Art galleries in Tunbridge Wells
Galleries are best taken slowly. Tunbridge Wells, Kent has 29 mapped right now. That's 29 galleries mapped around Tunbridge Wells. 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 Tunbridge Wells (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 Tunbridge Wells's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Tunbridge Wells gallery lineup
29 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"
Motor Racing Heritage Centre
Art galleryRun by The Sackville, De La Warr Parade
Motor Racing Heritage Centre is Art gallery run by The Sackville, De La Warr Parade.
Gallery One Reigate
Art gallery
Gallery One Reigate — Art gallery, found on 1 Lesbourne Road in Reigate.
1 Lesbourne Road, Reigate, RH2 7JP
Paolo Francis Gallery
Art gallery
Paolo Francis Gallery is Art gallery on 105 Sanderstead Road, South Croydon.
105 Sanderstead Road, South Croydon, CR2 0PJ
Anna Lovely Gallery
Art gallery
Anna Lovely Gallery is Art gallery on 140 Sydenham Road, London. Anna Lovely Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
140 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5JZ
Gallery 35
Art gallery
Gallery 35 is Art gallery.
Star Brewery
Art gallery
Star Brewery is Art gallery.
Landsdown Gallery
Art gallery
Landsdown Gallery is Art gallery.
Peter Blake Gallery
Art gallery
Peter Blake Gallery — Art gallery.
Venue 8
Art gallery
Venue 8 is Art gallery on 37 High Street, Hassocks. Venue 8 also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
37 High Street, Hassocks, BN6 8SY
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
Vellum Mill Gallery
Art gallery
Vellum Mill Gallery — Art gallery, found on 76a Mill Lane in Carshalton. Also worth knowing about Vellum Mill Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
76a Mill Lane, Carshalton, SM5 2JR
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-16:00
Phone: +44 20 8287 0099
Hastings Contemporary
Art gallery
Hastings Contemporary — Art gallery, found on Rock-a-Nore Road in Hastings. Also worth knowing about Hastings Contemporary: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Hours: Tu-Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +44 1424 728377
A L'etage 2
Art gallery
A L'etage 2 — Art gallery, found on 4 Westow Hill in London. Also worth knowing about A L'etage 2: it has a website with more detail.
4 Westow Hill, London, SE19 1RX
Tom Cox
Art gallery
Tom Cox is Art gallery on 38 Church Road.
38 Church Road
Diane Hutt Gallery
Art gallery
Diane Hutt Gallery — Art gallery on 95 High Street. Also worth knowing about Diane Hutt Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
95 High Street, TN22 1RN
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
Phone: +44 1825 766440
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
Art Studio 18
Art gallery
Art Studio 18 — Art gallery, found on Sea Road in Bexhill-on-Sea. Also worth knowing about Art Studio 18: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Sea Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1ED
Phone: +44 1424 4552940
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
Footbridge Gallery
Art gallery
Footbridge Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Footbridge Gallery: the map lists its hours as 24/7; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: 24/7
Flatland Studios
Art gallery
Flatland Studios is Art gallery on Beeching Road, Bexhill-on-Sea. Flatland Studios also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Sa-Su 12:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
Beeching Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 3LJ
Hours: Sa-Su 12:00-16:00
Sclaris
Art gallery
Sclaris is Art gallery on 76a Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea.
76a Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0EJ
Project 78
Art gallery
Project 78 — Art gallery, found on 78a Norman Road in St Leonards-on-Sea.
78a Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0EJ
Fleet Gallery
Art gallery
Fleet Gallery is Art gallery on 53 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea.
53 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0EG
The Muse
Art gallery
The Muse — Art gallery, found on Mews Road in St Leonards-on-Sea.
Mews Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0EA
What the map tells us about art galleries in Tunbridge Wells
8 of the 29 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
14 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
14 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Tunbridge Wells gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Medway ArtBox, Clive Sawyer Gallery on 87-88 High Street, McCully and Crane on Cinque Ports Street, Motor Racing Heritage Centre, Gallery One Reigate on 1 Lesbourne Road, Paolo Francis Gallery on 105 Sanderstead Road, Anna Lovely Gallery on 140 Sydenham Road, and Gallery 35. That's 29 stops on the Tunbridge Wells gallery walk. 21 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Tunbridge Wells
How the regulars do Tunbridge Wells'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.
- Look at the building too at Clive Sawyer Gallery. Galleries often live in the most interesting architecture in town — converted warehouses, old banks, heritage houses.
- Take the long way through. Galleries reward slow looking. One extra lap always reveals something the first pass missed.
- Bring a curious friend. Art is better with someone to argue with about it. The disagreement is the point.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Tunbridge Wells — 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 Tunbridge Wells can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 29 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 29 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 Tunbridge Wells: 29 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.