Art gallery · Harrogate · North Yorkshire

Mercer Gallery

Mercer Gallery is an art gallery in Harrogate. On the official register, it is a Grade II listed building. Top of the 28 other places within 15 km is Fountains Abbey, 13 km off.

Photo: Mercer Gallery, Storye book (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Harrogate

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Art gallery in Harrogate

Inside Harrogate

Mercer Gallery is inside Harrogate’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Harrogate has 168 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

Choosing a month

The warmest afternoons in Harrogate run June to September, at 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°70 mm

Feb7° / 1°61 mm

Mar9° / 2°54 mm

Apr12° / 4°53 mm

May15° / 6°55 mm

Jun18° / 9°68 mm

Jul20° / 11°64 mm

Aug20° / 11°75 mm

Sep17° / 9°67 mm

Oct13° / 6°75 mm

Nov9° / 4°81 mm

Dec7° / 1°79 mm

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

About

Mercer Gallery

It has articles in 3 Wikipedias.

Harrogate’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Art gallery
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Harrogate
Official site: northyorks.gov.uk/leisure-tourism-and-culture/museums-and-galleries/museums-harrogate-area/mercer-art-gallery

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

The map

Finding Mercer Gallery

Mercer Gallery sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Where people come from

By population, Harrogate leads the 7 with 75,522. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Harrogate

75,522 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 2.9 km north of it

Killinghall

1,476 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 3.4 km south of it

Pannal

2,530 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 4 km east of it

Knaresborough

15,781 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Mercer Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Harrogate	It’s in town	75,522	14
Killinghall	2.9 km north of it	1,476	4
Pannal	3.4 km south of it	2,530	7
Knaresborough	4 km east of it	15,781	12
Scotton	4.3 km northeast of it	696	8
Hampsthwaite	4.3 km northwest of it	1,169	4
Follifoot	4.9 km southeast of it	645	10

Make a day of it

Also near Mercer Gallery

Of the 28 within 15 km, look for 2 gardens, 2 historic houses and 2 castles.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey13 km away 2

Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park14 km away 3

Garden · RHSRHS Garden Harlow Carr2.2 km away 4

Historic houseHarewood House11 km away 5

CastleKnaresborough Castle5.3 km away 6

Historic houseRipley Castle5.3 km away 7

Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle7.6 km away 8

AttractionOld Mother Shipton's Cave Park5.1 km away

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

Know before you visit Mercer Gallery

Where is Mercer Gallery?

Mercer Gallery is in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Mercer Gallery?

Art gallery in Harrogate, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Mercer Gallery?

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

Is Mercer Gallery a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Mercer Gallery?

Within 15 km: Fountains Abbey (13 km), Studley Royal Park (14 km), RHS Garden Harlow Carr (2.2 km) and Harewood House (11 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)

Mercer Gallery: Storye book, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fountains Abbey: User:Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Studley Royal Park: silver_doctor. Iain Gilmour - www.silverexpressions.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
RHS Garden Harlow Carr: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knaresborough Castle: Redvers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ripley Castle: Dposte46, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Spofforth Castle: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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