Art galleries in Banbury
Galleries are best taken slowly. Banbury, England has 16 mapped right now. That's 16 galleries mapped around Banbury. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Opening nights are the cheat code — free entry, the artists in the room, and a crowd that actually wants to talk about the work.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Banbury (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Art Box and The Drawing Room, plus Mr Pickwick's. If a gallery's missing from Banbury's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Banbury gallery lineup
16 mapped within about 40 km:
Art Box
Art galleryRun by Leamington Town Council
Run by Leamington Town Council, Art Box is Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Art Box: the map lists its hours as 24/7.
Hours: 24/7
The Drawing Room
Art gallery
The Drawing Room — Art gallery, found on The Ridings Arcade in Northampton.
The Ridings Arcade, Northampton
Mr Pickwick's
Art gallery
Mr Pickwick's is Art gallery on 38 High Street, Leamington Spa.
38 High Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 1NH
Art Room
Art gallery
Art Room — Art gallery, found on Parade in Leamington Spa.
Parade, Leamington Spa

Pembroke Art
Art galleryRun by Pembroke College JCR Art Collection Fund
Run by Pembroke College JCR Art Collection Fund, Pembroke Art is Art gallery, found on 5 Brewer Street in Oxford. Also worth knowing about Pembroke Art: the map lists its hours as unknown; it has a website with more detail.
5 Brewer Street, Oxford, OX1 1QN
Hours: unknown
West Ox Arts
Art gallery
West Ox Arts is Art gallery on Market Square, Bampton.
Market Square, Bampton, OX18 2JH
Compton Verney Art Gallery
Art gallery
Compton Verney Art Gallery is Art gallery. Compton Verney Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 11:00-17:00; Mo off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Su 11:00-17:00; Mo off
Phone: +44 1926 645500
Stantonbury Gallery
Art galleryRun by Stantonbury Theatre
Run by Stantonbury Theatre, Stantonbury Gallery is Art gallery.

The Barn
Art galleryRun by St John's College;University of Oxford
The Barn is Art gallery run by St John's College;University of Oxford on 22 St Giles', Oxford. The Barn also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as unknown.
22 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3JP
Hours: unknown
The Rose Gallery
Art gallery
The Rose Gallery — Art gallery, found on St Giles Street in Northampton.
St Giles Street, Northampton
Marefair Gallery
Art gallery
Marefair Gallery is Art gallery on 19 Marefair, Northampton.
19 Marefair, Northampton, NN1 1SR
Traditions of Britain
Art gallery
Traditions of Britain — Art gallery, found on 22 Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon. Also worth knowing about Traditions of Britain: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
22 Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW
Phone: +44 1789 268758

Sota Gallery
Art gallery
Sota Gallery — Art gallery.
Leamington Studio Artists
Art gallery
Leamington Studio Artists is Art gallery. Leamington Studio Artists also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 10:30-16:30; Su 11:00-16:30.
Hours: We-Sa 10:30-16:30; Su 11:00-16:30
Alain Rouveure Galleries
Art gallery
Alain Rouveure Galleries is Art gallery.
Plum Gallery
Art gallery
Plum Gallery is Art gallery.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Banbury
5 of the 16 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
2 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Banbury gallery walk
The efficient Banbury gallery walk strings these together: Art Box, The Drawing Room on The Ridings Arcade, Mr Pickwick's on 38 High Street, Art Room on Parade, Pembroke Art on 5 Brewer Street, West Ox Arts on Market Square, Compton Verney Art Gallery, and Stantonbury Gallery — 16 stops, one logical order. 8 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Banbury
How the regulars do Banbury's galleries:
- Visit twice if it moves you at Art Box. A second visit to a strong show is never wasted. You see completely different work the second time.
- Check accessibility at The Drawing Room. Older gallery buildings can be tricky. The website usually notes step-free access — check before you go.
- Ask about the artists. Local, emerging, mid-career — the gallerist can tell you who's who and why this show matters.
- Ask about private views. Mailing lists get you invited to previews — quieter, with the artists around and first pick of the work.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Banbury — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new art gallery in Banbury can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 16 that's closed, or a great art gallery we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't review exhibitions — shows change too fast. What we list is the where: real galleries, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 16 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Art gallery listings for Banbury: 16 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.