John Hansard Gallery
John Hansard Gallery is an art museum. Inside Southampton’s built-up area is where it stands. This is a site of University of Southampton.
Art gallery in Southampton
Inside Southampton
John Hansard Gallery is inside Southampton’s built-up area, with 18 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.
The climate through the year
From May to September, Southampton sees highs of 18–23°C.
John Hansard Gallery
Top of the 58 other places within 15 km is Southampton Castle, 800 m off.
- Type
- Art gallery
- Run by
- University of Southampton
- Town
- in Southampton
- Official site
- jhg.art
Before you set off
Where John Hansard Gallery is
John Hansard Gallery is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Southampton’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count John Hansard Gallery
Southampton, with 249,633 people, is the largest of the 6. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Southampton
Marchwood
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu
West End
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where John Hansard Gallery is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | It’s in town | 249,633 | 31 |
| Marchwood | 1.9 km southwest of it | 5,776 | 22 |
| Hythe and Dibden Purlieu | 3.4 km south of it | 19,857 | 23 |
| West End | 4.1 km northeast of it | 10,865 | 20 |
| Netley | 4.3 km southeast of it | 6,309 | 20 |
| Chilworth | 4.6 km north of it | 1,169 | 9 |
Next door to John Hansard Gallery
4 museums, 2 castles and an art gallery are among the 58 within 15 km.
CastleSouthampton Castle800 m away2
Art gallerySouthampton City Art Gallery200 m away3
MuseumSeaCity Museum200 m away4
Museum · English HeritageMedieval Merchants House1 km away5
MuseumTudor House Museum900 m away6
CastleNetley Castle4.6 km away7
Big drawTheme parkPaultons Park11 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2019)8
MuseumSolent Sky1.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
John Hansard Gallery in questions
Where is John Hansard Gallery?
John Hansard Gallery is in Southampton, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is John Hansard Gallery?
Art museum in the UK.
Who runs John Hansard Gallery?
University of Southampton.
When is the best time to visit John Hansard Gallery?
May to September are the warmest months in Southampton, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near John Hansard Gallery?
Within 15 km: Southampton Castle (800 m), Southampton City Art Gallery (200 m), SeaCity Museum (200 m) and Medieval Merchants House (1 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)
- John Hansard Gallery: Murgatroyd49, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Southampton Castle: John Speed, 17th century artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Southampton City Art Gallery: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SeaCity Museum: hahnchen at Wikimedia Commons (must include link if medium allows), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Medieval Merchants House: Tim Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tudor House Museum: Peter Trimming from Croydon, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Netley Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paultons Park: Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Solent Sky: Nimbus227, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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