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The Lightbox
Art gallery · Woking · Surrey

The Lightbox

The Lightbox, an art gallery, stands in Woking. Our list has 6 more places within 5 km. Around it, Thorpe Park (9.7 km) comes first on our list.

Photo: The Lightbox, The Lightbox (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Woking
inside the built-up area
How well known
Top 35%
#2,958 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 18–23°C
In brief

Art gallery in Woking

Inside Woking

The Lightbox is inside Woking’s built-up area, with 6 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

The year in Woking

Expect highs of 18–23°C in Woking from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°68 mm
Feb9° / 2°51 mm
Mar11° / 3°44 mm
Apr15° / 5°50 mm
May18° / 8°47 mm
Jun21° / 11°49 mm
Jul23° / 13°50 mm
Aug23° / 12°57 mm
Sep20° / 10°57 mm
Oct15° / 7°76 mm
Nov11° / 5°75 mm
Dec9° / 2°68 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Woking, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Woking. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Woking’s full climate →
About

The Lightbox

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Type
Art gallery
Wikipedias
Covered in 2 languages
Town
in Woking
Official site
thelightbox.org.uk
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

The Lightbox and what surrounds it

On this map, The Lightbox is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Woking’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Towns that count The Lightbox

The most populous of the 8 is Woking, at 75,655. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

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  1. 1Woking
  2. 2New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater
  3. 3Mimbridge
  4. 4Send
  5. 5Pyle Hill
  6. 6West End and Chobham
  7. 7Worplesdon
  8. 8Ripley
1 · It’s in town

Woking

75,655 people · 16 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km northeast of it

New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater

33,035 people · 47 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km northwest of it

Mimbridge

355 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3 km southeast of it

Send

4,094 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere The Lightbox isPeoplePlaces to visit
WokingIt’s in town75,65516
New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater1.5 km northeast of it33,03547
Mimbridge2.1 km northwest of it3556
Send3 km southeast of it4,09413
Pyle Hill3.4 km south of it39510
West End and Chobham3.6 km northwest of it8,87711
Worplesdon3.9 km southwest of it92820
Ripley4 km southeast of it1,71418
Make a day of it

Pair The Lightbox with these

Among the 111 within 15 km are 2 gardens, 2 historic houses and 2 castles.

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

Visiting The Lightbox

Where is The Lightbox?

The Lightbox is in Woking, Surrey, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Lightbox?

Museum in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit The Lightbox?

May to September are the warmest months in Woking, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near The Lightbox?

Within 15 km: Thorpe Park (9.7 km), Runnymede (13 km), Bagshot Park Mansion (11 km) and Guildford Cathedral (9.2 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 (7)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.