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The Naughton Gallery at Queen's

The Naughton Gallery at Queen's is an art gallery, art museum in Belfast. Its operator is Queen's University Belfast. Close by, Botanic Gardens is 400 m away, one of 56 within 15 km.

Where

In Belfast

inside the settlement

Run by

Queen's University Belfast

the operator on record

Visitors a year

16K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 10%

#787 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Art gallery in Belfast

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

#787 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (3 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Belfast

The Naughton Gallery at Queen's is inside Belfast’s settlement, with 29 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Choosing a month

If warmth matters, go June to August: Belfast reaches 17–19°C.

Jan8° / 3°94 mm

Feb8° / 2°77 mm

Mar10° / 3°81 mm

Apr12° / 5°66 mm

May15° / 7°68 mm

Jun17° / 10°78 mm

Jul19° / 11°85 mm

Aug19° / 11°94 mm

Sep16° / 10°81 mm

Oct13° / 7°109 mm

Nov10° / 4°117 mm

Dec8° / 2°109 mm

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

About

The Naughton Gallery at Queen's

It draws about 16K visitors a year. 3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Art gallery
Run by: Queen's University Belfast
Visitors: 16K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Belfast
Official site: naughtongallery.org

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

The map

Mapping The Naughton Gallery at Queen's

Orange shows The Naughton Gallery at Queen's; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Staying near The Naughton Gallery at Queen's

By population, Belfast leads the 8 with 293,298. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Belfast

293,298 people · 51 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km east of it

Metropolitan Castlereagh

58,763 people · 39 places to visit

3 · 5 km southwest of it

Metropolitan Lisburn

32,643 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 8.2 km south of it

Carryduff

7,173 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Naughton Gallery at Queen's is	People	Places to visit
Belfast	It’s in town	293,298	51
Metropolitan Castlereagh	2.2 km east of it	58,763	39
Metropolitan Lisburn	5 km southwest of it	32,643	14
Carryduff	8.2 km south of it	7,173	6
Holywood	9.1 km northeast of it	10,757	18
Metropolitan Newtownabbey	10 km north of it	67,599	20
Lisburn	11 km southwest of it	51,447	8
Greenisland	13 km north of it	5,383	8

Make a day of it

After The Naughton Gallery at Queen's

Within 15 km you can add 2 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and 2 historic houses.

GardenBotanic Gardens400 m away 2MuseumMuseumUlster Museum300 m away 3

Historic shipSS Nomadic2.8 km away 4

CathedralSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast2 km away 5CathedralCathedralSt Peter's Cathedral1.7 km away 6

Historic houseBelfast Castle6.4 km away 7

Historic shipHMS Caroline3.8 km away 8

Historic houseStormont Castle7 km away

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

Good to know about The Naughton Gallery at Queen's

Where is The Naughton Gallery at Queen's?

The Naughton Gallery at Queen's is in Belfast, Belfast, inside the town’s settlement.

What is The Naughton Gallery at Queen's?

Art gallery, art museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Who runs The Naughton Gallery at Queen's?

Queen's University Belfast.

How many people visit The Naughton Gallery at Queen's?

About 16K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit The Naughton Gallery at Queen's?

June to August are the warmest months in Belfast, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near The Naughton Gallery at Queen's?

Within 15 km: Botanic Gardens (400 m), Ulster Museum (300 m), SS Nomadic (2.8 km) and St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast (2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (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 (6)

Botanic Gardens: Robert Young, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Belfast Castle: Portwilliamborn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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