Art galleries in Liverpool
Galleries are best taken slowly. Liverpool, England has 28 mapped right now. That's 28 galleries mapped around Liverpool. 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 Liverpool (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Bluecoat and Chapel Gallery, plus Open Eye Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Liverpool's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Liverpool gallery lineup
28 mapped within about 40 km:
The Bluecoat
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The Bluecoat is Art gallery. The Bluecoat also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 11:00-17:00.
Hours: Tu-Su 11:00-17:00
Chapel Gallery
Art gallery
Chapel Gallery is Art gallery.
Open Eye Gallery
Art gallery
Open Eye Gallery is Art gallery. Open Eye Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
The Carlton Gallery
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The Carlton Gallery — Art gallery.
WS Contemporary Fine Art
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WS Contemporary Fine Art — Art gallery.
Bartleyart
Art gallery
Bartleyart — Art gallery.
Stockton Heath Gallery
Art gallery
Stockton Heath Gallery is Art gallery on 10 Walton Road, Warrington. Stockton Heath Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 10:00-17:00.
10 Walton Road, Warrington, WA4 6NL
Hours: We-Sa 10:00-17:00
Oriel Glasfryn Gallery
Art gallery
Oriel Glasfryn Gallery is Art gallery on South Street, Mold. Oriel Glasfryn Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
South Street, Mold, CH7 5AF
The Amorous Cat Gallery
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The Amorous Cat Gallery — Art gallery.
The Lake Gallery
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The Lake Gallery is Art gallery.
Tate Liverpool
Art gallery
Tate Liverpool is Art gallery. Tate Liverpool also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
RIBA North
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RIBA North — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about RIBA North: it has a website with more detail.
Fylde Gallery
Art gallery
Fylde Gallery is Art gallery.
Euphoric arts
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Euphoric arts — Art gallery.
Birch Gallery
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Birch Gallery — Art gallery.
The Anne Sudworth Studio
Art gallery
The Anne Sudworth Studio is Art gallery on 43 Westfield Street. The Anne Sudworth Studio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
43 Westfield Street, WA10 1QA
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-16:00
Phone: +441744753739
Oriel Bodfari
Art galleryRun by Rebecca Parrin
Run by Rebecca Parrin, Oriel Bodfari is Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Oriel Bodfari: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Denbigh, LL16 4DN
Phone: +44 1745 710703
Mickerloo Art Gallery and Café
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Mickerloo Art Gallery and Café — Art gallery.
Drumcroon Gallery
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Drumcroon Gallery — Art gallery.
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Art galleryRun by National Museums Liverpool
Lady Lever Art Gallery is Art gallery run by National Museums Liverpool on Lower Road, Wirral. Lady Lever Art 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.
Lower Road, Wirral, CH62 5EQ
Phone: +44 151 478 4243
static
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static — Art gallery.
Ian Grant Design
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Ian Grant Design is Art gallery.
The White Wall gallery & Framers
Art gallery
The White Wall gallery & Framers is Art gallery on 338 Church Street, Bolton. The White Wall gallery & Framers also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
338 Church Street, Bolton, BL5 3QE
Love It Gallery
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Love It Gallery — Art gallery.
Technically Brilliant
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Technically Brilliant — Art gallery, found on Unit 020 in Warrington. Also worth knowing about Technically Brilliant: it has a website with more detail.
Unit 020, Warrington, WA1 1QE
Total Eclipse of the Art Gallery
Art gallery
Total Eclipse of the Art Gallery — Art gallery, found on 6;6A Bruche Heath Gardens in Warrington. Also worth knowing about Total Eclipse of the Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
6;6A Bruche Heath Gardens, Warrington, WA1 3TP
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00
Eden
Art gallery
Eden — Art gallery, found on Course Lane in Wigan. Also worth knowing about Eden: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Course Lane, Wigan, WN8 7UB
Phone: +44 1257 581998
Deborah Butler Gallery
Art galleryRun by Deborah Butler
Deborah Butler Gallery is Art gallery run by Deborah Butler on 14 Greenbank Road.
14 Greenbank Road
What the map tells us about art galleries in Liverpool
4 of the 28 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 Liverpool gallery walk
Making a day of it in Liverpool? Work this order: The Bluecoat, Chapel Gallery, Open Eye Gallery, The Carlton Gallery, WS Contemporary Fine Art, Bartleyart, Stockton Heath Gallery on 10 Walton Road, and Oriel Glasfryn Gallery on South Street. That's the gallery walk in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 20 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Liverpool
How the regulars do Liverpool's galleries:
- Ask the gallerist at The Bluecoat. They know the work, the artists, and what's coming next. Most are delighted when someone asks a real question.
- Trust your own reaction at Chapel Gallery. You don't need the wall text's permission to love or hate a piece. Your honest reaction is the whole point of going.
- Don't rush the video work. Video installations need their full runtime. Sit down, give it the minutes it asks for.
- Visit twice if it moves you. A second visit to a strong show is never wasted. You see completely different work the second time.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Liverpool — 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 Liverpool can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 28 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 28 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 Liverpool: 28 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.