No.6 Cinema

Lee-on-the-Solent's independent cinema is the sort of place you stumble across and wonder why more seaside towns have bothered to keep something like this going. No.6 Cinema is a proper community venue - the kind where locals actually chat to each other in the foyer rather than shuffling straight into the dark.

It's a single-screen operation showing a mixed diet of mainstream releases and more interesting fare - the sort of cinema that might programme a French New Wave retrospective one week and the latest Marvel film the next. The screen itself is compact but well-maintained, and there's something rather nice about watching a film in a room where you're not surrounded by a hundred other people all on their phones.

You'll want to allow roughly three hours if you're catching a feature film, though it's worth checking their website for what's on and specific timings beforehand. The box office staff are genuinely helpful, which makes a change.

If you're staying at Kingfisher Caravan Park just down the road, or based further out at Hayling Island Holiday Park or Mill Rythe Coastal Village, an evening at No.6 makes for a solid rainy-day option or a proper night out without having to trek to Southampton or beyond. The seafront location means you could grab a bite beforehand - Lee-on-the-Solent's high street has enough going on for that. Families with older kids will get more from it than toddler groups, but cinema days work well as a break from the usual park routine.