Art gallery · Whitley Bay · Tyne and Wear

Links Art Gallery

Links Art Gallery is part of what Whitley Bay has to see. Nearby, 7 more places to visit are within 5 km. Look also at Arbeia Roman Fort Museum, 5.6 km away.

Where

In Whitley Bay

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Art gallery in Whitley Bay

Inside Whitley Bay

Links Art Gallery is inside Whitley Bay’s built-up area, with 7 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

Warm months and wet ones

Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Whitley Bay.

Jan7° / 2°47 mm

Feb8° / 2°44 mm

Mar10° / 3°41 mm

Apr12° / 4°50 mm

May14° / 7°42 mm

Jun17° / 10°65 mm

Jul20° / 11°61 mm

Aug20° / 12°70 mm

Sep17° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°76 mm

Dec8° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Links Art Gallery

Art gallery.

In Whitley Bay, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Art gallery
Town: in Whitley Bay
Official site: linksgallery.org

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

Plan your visit

Entry, hours, address

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

The way to Links Art Gallery

Orange marks Links Art Gallery, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

With 60,611 people, Tynemouth is the largest of the 7. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Whitley Bay

36,876 people · 16 places to visit

2 · 2 km south of it

Tynemouth

60,611 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km northwest of it

Seaton Sluice

2,957 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km northwest of it

Seaton Delaval

8,012 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Links Art Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Whitley Bay	It’s in town	36,876	16
Tynemouth	2 km south of it	60,611	18
Seaton Sluice	2.5 km northwest of it	2,957	4
Seaton Delaval	3.4 km northwest of it	8,012	4
Shiremoor	3.5 km southwest of it	6,965	10
Backworth	4.6 km west of it	4,483	7
Wallsend	4.8 km southwest of it	45,351	42

Make a day of it

Places to add to Links Art Gallery

Our list has 57 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 cathedrals.

MuseumArbeia Roman Fort Museum5.6 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageTynemouth Priory and Castle4.5 km away 3

Theme parkSpanish City700 m away 4

MuseumTurbinia14 km away 5

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral14 km away 6

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle14 km away 7

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock13 km away · 638K visitors a year 8

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral14 km away

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

Visiting Links Art Gallery

Where is Links Art Gallery?

Links Art Gallery is in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Links Art Gallery?

Art gallery.

When is the best time to visit Links Art Gallery?

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

What else is there to see near Links Art Gallery?

Within 15 km: Arbeia Roman Fort Museum (5.6 km), Tynemouth Priory and Castle (4.5 km), Spanish City (700 m) and Turbinia (14 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 (8)

Arbeia Roman Fort Museum: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tynemouth Priory and Castle: Chris McKenna (user:Thryduulf), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Spanish City: Original author was Adam G. Bell, CC BY 3.0, 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

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