Art gallery · Gateshead · Tyne and Wear

Shipley Art Gallery

Shipley Art Gallery is an art gallery in Gateshead. It is on the official list as a Grade II listed building. There are 79 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Turbinia (2.6 km).

Photo: Shipley Art Gallery, Dposte46 (Public domain)

Where

In Gateshead

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Art gallery in Gateshead

Inside Gateshead

Shipley Art Gallery is inside Gateshead’s built-up area, with 31 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Gateshead has 116 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

The best months to visit

Warmest in Gateshead are June to September, at 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°50 mm

Feb8° / 2°50 mm

Mar10° / 3°45 mm

Apr12° / 5°56 mm

May15° / 7°47 mm

Jun18° / 10°65 mm

Jul20° / 12°61 mm

Aug20° / 12°72 mm

Sep17° / 10°64 mm

Oct14° / 7°70 mm

Nov10° / 4°79 mm

Dec7° / 2°60 mm

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

About

Shipley Art Gallery

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 4 languages.

Gateshead’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Art gallery
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Gateshead
Official site: shipleyartgallery.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Opening times and entry

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Its place on the map

Orange shows Shipley Art Gallery; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that count Shipley Art Gallery

Largest of the 8 is Newcastle upon Tyne, home to 286,472. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Gateshead

115,278 people · 49 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km northwest of it

Newcastle upon Tyne

286,472 people · 46 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km south of it

Birtley

13,840 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km southeast of it

Springwell

2,141 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Shipley Art Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Gateshead	It’s in town	115,278	49
Newcastle upon Tyne	1.9 km northwest of it	286,472	46
Birtley	3.6 km south of it	13,840	11
Springwell	3.7 km southeast of it	2,141	7
Whickham	3.9 km west of it	15,680	33
Blaydon	4 km west of it	14,237	35
Hebburn	4.6 km northeast of it	21,341	24
Sunniside	4.6 km southwest of it	3,422	9

Make a day of it

Close to Shipley Art Gallery

There are 79 within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle among them.

MuseumTurbinia2.6 km away 2

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral2.3 km away 3

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle2.2 km away 4

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral2.5 km away 5

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock3.5 km away · 638K visitors a year 6

MuseumCentre for Life2.3 km away · 225K visitors a year 7

Art galleryBALTIC Centre2.2 km away 8

MuseumBeamish Museum8.2 km away · 350K visitors a year

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

A visit to Shipley Art Gallery: questions

Where is Shipley Art Gallery?

Shipley Art Gallery is in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Shipley Art Gallery?

Art gallery in Gateshead, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Shipley Art Gallery?

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

Is Shipley Art Gallery a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Shipley Art Gallery?

Within 15 km: Turbinia (2.6 km), Newcastle Cathedral (2.3 km), Newcastle upon Tyne Castle (2.2 km) and St Mary's Cathedral (2.5 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)

Shipley Art Gallery: Dposte46, Public domain, 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
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Centre for Life: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
BALTIC Centre: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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