Campbeltown Picture House – Supper and a Film in a 1913 Cinema
A few hours.
The route
Campbeltown Picture House opened in 1913, one of the first cinemas built for the purpose in Scotland, and it still shows films behind its art nouveau front on Hall Street.
Inside, the restored auditorium keeps the atmospheric style it was given in 1935, and a second screen sits in the old courtyard. Start with seafood at the Red Herring on Main Street, then settle in for the film.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
Book supper at The Red Herring
Book a table at The Red Herring for about 5.30pm on 07803 166003 or by email: it's open every day from noon to 10pm, last orders 9pm, and booking is recommended.
The day
Campbeltown
Supper of fresh seafood on Main Street, a short stroll to Hall Street, and a film in a picture house that has been showing them since 1913.
About three and a half hours
The Red Herring
Supper
The Red Herring is at 42 Main Street, in the old town. Park for free outside the Picture House on Hall Street and walk round. It opened in April 2026, sister to the Red Herring in Tarbert, and it's open every day from noon to 10pm, with last orders at 9pm. The menu is mostly seafood, from freshly landed haddock and Shetland mussels to Loch Fyne langoustines and hand-dived scallops. Booking is recommended: ring 07803 166003. If it's full, the Ardshiel Hotel's Garden Restaurant on Kilkerran Road is open daily, with a children's menu and high chairs; ring 01586 552133.
3 min on foot
Campbeltown Picture House
It's 3 minutes' walk to the Picture House at 26 Hall Street. The films change week to week: the cinema's week starts on a Friday and is set the Monday before, so its What's On page shows the times only a few days ahead, and you buy tickets there. The doors open 15 minutes before the first film of the day. Both screens, the restored 1913 auditorium and the newer one in the courtyard, have wheelchair spaces and hearing loops. Expect about ten minutes of adverts and trailers before a mainstream film. Dogs are welcome in the café but not in the screens, unless they're assistance dogs.
If it rains
All of it is under a roof but the 3-minute walk from Main Street to Hall Street.
Photographs by Campbeltown Picture House and Red herring seafood restaurant via Google