Art gallery · Eastbourne · East Sussex

Towner Art Gallery

Towner Art Gallery is an art museum in Eastbourne, Sussex. Roughly 2K visitors come each year. Close by, Pevensey Castle is 7.2 km away, one of 27 within 15 km.

Photo: Towner Art Gallery, John Lord from Edinburgh, Scotland (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Eastbourne

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

Wikidata

How well known

Top 15%

#1,209 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Art gallery in Eastbourne

Inside Eastbourne

Towner Art Gallery is inside Eastbourne’s built-up area, with 8 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 weather, month by month

Warm weather in Eastbourne runs June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.

Jan9° / 3°88 mm

Feb9° / 3°66 mm

Mar11° / 4°52 mm

Apr14° / 6°48 mm

May17° / 9°49 mm

Jun19° / 11°49 mm

Jul22° / 13°56 mm

Aug22° / 14°65 mm

Sep19° / 11°65 mm

Oct16° / 9°99 mm

Nov12° / 6°109 mm

Dec9° / 3°108 mm

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

About

Towner Art Gallery

Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Type: Art gallery
Visitors: 2K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Eastbourne
Official site: townereastbourne.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Practical details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

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

The map

Use the numbers to match each place near Towner Art Gallery with the list.

Towns near it

Where people come from

Largest of the 8 is Eastbourne, home to 99,171. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Eastbourne

99,171 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 4.4 km northeast of it

Crumbles

3,056 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 4.5 km west of it

East Dean and Friston

1,602 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 4.6 km northwest of it

Lower Willingdon

6,126 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Towner Art Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Eastbourne	It’s in town	99,171	15
Crumbles	4.4 km northeast of it	3,056	10
East Dean and Friston	4.5 km west of it	1,602	9
Lower Willingdon	4.6 km northwest of it	6,126	15
Stone Cross	6 km north of it	5,036	7
Westham	6.6 km north of it	1,861	7
Polegate	7 km north of it	10,067	14
Pevensey Bay	7.6 km northeast of it	2,890	7

Make a day of it

More near Towner Art Gallery

Choose from 27 places within 15 km, such as 3 castles, 2 historic houses and a pier.

Castle · English HeritagePevensey Castle7.2 km away 2

PierEastbourne Pier900 m away 3

CastleHerstmonceux Castle12 km away 4

CastleRedoubt Fortress1.8 km away 5

MuseumCharleston House15 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustAlfriston Clergy House10 km away 7

Historic houseMichelham Priory12 km away 8

FortWish Tower300 m away

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

Towner Art Gallery, answered

Where is Towner Art Gallery?

Towner Art Gallery is in Eastbourne, East Sussex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Towner Art Gallery?

Art museum in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

How many people visit Towner Art Gallery?

About 2K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Towner Art Gallery?

June to September are the warmest months in Eastbourne, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Towner Art Gallery?

Within 15 km: Pevensey Castle (7.2 km), Eastbourne Pier (900 m), Herstmonceux Castle (12 km) and Redoubt Fortress (1.8 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)

Towner Art Gallery: John Lord from Edinburgh, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pevensey Castle: Piotr Zarobkiewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eastbourne Pier: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Herstmonceux Castle: The original uploader was Welshie at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Redoubt Fortress: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Charleston House: APB-CMX at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Alfriston Clergy House: The Voice of Hassocks, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Michelham Priory: Michael Haslam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Wish Tower: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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