Art gallery · Bishop Auckland · County Durham

Mining Art Gallery

Mining Art Gallery is a grade II listed former bank building, now an art gallery, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. Close by, Auckland Castle is 200 m away, one of 23 within 15 km.

Photo: Mining Art Gallery, Oliver Dixon (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Bishop Auckland

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Art gallery in Bishop Auckland

Inside Bishop Auckland

Mining Art Gallery is inside Bishop Auckland’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Bishop Auckland has 92 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

Seasons in Bishop Auckland

Warm weather in Bishop Auckland runs June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°55 mm

Feb7° / 1°51 mm

Mar10° / 2°46 mm

Apr12° / 4°51 mm

May15° / 6°45 mm

Jun18° / 9°59 mm

Jul20° / 11°60 mm

Aug20° / 11°73 mm

Sep17° / 9°64 mm

Oct13° / 6°69 mm

Nov10° / 3°65 mm

Dec7° / 1°66 mm

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

About

Mining Art Gallery

Grade II listed former bank building, now art gallery, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK.

In Bishop Auckland, inside the town’s built-up area.

Bishop Auckland’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Art gallery
Listed: Grade II listed building
Town: in Bishop Auckland
Official site: aucklandproject.org/venues/mining-art-gallery

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

The map

Map of Mining Art Gallery and nearby

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Mining Art Gallery is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Mining Art Gallery

Bishop Auckland, with 23,359 people, is the largest of the 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Bishop Auckland

23,359 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km east of it

Coundon and Leeholme

2,522 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 2.3 km southeast of it

Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange

995 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Shildon

9,650 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Mining Art Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Bishop Auckland	It’s in town	23,359	10
Coundon and Leeholme	2.1 km east of it	2,522	9
Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange	2.3 km southeast of it	995	8
Shildon	2.9 km southeast of it	9,650	9
Witton Park	3 km west of it	333	8
Hunwick	3.1 km northwest of it	657	8
Spennymoor	3.3 km northeast of it	20,401	12
Byers Green	3.6 km north of it	829	9

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Also close at hand are 4 castles, a historic house and a cathedral, among 23 within 15 km.

Historic house · English HeritageAuckland Castle200 m away 2

CastleDurham Castle14 km away 3

CathedralDurham Cathedral13 km away 4

MuseumLocomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon5.4 km away · 94K visitors a year 5

CastleRaby Castle12 km away 6

CastleWitton Castle5.8 km away 7Theme parkTheme parkKynren600 m away 8

CastleBrancepeth Castle7.7 km away

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

A visit to Mining Art Gallery: questions

Where is Mining Art Gallery?

Mining Art Gallery is in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Mining Art Gallery?

Grade II listed former bank building, now art gallery, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Mining Art Gallery?

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

Is Mining Art Gallery a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Mining Art Gallery?

Within 15 km: Auckland Castle (200 m), Durham Castle (14 km), Durham Cathedral (13 km) and Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon (5.4 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 (8)

Mining Art Gallery: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Auckland Castle: Pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Castle: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Cathedral: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Raby Castle: malcolm tebbit, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Witton Castle: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brancepeth Castle: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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