This Depot Lewes cinema guide brings together the practical choices that can change the cost and ease of a visit: which day to book, which type of screening to choose and which seats have step-free access. Details were checked against the cinema’s own pages on 28 October 2026. One immediate date to note: Depot says it will be closed all day on Thursday 5 November.
The Independent Cinema Office records Depot as a three-screen community cinema operated by Lewes Community Screen, opened in May 2017. For practical prices and access, this guide uses the venue’s current information.
At a glance
- Address: Pinwell Road, Lewes, BN7 2JS, next to Lewes railway station.
- Standard adult tickets are £7 before 16.30 Monday to Thursday and £9 afterwards; Friday to Sunday is £10.
- Tuesday offers 50% off adult and under-25 tickets, excluding Live Arts and Event Cinema.
- The ground-floor venue has wheelchair spaces, but step-free seating rows vary by screen.
- All-day closure: 5 November 2026.
Depot Lewes cinema guide: start with the screening price
Depot’s ticket page makes the day and time meaningful. For a standard adult screening, a weekday before 16.30 is £3 less than a Friday-to-Sunday ticket. Its Tuesday offer halves adult and under-25 prices, with exclusions for Live Arts and Event Cinema. These are published ticket rules, not a promise that every performance has a seat available.
Two adults comparing a qualifying £7 daytime screening with a £10 weekend screening would pay £14 rather than £20, a £6 difference before travel or refreshments. This is our arithmetic using the published rates. A qualifying Tuesday daytime booking would reduce the £14 ticket total to £7. Always use the final price on the actual performance’s booking page.
The £5 rate for ages 16–24 gives younger adults a separate comparison. Special events can use different prices: do not apply the standard-film calculation to an event-cinema listing. Choosing the film and screening type first avoids a cheap-looking guide sending you to the wrong price band.
Concessions and a companion ticket
The cinema’s FAQs list a £5 concession for qualifying customers receiving Universal Credit, Pension Credit, Personal Independence Payment or Disability Living Allowance, with proof required. They also describe CEA-card arrangements: a £5 ticket for the cardholder and a free accompanying carer ticket.
Check the concession that applies to your booking rather than assuming different discounts combine. If a companion seat or a particular access space is essential, contact the box office before paying. The published contact number is 01273 525354.
Step-free access means checking the row
Depot’s access information says the venue is on the ground floor, with accessible routes between its minor changes in level. It specifies step-free rows A–C in Screens 1 and 2, and row A in Screen 3. Wheelchair spaces have adjacent companion seats.
Larger mobility equipment needs particular care: Depot identifies Screen 2, row C, seat 3 as its space designed for larger equipment. A generally accessible building does not mean every seat suits every visitor. The useful question is which screen, row and space your chosen performance uses.
The access page also separates audio-described, descriptively subtitled and relaxed screenings. Those labels describe different arrangements. Open the relevant listing and check the particular performance rather than assuming a film’s entire run has the same provision.
Getting there and the date to avoid
The official travel page places Depot next to Lewes station and lists 30 covered cycle spaces with CCTV. There are two disabled parking spaces in front of the building; that is limited provision, not a reserved space for every visitor. Check rail services for your date rather than relying on a generic journey time from Brighton.
Depot’s opening-times page explicitly lists an all-day closure on Thursday 5 November. Normal building hours are not a substitute for a bookable screening. Check the performance calendar before arranging a journey, especially around that closure.
Brighton Locals’ view
Depot offers useful ways to keep a cinema trip affordable, particularly when the day is flexible. The clearest advantage is that prices and access details can be compared before travel. Our recommendation is to choose around the screening and seat you need, then see whether a cheaper day fits. This is a sourced planning guide, not a claim that we visited or reviewed a film.
Make the booking with the right details
Our Depot directory listing keeps the address, contact details and official visitor links together.
Use Depot’s official programme, select the performance, check its price and access labels, then confirm the date and seat before paying. For another Lewes outing, our Anne of Cleves House guide explains its separate access and seasonal closing constraints; do not assume the two venues keep the same hours.
Archive photograph: Depot Cinema and Restaurant, Lewes, 29 May 2026. Andy Li, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0; resized. Not a photograph of a current screening.
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