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Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is an art museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire. It is protected as a Grade II listed building. Look also at National Science and Media Museum, 2.6 km away, first of 68 more within 15 km.

Photo: Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Flickr user:Tim Green aka atouch (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Bradford

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Art gallery in Bradford

Inside Bradford

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is inside Bradford’s built-up area, with 15 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Bradford has 959 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons and weather

For warmth, aim for June to September (17–20°C highs in Bradford).

Jan6° / 1°87 mm

Feb7° / 2°74 mm

Mar9° / 3°66 mm

Apr12° / 4°59 mm

May15° / 7°56 mm

Jun18° / 10°74 mm

Jul20° / 12°68 mm

Aug20° / 12°75 mm

Sep17° / 10°72 mm

Oct13° / 7°85 mm

Nov9° / 4°91 mm

Dec7° / 2°98 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Bradford, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Bradford. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Bradford’s full climate →

About

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages.

Bradford’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Art gallery
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Bradford
Official site: bradfordmuseums.org/venue/cartwright-hall-art-gallery

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Hours, entry and address

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Around Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, mapped

Spot Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Of the 7, Bradford is the largest, at 333,968 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Bradford

333,968 people · 34 places to visit

2 · 1 km north of it

Shipley

29,228 people · 19 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km north of it

Baildon

17,056 people · 15 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km northwest of it

Bingley

21,334 people · 14 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Bradford	It’s in town	333,968	34
Shipley	1 km north of it	29,228	19
Baildon	2.8 km north of it	17,056	15
Bingley	3.4 km northwest of it	21,334	14
Thornton	4.2 km southwest of it	5,410	6
Pudsey	4.6 km east of it	34,853	21
Calverley	4.7 km east of it	3,988	13

Make a day of it

Beyond Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

A visit can add 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and an abbey or priory, from 68 places within 15 km.

MuseumNational Science and Media Museum2.6 km away · 442K visitors a year (2015)2

CathedralBradford Cathedral2.4 km away 3

Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)11 km away 4

CathedralLeeds Cathedral15 km away 5

CastleCliffe Castle12 km away · 65K visitors a year 6

MuseumBradford Industrial Museum3.3 km away 7

MuseumBronte Parsonage Museum12 km away 8MuseumMuseumBD1 Gallery2.3 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in questions

Where is Cartwright Hall Art Gallery?

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is in Bradford, West Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Cartwright Hall Art Gallery?

Art museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Cartwright Hall Art Gallery?

June to September are the warmest months in Bradford, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Cartwright Hall Art Gallery a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Cartwright Hall Art Gallery?

Within 15 km: National Science and Media Museum (2.6 km), Bradford Cathedral (2.4 km), Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (11 km) and Leeds Cathedral (15 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery: Flickr user:Tim Green aka atouch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Science and Media Museum: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradford Cathedral: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cliffe Castle: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradford Industrial Museum: Linda Spashett, Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bronte Parsonage Museum: SpaceMonkey at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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