The Cottage Road Cinema is one of the oldest cinemas in the country and has been open and continuously showing films since 1912.

One of the few remaining independently run cinemas in the country, it was the last surviving cinema of the once extensive Associated Tower Cinemas Group, and gives Headingley the unique claim to be the only area within Leeds to still offer independently-owned cinema screens.

It maintains a lively programme of popular film screenings and is also host to regular events, including the annual Leeds Zombie Film Festival, a twelve hour film extravaganza celebrating the cult zombie genre.