Art galleries in Maidstone
Galleries are best taken slowly. Maidstone, Kent has 19 mapped right now. That's 19 galleries mapped around Maidstone. 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 Maidstone (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Medway ArtBox and Clive Sawyer Gallery, plus McCully and Crane. If a gallery's missing from Maidstone's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Maidstone gallery lineup
19 mapped within about 40 km:
Medway ArtBox
Art galleryRun by Nucleus Arts
Run by Nucleus Arts, Medway ArtBox is Art gallery.
Clive Sawyer Gallery
Art gallery
Clive Sawyer Gallery is Art gallery on 87-88 High Street, Rye. Clive Sawyer Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su-We 10:30-16:00; Fr,Sa 10:30-17:00; Th off.
87-88 High Street, Rye, TN31 7JN
Hours: Su-We 10:30-16:00; Fr,Sa 10:30-17:00; Th off
McCully and Crane
Art gallery
McCully and Crane is Art gallery on Cinque Ports Street, Rye. McCully and Crane also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,We,Fr 10:00-12:00,13:00-16:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; Tu,Th,Su "by appointment"; it has a website with more detail.
Cinque Ports Street, Rye, TN31 7AD
Hours: Mo,We,Fr 10:00-12:00,13:00-16:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; Tu,Th,Su "by appointment"
Francesca Mafffeo Gallery
Art gallery
Francesca Mafffeo Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Francesca Mafffeo Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu 10:00-17:00; We 10:00-14:30; Th 10:00-17:00; Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu 10:00-17:00; We 10:00-14:30; Th 10:00-17:00; Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-17:00
Old Leigh Studios
Art gallery
Old Leigh Studios is Art gallery.
Lynn Tait Gallery at the Old Foundart
Art gallery
Lynn Tait Gallery at the Old Foundart — Art gallery.
Gallery 35
Art gallery
Gallery 35 is Art gallery.
The Alchemy Gallery
Art galleryRun by Craft Arena
The Alchemy Gallery is Art gallery run by Craft Arena.
Peter Blake Gallery
Art gallery
Peter Blake Gallery — Art gallery.
The Little Lighthouse
Art gallery
The Little Lighthouse is Art gallery.
Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Art Gallery
Art galleryRun by KCC
Run by KCC, Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Art Gallery is Art gallery, found on Buckhurst Lane in Sevenoaks. Also worth knowing about Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo 10:00-18:00; Tu-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; PH off.
Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LQ
Hours: Mo 10:00-18:00; Tu-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; PH off
The blackShed gallery
Art gallery
The blackShed gallery — Art gallery on Russet farm. Also worth knowing about The blackShed gallery: it has a website with more detail.
Russet farm, TN32 5NG
Beecroft Art Gallery
Art galleryRun by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Run by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, Beecroft Art Gallery is Art gallery, found on Victoria Avenue in Southend-on-Sea. Also worth knowing about Beecroft Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as We-Su 11:00-17:00; PH off; it has a website with more detail.
Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EX
Hours: We-Su 11:00-17:00; PH off
Former Beecroft Art Gallery
Art gallery
Former Beecroft Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Sidney Cooper Gallery
Art gallery
Sidney Cooper Gallery is Art gallery on 22-23 St. Peter's Street, Canterbury. Sidney Cooper Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:30-17:00, Sa 11:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
22-23 St. Peter's Street, Canterbury, CT1 2BQ
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:30-17:00, Sa 11:30-17:00
Phone: +44 1227 453267
Café Nucleus Rochester
Art gallery
Café Nucleus Rochester is Art gallery on 15A High Street, Rochester. Café Nucleus Rochester also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
15A High Street, Rochester, ME1 1PY
Escape Art Centre
Art gallery
Escape Art Centre is Art gallery on Castle Street. Escape Art Centre also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Castle Street
Nucleus Arts Centre & Cafe Nucleus
Art galleryRun by Nucleus Arts Centre
Run by Nucleus Arts Centre, Nucleus Arts Centre & Cafe Nucleus is Art gallery, found on 272 High Street in Chatham. Also worth knowing about Nucleus Arts Centre & Cafe Nucleus: it has a website with more detail.
272 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4BP
Show Off
Art gallery
Show Off — Art gallery, found on Harbour Street in Whitstable.
Harbour Street, Whitstable
What the map tells us about art galleries in Maidstone
6 of the 19 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
7 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
7 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Maidstone gallery walk
Making a day of it in Maidstone? Work this order: Medway ArtBox, Clive Sawyer Gallery on 87-88 High Street, McCully and Crane on Cinque Ports Street, Francesca Mafffeo Gallery, Old Leigh Studios, Lynn Tait Gallery at the Old Foundart, Gallery 35, and The Alchemy Gallery. That's the gallery walk in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 11 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Maidstone
How the regulars do Maidstone's galleries:
- Don't skip the project room at Medway ArtBox. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- Don't rush the video work at Clive Sawyer Gallery. Video installations need their full runtime. Sit down, give it the minutes it asks for.
- Ask the gallerist. They know the work, the artists, and what's coming next. Most are delighted when someone asks a real question.
- Check for late openings. Some galleries open late one evening a week. After-work art is an underrated pleasure.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Maidstone — 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 Maidstone can take a while to appear. The 19 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 19 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 Maidstone: 19 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.