Art galleries in York
Looking for art in York, England? There are 21 galleries mapped here. That's 21 galleries mapped around York. 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 York (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Leeds Art Gallery and The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, plus Norman Rea Art Gallery. If a gallery's missing from York's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The York gallery lineup
21 mapped within about 40 km:
Leeds Art Gallery
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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 Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
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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
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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"
Rural Arts
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Rural Arts is Art gallery on 4 Westgate, Thirsk.
4 Westgate, Thirsk, YO7 1QS
Headrow Gallery
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Headrow Gallery is Art gallery on 588 Harrogate Road, Leeds.
588 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 8DP
The Robert Fuller Gallery
Art galleryRun by Robert E. Fuller
Run by Robert E. Fuller, The Robert Fuller Gallery is Art gallery. Also worth knowing about The Robert Fuller Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-16:30; Sa,Su 10:30-16:30; it has a website with more detail.
Thixendale, YO17 9LS
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-16:30; Sa,Su 10:30-16:30
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
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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
Atelier Galleries
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Atelier Galleries is Art gallery.
Emett Machine Exhibition
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Emett Machine Exhibition is Art gallery on Wade Lane, Leeds.
Wade Lane, Leeds, LS2 8NG
Burley Banksy Art
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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
The Acorn Gallery
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The Acorn Gallery is Art gallery.
BasementArtsProject
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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
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Jardine Gallery & Workshop is Art gallery on 12 Colliergate.
12 Colliergate
Henry Moore Institute
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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
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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 Bowery
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The Bowery is Art gallery on 54 Otley Road, Leeds.
54 Otley Road, Leeds, LS6 2AL
Mercer Gallery
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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
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Glass House is Art gallery on 146 Harrogate Road, Leeds.
146 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS7 4NZ
What the map tells us about art galleries in York
5 of the 21 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
8 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
8 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The York gallery walk
The efficient York gallery walk strings these together: Leeds Art Gallery on The Headrow, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Norman Rea Art Gallery, Rural Arts on 4 Westgate, Headrow Gallery on 588 Harrogate Road, The Robert Fuller Gallery, Kingswear Gallery, and Little Smeaton Art Gallery — 21 stops, one logical order. 13 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for York
How the regulars do York's galleries:
- Take the long way through at Leeds Art Gallery. Galleries reward slow looking. One extra lap always reveals something the first pass missed.
- Ask the gallerist at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery. They know the work, the artists, and what's coming next. Most are delighted when someone asks a real question.
- The café is part of the visit. If the gallery has a café, use it. Lingering over coffee after the show is half the experience.
- Look at the building too. Galleries often live in the most interesting architecture in town — converted warehouses, old banks, heritage houses.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around York — 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 York can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 21 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 21 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 York: 21 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.