Art gallery · Southwark · London

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery. Head into Southwark’s built-up area to find it. The register lists it as a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Julian Osley (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Southwark

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 2%

#161 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Art gallery in Southwark

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#161 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (23 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Southwark

Dulwich Picture Gallery is inside Southwark’s built-up area, with 25 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Southwark has 910 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

The climate through the year

The warmest afternoons in Southwark run May to September, at 18–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°44 mm

Mar12° / 5°38 mm

Apr15° / 6°44 mm

May18° / 9°47 mm

Jun21° / 12°51 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug23° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°51 mm

Oct16° / 9°67 mm

Nov12° / 6°65 mm

Dec9° / 3°60 mm

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

About

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 23 languages. Look also at British Museum, 8.6 km away, first of 588 more within 15 km.

Southwark’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Art gallery
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 23 languages
Town: in Southwark
Official site: dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

How to visit

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Its place on the map

Find Dulwich Picture Gallery in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Croydon tops the 8 for size, at 389,242 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

2 · 600 m northwest of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km east of it

Lewisham

300,764 people · 218 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km southeast of it

Bromley

325,469 people · 66 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dulwich Picture Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Southwark	It’s in town	307,076	471
Lambeth	600 m northwest of it	317,108	450
Lewisham	1.6 km east of it	300,764	218
Bromley	2.4 km southeast of it	325,469	66
Croydon	2.6 km south of it	389,242	49
Wandsworth	3.6 km west of it	326,725	442
Merton	5 km southwest of it	214,931	58
City of London	8.1 km north of it	7,820	432

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

A visit can add 2 museums, 2 attractions and a castle, from 588 places within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum8.6 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London6.9 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey6.6 km away 4

Historic houseBuckingham Palace7.2 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower6.6 km away 6

MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry2.7 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye6.8 km away 8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery7.6 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

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

Asked about Dulwich Picture Gallery

Where is Dulwich Picture Gallery?

Dulwich Picture Gallery is in Southwark, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dulwich Picture Gallery?

Art gallery in Dulwich, South London, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Dulwich Picture Gallery?

May to September are the warmest months in Southwark, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Dulwich Picture Gallery a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Dulwich Picture Gallery?

Within 15 km: British Museum (8.6 km), Tower of London (6.9 km), Westminster Abbey (6.6 km) and Buckingham Palace (7.2 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 (9)

Dulwich Picture Gallery: Julian Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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