Woodend Gallery and Studios

Woodend is a gallery and creative industries hub, open to the public. Next door to Scarborough Art Gallery, Woodend is the former holiday home of the famous literary family - the Sitwells.

Many of the rooms, including the Gallery, still boast an array of charming period features in this delightful heritage building.

Sitwell by Eat Me café is based in the room that was the family’s dining room.

Woodend provides high quality and fully equipped office accommodation, flexible virtual office services, and a superb range of unique meeting spaces, conference rooms and hot desk suites.

Exhibitions:

Lou Bass in the Sitwell Café

27 August 2025 - 27 October 2025. Monday - Friday | 10am – 5pm FREE

A display of works by Scarborough based artist, Lou Bass. Look out for Lou’s whimsical cast of recurring characters such as Donkey, Crow, Angry Man, and Bandit Cat, in this exhibition.

Piece Together

3 October 2025 - 14 November 2025. As per opening times FREE

Piece Together is an international exhibition of contemporary mosaics curated by the British Association for Modern Mosaic (BAMM). This vibrant showcase is part of the 2025 BAMM Forum, taking place in Scarborough from 3rd – 5th October 2025.

Featuring 64 original mosaic works, the exhibition brings together artists from the UK, Ireland, Europe, and the United States, each creating pieces especially for this venue. The theme of collaboration runs throughout the exhibition, with many artists working together or exchanging materials to explore new techniques and ideas. A number of the mosaics are available to purchase.

In addition, there is a special display of project ephemera from the collaboration between Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller and artist Coralie Turpin. Working alongside local communities, environmentalists, and archaeologists, they created a permanent public mosaic installation on Scarborough Sea Front. Inspired by Scarborough’s Roman past and the wealth of wildlife in the sea locally, the piece – ‘Roman Mosaic c.2025’ – is part of a new Sea Watching Station on Marine Drive. It was commissioned by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and art/climate organisation Invisible Dust as part of the Wild Eye programme, led by curator Jeanine Griffin.