Museum · Birkenhead · Merseyside

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum is an art museum. Visitors find it inside Birkenhead’s built-up area. It is protected as a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Rept0n1x (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Birkenhead

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Birkenhead

Inside Birkenhead

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum is inside Birkenhead’s built-up area, with 34 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Birkenhead has 295 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

A month-by-month guide

Expect highs of 18–20°C in Birkenhead from June to September.

Jan8° / 3°65 mm

Feb8° / 3°52 mm

Mar10° / 4°48 mm

Apr13° / 6°52 mm

May16° / 9°52 mm

Jun19° / 12°62 mm

Jul20° / 14°66 mm

Aug20° / 14°73 mm

Sep18° / 12°74 mm

Oct14° / 9°83 mm

Nov11° / 6°79 mm

Dec8° / 3°81 mm

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

About

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Look also at Walker Art Gallery, 4.9 km away, first of 60 more within 15 km.

Birkenhead’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Birkenhead
Official site: williamsonartgallery.org

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

The map

Finding Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Williamson Art Gallery & Museum is the orange one.

Towns near it

Where people come from

In size, Liverpool comes first of the 7, with 506,564 people. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Birkenhead

109,854 people · 49 places to visit

2 · 2 km north of it

Wallasey

85,619 people · 43 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km southeast of it

Bebington

57,607 people · 49 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km east of it

Liverpool

506,564 people · 61 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Williamson Art Gallery & Museum is	People	Places to visit
Birkenhead	It’s in town	109,854	49
Wallasey	2 km north of it	85,619	43
Bebington	2.2 km southeast of it	57,607	49
Liverpool	3.4 km east of it	506,564	61
Heswall	4.1 km southwest of it	29,082	5
Barnston	4.3 km southwest of it	661	6
Greasby	4.4 km west of it	9,175	2

Make a day of it

Close to Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Choose from 60 places within 15 km, such as 3 art galleries, 3 museums and 2 cathedrals.

Art galleryWalker Art Gallery4.9 km away · 338K visitors a year 2

Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool3.5 km away · 540K visitors a year 3

CathedralLiverpool Cathedral4.6 km away 4

CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King5.2 km away 5

Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum3.6 km away · 945K visitors a year 6

Art galleryLady Lever Art Gallery4.2 km away 7

MuseumU-boat Story2.4 km away 8

Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool4.7 km away · 606K visitors a year

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

Your questions on Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Where is Williamson Art Gallery & Museum?

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum is in Birkenhead, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Williamson Art Gallery & Museum?

Art museum in Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Williamson Art Gallery & Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Birkenhead, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Williamson Art Gallery & Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Williamson Art Gallery & Museum?

Within 15 km: Walker Art Gallery (4.9 km), Tate Liverpool (3.5 km), Liverpool Cathedral (4.6 km) and Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (5.2 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 (9)

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Walker Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Liverpool: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Liverpool Cathedral: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Merseyside Maritime Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lady Lever Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
U-boat Story: Paul adams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
World Museum Liverpool: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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