Artspace on the Prom
Location
The nearest car park is the Runton Road car park. Disabled parking is at the bottom of the Melbourne slope (the gallery is fully accessible).
Cromer Artspace on the Prom, West Promenade, Cromer NR27 9FA
Travel by bus
From the bus station head towards the sea; from the clifftop head to the promenade and turn left.
The nearest bus stop in on Runton Road; from the bus stop head for the clifftop and take the zig-zag slope down to the Promenade, once on the promenade turn left and you’ll find us.
Travel by Train
The train station is found next to the Morrison’s supermarket. From the train head downhill towards the town, and turn left to head to the clifftop. Once on the clifftop with take the ‘white steps’ or the zig-zag slope down to the Promenade, once on the promenade turn left and you’ll find us.
Travel by car
The nearest car park is the large (pay and display) car park on Runton Road, From the car park head for the clifftop and take the zig-zag slope down to the Promenade, once on the promenade turn left and you’ll find us.
Disabled access
There is level access to Artspace on the Prom, but from the cliff top there is quite a slope to get to the promenade. The best option is to use the disabled parking on the promenade (at the bottom of the Melbourne Slope – access next to Morrison’s garage and No.1) from where there is level access (about 100m) to us.
Artspace on the Prom is an iconic building with a superb location which attracts a high calibre of nationally and internationally recognised artists, of interest throughout the region.
The building’s distinctive façade captures the essence of 1930s design, with clean geometric lines and curved corners reflecting the golden light of the Norfolk coast.
If you would like to help keep the space open, please consider a financial donation.
Dynamic Exhibitions
Featuring regional and international artists working across diverse media, from painting and sculpture to digital and mixed media installations.
Diverse Artists
Featuring regional and international artists working across diverse media, from painting and sculpture to digital and mixed media installations.
Cliffside Architecture
A unique Art Deco building ingeniously fused into the dramatic cliffside on Cromer's West Promenade, creating an extraordinary fusion of natural and built environment.
Perfect Orientation
Facing north with breathtaking sea views, the building captures ideal natural light throughout the day - a gift for artists and visitors alike.
Architectural Gem
A rare architectural treasure blending the sophistication of 1930s Art Deco style with authentic coastal charm and maritime character.
Restored
Over the winter 2024/5 we invested £100,000 to make the space warm and bright.
Thanks to the Orsted community fund and the government for helping financially.
Photos of the Artspace
Over the winter Artspace on the Prom is available to hire by the week for artist residencies.
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Each year we assess expressions of interest in exhibiting at Artspace on the Prom.
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We run a series of workshops across the year outside exhibition times.
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Maintaining this beautiful space takes dedication, time, and funding.
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Events at Artspace on the Prom
From
Shangri-La
to Cromer
The title of the show comes from James Hyman’s book, Derrick Greaves: From Kitchen Sink to Shangri-La.
Opening Act
A debut exhibition of work created during the bursary artists year-long Cromer Artspace residency.
Maps
Through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore the poem as a map: how poetry can help us navigate our internal and external worlds and how we can use places, numbers and grids in poetry.
The Art of Us
Cromer Artspace is fortunate in having a large team of wonderful volunteers, with a wide range of skills and expertise, who enjoy working and talking together, and creating.
This exhibition focusses on paint as a medium and the processes of painting. It includes painters working in a range of styles and for a variety of purposes from our region and beyond.
Im/permanence
Join photographic artist Rachel Wright for an artist's talk and discussion as she shares work from her winter residency at Cromer Artspace. A photographic exploration of time, liminality and the ephemeral, in the context of the ever-changing Norfolk coast.
Paint
The Sea, The Sea
Over recent years much of Ivy Smith's work has been about the seaside, encompassing painting, drawing, etching and linocut.
Everydayness
To coincide with printmaker and painter Ivy Smith’s exhibition exploring humorous moments in everyday life, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore everydayness in poetry: how we can use poetry to assert, celebrate, interrogate and re-see smallness, mundanity, routine and ritual.
Ivy Smith in Conversation
An informal evening with Ivy Smith