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Leeds Art Gallery

Leeds Art Gallery is a municipal art gallery. You will find it inside Leeds’ built-up area. Within 15 km there are 63 more places to visit, starting with Leeds Cathedral (100 m).

Photo: Leeds Art Gallery, Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton (Public domain)

Where

In Leeds

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Art gallery in Leeds

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

#792 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Leeds

Leeds Art Gallery is inside Leeds’ built-up area, with 21 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

Weather by the month

The warmest stretch in Leeds is June to September, at 18–21°C in the afternoon.

Jan7° / 2°59 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°48 mm

Apr13° / 5°49 mm

May16° / 7°50 mm

Jun19° / 10°63 mm

Jul21° / 12°58 mm

Aug20° / 12°64 mm

Sep18° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°71 mm

Nov10° / 4°69 mm

Dec7° / 2°70 mm

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

About

Leeds Art Gallery

9 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Art gallery
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Leeds
Official site: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-art-gallery

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

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Leeds Art Gallery at a glance

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

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Leeds Art Gallery

Leeds, with 536,262 people, is the largest of the 8. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Leeds

536,262 people · 45 places to visit

2 · 4.3 km southwest of it

Morley

32,562 people · 21 places to visit

3 · 4.7 km southeast of it

Rothwell

20,964 people · 20 places to visit

4 · 7.1 km southwest of it

Gildersome

6,278 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Leeds Art Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Leeds	It’s in town	536,262	45
Morley	4.3 km southwest of it	32,562	21
Rothwell	4.7 km southeast of it	20,964	20
Gildersome	7.1 km southwest of it	6,278	6
Shadwell	7.6 km northeast of it	1,452	3
Pudsey	8.2 km west of it	34,853	21
East Ardsley	8.4 km south of it	15,238	10
Drighlington	9 km southwest of it	5,280	6

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Within 15 km are 63 places, among them 3 cathedrals, 3 museums and an abbey or priory.

CathedralLeeds Cathedral100 m away 2

MuseumRoyal Armouries1.4 km away 3

MuseumLeeds City Museum200 m away 4

Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)4.5 km away 5

Historic houseHarewood House11 km away 6

MuseumNational Science and Media Museum14 km away · 442K visitors a year (2015)7

CathedralBradford Cathedral13 km away 8

CathedralWakefield Cathedral13 km away

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

Leeds Art Gallery, answered

Where is Leeds Art Gallery?

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

What is Leeds Art Gallery?

Municipal art gallery in England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Leeds Art Gallery?

June to September are the warmest months in Leeds, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Leeds Art Gallery?

Within 15 km: Leeds Cathedral (100 m), Royal Armouries (1.4 km), Leeds City Museum (200 m) and Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (4.5 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)

Leeds Art Gallery: Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Armouries: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds City Museum: Andrew roberts uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Wakefield Cathedral: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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