History – Wellington Orbit

Our History

The Clifton Cinema on Bridge Street, Wellington was originally opened as a cinema in January 1937. It closed in 1983, and briefly reopened in 1987 for just 18 months before its final closure in December 1988. In the 1990’s it became a Dunelm store prior to finally closing its doors in 2012 and has been empty since.

The Clifton Community Arts Centre (CCAC) was established in 2013 with a view to raising awareness and funds to reopen the Clifton building for the benefit of the community. There have been many attempts by CCAC to purchase or lease the building from Dunelm, but to no avail.

There was a public consultation in October 2017 when finally a developer confirmed that had agreed terms with Dunelm and they were purchasing the site for residential and retail redevelopment.

In August 2016 The HSBC Bank closed their branch at 1 Station Road, Wellington.

After lengthy negotiations the lease was finally signed and now, we have Wellington Orbit.

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