Art galleries in Southampton
Southampton, England has 27 art galleries on the map. That's 27 galleries mapped around Southampton. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Many are free to enter, so the only cost of a gallery afternoon is your time.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Southampton (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Aspex and Young Gallery, plus Southampton City Art Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Southampton's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Southampton gallery lineup
27 mapped within about 40 km:
Aspex
Art gallery
Aspex is Art gallery. Aspex also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Portsmouth, PO1 3BF
Phone: +44 2392 778080
Young Gallery
Art galleryRun by Wiltshire Council
Young Gallery is Art gallery run by Wiltshire Council.
Southampton City Art Gallery
Art gallery
Southampton City Art Gallery — Art gallery, found on Commercial Road in Southampton. Also worth knowing about Southampton City Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-15:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Commercial Road, Southampton, SO14 7LP
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-15:00; Sa 10:00-17:00
Wisteria Framing
Art gallery
Wisteria Framing is Art gallery.
Cowes Gallery
Art gallery
Cowes Gallery is Art gallery on High Street, Cowes.
High Street, Cowes
Bath Road Gallery
Art gallery
Bath Road Gallery — Art gallery, found on 2 Bath Road in Cowes.
2 Bath Road, Cowes
Special Collections Gallery
Art galleryRun by University of Southampton
Special Collections Gallery is Art gallery run by University of Southampton on University Road, Southampton. Special Collections Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-16:00
Monkton Arts
Art gallery
Monkton Arts — Art gallery, found on 11 East Street in Ryde.
11 East Street, Ryde, PO33 1JP
The New Gallery
Art gallery
The New Gallery — Art gallery, found on 28 High Street in Shanklin.
28 High Street, Shanklin, PO37 6JY
God's House Tower
Art galleryRun by a space arts
Run by a space arts, God's House Tower is Art gallery, found on Town Quay Road in Southampton. Also worth knowing about God's House Tower: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Town Quay Road, Southampton, SO14 2NY
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
The First Gallery
Art gallery
The First Gallery — Art gallery, found on 1 Burnham Chase in Southampton.
1 Burnham Chase, Southampton, SO18 5DG
Re:Box
Art gallery
Re:Box is Art gallery. Re:Box also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 24/7.
Hours: 24/7
Video Vault
Art gallery
Video Vault — Art gallery, found on 18 St James' Street in Newport.
18 St James' Street, Newport, PO30 5HB
Southbourne Gallery
Art gallery
Southbourne Gallery is Art gallery on Southbourne Road.
Southbourne Road
Hatch Gallery
Art gallery
Hatch Gallery is Art gallery on 7a Church Street. Hatch Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:30-16:00.
7a Church Street
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:30-16:00
Neil Williams Photography
Art gallery
Neil Williams Photography is Art gallery on 21,22,23 Shooters Hill, Cowes. Neil Williams Photography also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
21,22,23 Shooters Hill, Cowes
The Earth Museum
Art gallery
The Earth Museum — Art gallery.
The Hammond Gallery
Art gallery
The Hammond Gallery is Art gallery.
Graham Oliver Gallery
Art gallery
Graham Oliver Gallery — Art gallery, found on 97A Brown Street in Salisbury. Also worth knowing about Graham Oliver Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
97A Brown Street, Salisbury, SP1 2BA
The Art of Buckler's Hard
Art gallery
The Art of Buckler's Hard — Art gallery.
Clarendon Fine Art
Art gallery
Clarendon Fine Art — Art gallery, found on 8 The Furlong in Ringwood. Also worth knowing about Clarendon Fine Art: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8 The Furlong, Ringwood, BH24 1AT
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-16:00
Phone: +44 1425 600270
Vanner Gallery
Art gallery
Vanner Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Vanner Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
John Hansard Gallery
Art gallery
John Hansard Gallery — Art gallery, found on 142 Above Bar Street in Southampton. Also worth knowing about John Hansard Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
142 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DU
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-17:00
Coastguard Studio
Art gallery
Coastguard Studio — Art gallery on 91 Clarendon Road.
91 Clarendon Road
Old Fine Art Gallery
Art gallery
Old Fine Art Gallery is Art gallery on 18-20 High Street, Ringwood. Old Fine 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.
18-20 High Street, Ringwood, BH24 1AF
Phone: +44 1425 473012
Stephen Lees Gallery
Art gallery
Stephen Lees Gallery is Art gallery on 1 Quay Street, Lymington. Stephen Lees Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 11:00-15:00; Th-Su 10:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Quay Street, Lymington, SO41 3AS
Hours: Mo 11:00-15:00; Th-Su 10:00-15:00
Phone: +44 7979 351802
Bettles Gallery
Art gallery
Bettles Gallery — Art gallery, found on 80 Christchurch Road in Ringwood.
80 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, BH24 1DR
What the map tells us about art galleries in Southampton
9 of the 27 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 Southampton gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Aspex, Young Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery on Commercial Road, Wisteria Framing, Cowes Gallery on High Street, Bath Road Gallery on 2 Bath Road, Special Collections Gallery on University Road, and Monkton Arts on 11 East Street. That's 27 stops on the Southampton gallery walk. 19 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Southampton
A few things worth knowing before you work through Southampton's art galleries:
- Don't skip the project room at Aspex. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- Buy the catalogue at Young Gallery. Exhibition catalogues are the affordable art book. They sell out after the show closes.
- Check for late openings. Some galleries open late one evening a week. After-work art is an underrated pleasure.
- 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 Southampton — 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 Southampton can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 27 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 27 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 Southampton: 27 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.