Art galleries in Derby
Looking for art in Derby, England? There are 24 galleries mapped here. That's 24 galleries mapped around Derby. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Ask the gallerist what's on — they're usually delighted someone asked.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Derby (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Art Box and Weston Gallery, plus Wallner Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Derby's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Derby gallery lineup
24 mapped within about 40 km:
The Art Box
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The Art Box — Art gallery.
Weston Gallery
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Weston Gallery is Art gallery.
Wallner Gallery
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Wallner Gallery — Art gallery.
Lime Gallery
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Lime Gallery is Art gallery on 56 Derby Road, Nottingham.
56 Derby Road, Nottingham, NG1 5FD
Surface Gallery
Art gallery
Surface Gallery is Art gallery on 16 Southwell Road, Nottingham. Surface Gallery also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
16 Southwell Road, Nottingham, NG1 1DL
Phone: +44 1159 470793
Syson
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Syson is Art gallery on 9 Beck Street, Nottingham. Syson also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
9 Beck Street, Nottingham, NG1 1EQ
The Drawing Room
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The Drawing Room — Art gallery, found on 2a Cobden Chambers, Pelham Street in Nottingham. Also worth knowing about The Drawing Room: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-16:00; Su-Mo Off; it has a website with more detail.
2a Cobden Chambers, Pelham Street, Nottingham, NG1 2ED
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-16:00; Su-Mo Off
Bonington Gallery
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Bonington Gallery — Art gallery, found on Dryden Street in Nottingham. Also worth knowing about Bonington Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
Dryden Street, Nottingham, NG1 4GG
Beans
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Beans is Art gallery.
Nottingham College Lace Market Gallery
Art galleryRun by Nottingham College
Run by Nottingham College, Nottingham College Lace Market Gallery is Art gallery, found on 25 Stoney Street in Nottingham.
25 Stoney Street, Nottingham, NG1 1LP
Castle Fine Art Gallery
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Castle Fine Art Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Castle Fine Art Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
Derby, DE1 2PL
Ferrers Gallery
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Ferrers Gallery is Art gallery. Ferrers Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1RU
Duffield Art Gallery
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Duffield Art Gallery — Art gallery, found on 7 Bridge Street in Belper. Also worth knowing about Duffield Art Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
7 Bridge Street, Belper, DE56 1AY
Love and Starfish
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Love and Starfish is Art gallery on 11 Strand Arcade, Derby.
11 Strand Arcade, Derby, DE1 1BQ
Calver Mill Gallery
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Calver Mill Gallery — Art gallery.
Barn Gallery
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Barn Gallery — Art gallery.
Crew Yard Gallery
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Crew Yard Gallery — Art gallery.
Farmhouse Gallery
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Farmhouse Gallery — Art gallery.
Repton School Art Gallery
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Repton School Art Gallery is Art gallery.
Whitehorse Gallery
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Whitehorse Gallery is Art gallery.
Nottingham Contemporary
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Nottingham Contemporary — Art gallery, found on Weekday Cross in Nottingham. Also worth knowing about Nottingham Contemporary: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Weekday Cross, Nottingham, NG1 2GB
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
U Choose Artist Hub
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U Choose Artist Hub — Art gallery, found on 1 Bath Street in Ilkeston.
1 Bath Street, Ilkeston, DE7 8AH
Bullclough Gallery
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Bullclough Gallery — Art gallery.
Tarpey Gallery
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Tarpey Gallery — Art gallery, found on 77 High Street in Derby. Also worth knowing about Tarpey Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
77 High Street, Derby, DE74 2PQ
What the map tells us about art galleries in Derby
2 of the 24 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
9 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
9 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Derby gallery walk
The efficient Derby gallery walk strings these together: The Art Box, Weston Gallery, Wallner Gallery, Lime Gallery on 56 Derby Road, Surface Gallery on 16 Southwell Road, Syson on 9 Beck Street, The Drawing Room on 2a Cobden Chambers, Pelham Street, and Bonington Gallery on Dryden Street — 24 stops, one logical order. 16 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Derby
Gallery-going in Derby? A few habits help:
- Check for artist talks at The Art Box. Talks, walkthroughs and panel discussions are often free and turn a good show into a great evening.
- Ask about the price list at Weston Gallery. It's normal to ask, even if you're not buying. It tells you how the market values the work.
- Read the wall text. It's short and it's there to help. Even the cryptic ones give you a way into the work.
- Trust your own reaction. You don't need the wall text's permission to love or hate a piece. Your honest reaction is the whole point of going.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Derby — 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 Derby can take a while to appear. The 24 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 24 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 Derby: 24 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.