Art galleries in Leeds
Looking for art in Leeds, England? There are 38 galleries mapped here. That's 38 galleries mapped around Leeds. 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 Leeds (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Leeds Art Gallery and The Garden Wall Gallery, plus The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Leeds's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Leeds gallery lineup
38 mapped within about 40 km:
Leeds Art Gallery
Art gallery
Leeds Art Gallery — Art gallery, found on The Headrow in Leeds. Also worth knowing about Leeds Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo closed; Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 11:00-15:00; PH off "Ground Floor (Gallery)" || Mo closed; Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 11:00-15:00; PH off "Upper Floor"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AA
Hours: Mo closed; Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 11:00-15:00; PH off "Ground Floor (Gallery)" || Mo closed; Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 11:00-15:00; PH off "Upper Floor"
Phone: +44 113 378 5350
The Garden Wall Gallery
Art gallery
The Garden Wall Gallery is Art gallery.
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Art gallery
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
Norman Rea Art Gallery
Art gallery
Norman Rea Art Gallery is Art gallery. Norman Rea Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "Exhibitions".
York, YO10 5DD
Hours: "Exhibitions"
Headrow Gallery
Art gallery
Headrow Gallery is Art gallery on 588 Harrogate Road, Leeds.
588 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 8DP
Susan Brown Studio
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Susan Brown Studio is Art gallery.
Kingswear Gallery
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Kingswear Gallery — Art gallery.
Little Smeaton Art Gallery
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Little Smeaton Art Gallery is Art gallery.
AC Gallery
Art gallery
AC Gallery is Art gallery on 28 Commercial Street, Harrogate. AC Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
28 Commercial Street, Harrogate, HG1 1TY
Saltaire Art Gallery
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Saltaire Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Atelier Galleries
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Atelier Galleries is Art gallery.
JR Gallery
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JR Gallery is Art gallery on 47 Halifax Road, Todmorden. JR Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
47 Halifax Road, Todmorden
Smith Art Gallery
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Smith Art Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Smith Art Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
Loading Bay
Art galleryRun by Bradford 2025
Run by Bradford 2025, Loading Bay is Art gallery, found on 1 Duke Street in Bradford. Also worth knowing about Loading Bay: the map lists its hours as Th-Sa 12:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00.
1 Duke Street, Bradford
Hours: Th-Sa 12:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Emett Machine Exhibition
Art gallery
Emett Machine Exhibition is Art gallery on Wade Lane, Leeds.
Wade Lane, Leeds, LS2 8NG
Burley Banksy Art
Art gallery
Burley Banksy Art is Art gallery on Merrion Centre, Leeds. Burley Banksy Art also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Fr-Su 10:00-16:30, Mo-Th Closed; it has a website with more detail.
Merrion Centre, Leeds, LS2 8NG
Hours: Fr-Su 10:00-16:30, Mo-Th Closed
BasementArtsProject
Art gallery
BasementArtsProject is Art gallery on 28 Back Burton Terrace, Leeds. BasementArtsProject also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
28 Back Burton Terrace, Leeds
Jardine Gallery & Workshop
Art gallery
Jardine Gallery & Workshop is Art gallery on 12 Colliergate.
12 Colliergate
Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery
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Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
Art gallery
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is Art gallery. Cartwright Hall Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa,Su 11:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa,Su 11:00-16:00
Longside Gallery
Art gallery
Longside Gallery is Art gallery on Longside, Barnsley.
Longside, Barnsley, S75 4BS
Henry Moore Institute
Art gallery
Henry Moore Institute — Art gallery, found on 74 The Headrow in Leeds. Also worth knowing about Henry Moore Institute: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
74 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AH
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-17:00
York Art Gallery
Art gallery
York Art Gallery is Art gallery on Exhibition Square, York. York Art Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Exhibition Square, York, YO1 7EW
The Hepworth Wakefield
Art gallery
The Hepworth Wakefield — Art gallery, found on Doncaster Road in Wakefield. Also worth knowing about The Hepworth Wakefield: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
Doncaster Road, Wakefield, WF1 5AW
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-16:00
The Sculpture Lounge
Art gallery
The Sculpture Lounge is Art gallery on Bank Lane, Holmfirth. The Sculpture Lounge also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Bank Lane, Holmfirth, HD9 2NE
Phone: +44 1484 687 425
The Bowery
Art gallery
The Bowery is Art gallery on 54 Otley Road, Leeds.
54 Otley Road, Leeds, LS6 2AL
Underground Gallery
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Underground Gallery — Art gallery.
Bothy Gallery
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Bothy Gallery is Art gallery.
Garden Gallery
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Garden Gallery — Art gallery.
Chapel
Art galleryRun by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Chapel is Art gallery run by Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Water Lilies
Art gallery
Water Lilies is Art gallery.
Mercer Gallery
Art gallery
Mercer Gallery is Art gallery on 31 Swan Road, Harrogate.
31 Swan Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SA
Smoki Gallery
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Smoki Gallery — Art gallery.
York
Glass House
Art gallery
Glass House is Art gallery on 146 Harrogate Road, Leeds.
146 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS7 4NZ
Harrison Lord
Art gallery
Harrison Lord is Art gallery on 5 Bradford Road, Brighouse. Harrison Lord also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
5 Bradford Road, Brighouse, HD6 1RW
Beaconsfield gallery
Art gallery
Beaconsfield gallery is Art gallery on Paul Lane, Wakefield. Beaconsfield gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Paul Lane, Wakefield, WF4 4BP
Booth House Gallery
Art gallery
Booth House Gallery is Art gallery on Booth House Lane, Holmfirth. Booth House Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Booth House Lane, Holmfirth, HD9 2QT
AC Gallery
Art gallery
AC Gallery is Art gallery on 11 Byram Street, Huddersfield. AC 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.
11 Byram Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1DR
Phone: +44 1484 423402
What the map tells us about art galleries in Leeds
7 of the 38 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
16 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
16 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Leeds gallery walk
Making a day of it in Leeds? Work this order: Leeds Art Gallery on The Headrow, The Garden Wall Gallery, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Norman Rea Art Gallery, Headrow Gallery on 588 Harrogate Road, Susan Brown Studio, Kingswear Gallery, and Little Smeaton Art Gallery. That's the gallery walk in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 30 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Leeds
A few things worth knowing before you work through Leeds's art galleries:
- Don't skip the project room at Leeds Art Gallery. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- Check accessibility at The Garden Wall Gallery. Older gallery buildings can be tricky. The website usually notes step-free access — check before you go.
- Check the gift shop. Prints, artist books, and the occasional affordable original. The gift shop funds the programming.
- Small galleries take risks. Artist-run spaces show the work the big institutions won't. Some of it's baffling; some of it's the future.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Leeds — 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 Leeds can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 38 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 38 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 Leeds: 38 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.