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Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery is a publicly owned art gallery in Manchester. It is protected as a Grade I listed building. 88 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by English Football Hall of Fame (800 m).

Photo: Manchester Art Gallery, David Dixon (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Manchester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 3%

#219 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Art gallery in Manchester

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

#219 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (20 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery is inside Manchester’s built-up area, with 40 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Manchester has 797 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

Weather through the year

June to September are the warmest in Manchester, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°80 mm

Feb9° / 3°69 mm

Mar11° / 4°63 mm

Apr14° / 6°56 mm

May17° / 9°59 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°82 mm

Aug21° / 13°82 mm

Sep18° / 11°79 mm

Oct14° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°87 mm

Dec8° / 3°99 mm

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

About

Manchester Art Gallery

Its story is told in 20 languages on Wikipedia.

Manchester’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Art gallery
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 20 languages
Town: in Manchester
Official site: manchesterartgallery.org

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

Getting to Manchester Art Gallery

The map centres on Manchester Art Gallery, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Manchester Art Gallery

By population, Manchester leads the 8 with 470,395. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

2 · 700 m northwest of it

Salford

108,431 people · 55 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km southwest of it

Old Trafford

21,442 people · 47 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km southwest of it

Stretford

28,010 people · 44 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Manchester Art Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Manchester	It’s in town	470,395	68
Salford	700 m northwest of it	108,431	55
Old Trafford	1.9 km southwest of it	21,442	47
Stretford	4.1 km southwest of it	28,010	44
Pendlebury	4.2 km northwest of it	1,768	41
Prestwich	4.5 km north of it	31,509	33
Clifton	4.8 km northwest of it	17,748	40
Droylsden	4.8 km east of it	23,916	27

Make a day of it

Pair Manchester Art Gallery with these

The 88 places within 15 km include 6 museums and 2 cathedrals.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame800 m away 2

CathedralManchester Cathedral800 m away 3

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum1 km away · 830K visitors a year 4

MuseumThe Manchester Museum1.4 km away 5

MuseumChetham's Library800 m away 6

MuseumNational Football Museum800 m away 7

CathedralCathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist1.4 km away 8

MuseumImperial War Museum North3.9 km away · 2K visitors a year

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

Visiting Manchester Art Gallery

Where is Manchester Art Gallery?

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

What is Manchester Art Gallery?

Publicly owned art gallery in Manchester, UK.

When is the best time to visit Manchester Art Gallery?

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

Is Manchester Art Gallery a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Manchester Art Gallery?

Within 15 km: English Football Hall of Fame (800 m), Manchester Cathedral (800 m), Science and Industry Museum (1 km) and The Manchester Museum (1.4 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)

Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, 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
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist: The_Cathedral_Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Chapel_Street,_Salford.jpg: Ian Roberts derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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