Art gallery · Oldham · Greater Manchester

Gallery Oldham

Gallery Oldham is an art gallery. Visitors find it inside Oldham’s built-up area. Running it is Oldham Council.

Photo: Gallery Oldham, SMJ (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Oldham

inside the built-up area

Run by

Oldham Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Art gallery in Oldham

Inside Oldham

Gallery Oldham is inside Oldham’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Month by month in Oldham

From June to August, Oldham sees highs of 18–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°105 mm

Feb7° / 2°92 mm

Mar9° / 3°81 mm

Apr12° / 5°71 mm

May16° / 8°70 mm

Jun18° / 10°84 mm

Jul20° / 12°97 mm

Aug20° / 12°98 mm

Sep17° / 10°95 mm

Oct13° / 7°114 mm

Nov9° / 4°112 mm

Dec7° / 2°126 mm

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

About

Gallery Oldham

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 8 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 66 more places, English Football Hall of Fame (11 km) first on our list.

Type: Art gallery
Run by: Oldham Council
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Oldham
Official site: hla.oldham.gov.uk/gallery

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

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Gallery Oldham and what surrounds it

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

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Gallery Oldham

The 8 towns are led in size by Manchester, with 470,395 people. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Oldham

110,722 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km north of it

Royton

22,997 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km west of it

Chadderton

37,602 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 2 km east of it

Lees

12,641 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Gallery Oldham is	People	Places to visit
Oldham	It’s in town	110,722	11
Royton	1.5 km north of it	22,997	7
Chadderton	1.7 km west of it	37,602	13
Lees	2 km east of it	12,641	6
Shaw	3.2 km north of it	18,249	7
Failsworth	3.2 km southwest of it	19,962	20
Ashton-under-Lyne	3.4 km south of it	48,595	8
Manchester	3.9 km southwest of it	470,395	68

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Around it, within 15 km, lie 66 more, including 5 museums, a cathedral and an art gallery.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame11 km away 2

CathedralManchester Cathedral11 km away 3

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery11 km away 4

MuseumThe Manchester Museum12 km away 5

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum12 km away · 830K visitors a year 6

MuseumChetham's Library11 km away 7

CastleBuckton Castle6.8 km away 8

MuseumNational Football Museum11 km away

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

Questions people have about Gallery Oldham

Where is Gallery Oldham?

Gallery Oldham is in Oldham, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Gallery Oldham?

Art gallery in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

Who runs Gallery Oldham?

Oldham Council.

When is the best time to visit Gallery Oldham?

June to August are the warmest months in Oldham, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Gallery Oldham?

Within 15 km: English Football Hall of Fame (11 km), Manchester Cathedral (11 km), Manchester Art Gallery (11 km) and The Manchester Museum (12 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)

Gallery Oldham: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckton Castle: Richard Nevell from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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