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Laing Art Gallery

Laing Art Gallery is an art gallery. It stands inside Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area. On the official register, it is a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Laing Art Gallery, Mark Smiles (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Newcastle upon Tyne

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Art gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne

Inside Newcastle upon Tyne

Laing Art Gallery is inside Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area, with 33 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Newcastle upon Tyne has 724 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

How the seasons run

Expect highs of 17–20°C in Newcastle upon Tyne from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°41 mm

Apr12° / 5°51 mm

May15° / 8°44 mm

Jun18° / 10°64 mm

Jul20° / 12°61 mm

Aug20° / 12°69 mm

Sep17° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec7° / 2°56 mm

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

About

Laing Art Gallery

6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Nearby, Turbinia (1.2 km) heads a list of 73 within 15 km.

Newcastle upon Tyne’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Art gallery
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Newcastle upon Tyne
Official site: laingartgallery.org.uk

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

The map

Map of Laing Art Gallery and nearby

Numbered points are the places near Laing Art Gallery, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Bases near Laing Art Gallery

The most populous of the 7 is Newcastle upon Tyne, at 286,472. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Newcastle upon Tyne

286,472 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 800 m south of it

Gateshead

115,278 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km west of it

Blaydon

14,237 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 3.9 km northeast of it

Longbenton

26,882 people · 35 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Laing Art Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Newcastle upon Tyne	It’s in town	286,472	46
Gateshead	800 m south of it	115,278	49
Blaydon	3.9 km west of it	14,237	35
Longbenton	3.9 km northeast of it	26,882	35
Wallsend	4 km northeast of it	45,351	42
Whickham	4.3 km southwest of it	15,680	33
Hebburn	4.9 km east of it	21,341	24

Make a day of it

More near Laing Art Gallery

Of the 73 within 15 km, look for 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.

MuseumTurbinia1.2 km away 2

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral600 m away 3

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle700 m away 4

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock700 m away · 638K visitors a year 5

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral900 m away 6

MuseumCentre for Life1.1 km away · 225K visitors a year 7

Art galleryBALTIC Centre1 km away 8

MuseumDiscovery Museum1.2 km away

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

Your questions on Laing Art Gallery

Where is Laing Art Gallery?

Laing Art Gallery is in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Laing Art Gallery?

Art gallery in Newcastle, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Laing Art Gallery?

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

Is Laing Art Gallery a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Laing Art Gallery?

Within 15 km: Turbinia (1.2 km), Newcastle Cathedral (600 m), Newcastle upon Tyne Castle (700 m) and Great North Museum: Hancock (700 m).

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)

Laing Art Gallery: Mark Smiles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Centre for Life: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
BALTIC Centre: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Discovery Museum: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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