Proprietors in 1937 were Porters (Sandown) Ltd. The sunburst entrance was added to the building after January 1937, as the earlier Oddfellow’s Hall had a glass and wrought iron canopy still showing in a photograph of the building on the cover of a monthly programme booklet issued for that month.

LenGazzard
LenGazzard on October 4, 2017 at 9:49 am

Demolition photos uploaded.

LenGazzard
LenGazzard on September 19, 2017 at 11:48 am

Building DEMOLISHED September 2017

FanaticalAboutOdeon
FanaticalAboutOdeon on October 20, 2013 at 9:04 pm

Drat! Having spent a family holiday in Sandown during 1965, I hadn’t realized just how narrowly I missed the chance to see a film at the Rivoli. I do remember it looking very smart externally – no doubt following a spruce-up for the launch of bingo. That summer, the Queen’s, Sandown was enjoying long queues for “Mary Poppins” and the Regal, Shanklin also seemed to be pretty busy.

cinemafan78
cinemafan78 on October 18, 2013 at 7:23 pm

There is a campaign to save this fantastic old building and to turn it back into a cinema once again.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-the-rivoli-cinema-sandown-isle-of-wight