She grew up in a village in the North York Moors, 13 miles from the nearest cinema in the market town of Pickering.

This was before private car ownership became popular as the nearest cinema was in Christchurch, some 50 km distant.

Residents currently have to travel to Teesside for the nearest multiplex cinema.

The nearest cinema is at the mall, and the nearest foreign film is in Allentown, 20 minutes away.

The nearest leisure facilities are both in Uttoxeter, the nearest cinema and bowling alley are also in Uttoxeter.

Currently most electric cars will struggle to get me to my nearest cinema and back.

They went to the nearest cinema: it was an American film, dubbed, from one of Hemingway's short stories.

To emphasise the problem of distance, it takes a friend from the Shetland Islands a 14-hour journey by car and ferry to reach the nearest cinema.

I live in Southend and when I checked online the nearest cinema showing the film was at Covent Garden - about 90 minutes away by train.

Restaurants abound, and the nearest cinema is the Angelika Film Center on West Houston Street.