Art galleries in Cambridge
Galleries are best taken slowly. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire has 12 mapped right now. That's 12 galleries mapped around Cambridge. 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 Cambridge (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Babylon ARTS and Fry Art Gallery, plus Primavera. If a gallery's missing from Cambridge's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Cambridge gallery lineup
12 mapped within about 40 km:
Babylon ARTS
Art gallery
Babylon ARTS — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Babylon ARTS: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 12:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
Ely, CB7 4AU
Hours: Tu-Su 12:00-16:00
Fry Art Gallery
Art gallery
Fry Art Gallery is Art gallery on 19a Castle Street, Saffron Walden. Fry Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Apr Su[1] - Oct Su[-1] Tu-Fr 14:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
19a Castle Street, Saffron Walden
Hours: Apr Su[1] - Oct Su[-1] Tu-Fr 14:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00
Phone: +44 1799 513779
Primavera
Art gallery
Primavera is Art gallery on 10 King's Parade, Cambridge. Primavera also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:30; Su 11:00-17:30; it has a website with more detail.
10 King's Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1SJ
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:30; Su 11:00-17:30
Telephone Kiosk
Art gallery
Telephone Kiosk is Art gallery on Market Hill, Sudbury.
Market Hill, Sudbury
Mr & Mrs Clarks Gallery
Art gallery
Mr & Mrs Clarks Gallery — Art gallery, found on 67 Bridge Street in Cambridge. Also worth knowing about Mr & Mrs Clarks Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
67 Bridge Street, Cambridge, CB2 1UR
Corpus Gallery
Art gallery
Corpus Gallery — Art gallery, found on 18 King Street in Cambridge. Also worth knowing about Corpus Gallery: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
18 King Street, Cambridge, CB1 1LN
Hours: We-Sa 12:00-18:00
Phone: +44 1223 944385
Art & Soul
Art gallery
Art & Soul is Art gallery on 7 New Street, St Neots. Art & Soul also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
7 New Street, St Neots, PE19 1AE
Pelican Gallery
Art galleryRun by The Perse School
Run by The Perse School, Pelican Gallery is Art gallery.
Quip & Curiosity
Art gallery
Quip & Curiosity is Art gallery on 69,71 Tenison Road, Cambridge. Quip & Curiosity also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
69,71 Tenison Road, Cambridge, CB1 2DG
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Art galleryRun by University of Cambridge
Run by University of Cambridge, Kettle's Yard Gallery is Art gallery, found on Castle Street in Cambridge. Also worth knowing about Kettle's Yard Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ
Phone: +44 1223 748 100
Arkley Fine Art
Art gallery
Arkley Fine Art — Art gallery, found on Hermitage Road in Hitchin. Also worth knowing about Arkley Fine Art: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hermitage Road, Hitchin, SG5 1BT
Phone: +44 1462612666
Haverhill Arts Centre
Art gallery
Haverhill Arts Centre — Art gallery, found on High Street in Haverhill. Also worth knowing about Haverhill Arts Centre: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-14:30; it has a website with more detail.
High Street, Haverhill, CB9 8AR
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-14:30
What the map tells us about art galleries in Cambridge
5 of the 12 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
10 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
10 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Cambridge gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Babylon ARTS, Fry Art Gallery on 19a Castle Street, Primavera on 10 King's Parade, Telephone Kiosk on Market Hill, Mr & Mrs Clarks Gallery on 67 Bridge Street, Corpus Gallery on 18 King Street, Art & Soul on 7 New Street, and Pelican Gallery. That's 12 stops on the Cambridge gallery walk. 4 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Cambridge
A few things worth knowing before you work through Cambridge's art galleries:
- Photography rules vary at Babylon ARTS. Some galleries welcome photos, others forbid them. Look for the sign at the door rather than guessing.
- Read the wall text at Fry Art Gallery. It's short and it's there to help. Even the cryptic ones give you a way into the work.
- Check for artist talks. Talks, walkthroughs and panel discussions are often free and turn a good show into a great evening.
- Don't rush the video work. Video installations need their full runtime. Sit down, give it the minutes it asks for.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Cambridge — 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 Cambridge can take a while to appear. The 12 above are only as current as the community map. A art gallery that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
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 12 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 Cambridge: 12 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.