The Ropewalk is a regionally acclaimed arts centre housed in a Grade II-listed former ropery. It offers four gallery spaces, a sculpture garden, artist studios, and the Ropewalk Museum, which explores the site’s industrial heritage.
Visitors can enjoy exhibitions, workshops, and live performances at Ropery Hall — a venue for music, theatre, comedy, and film. The Ropery Coffee Shop serves freshly prepared meals and drinks in a relaxed setting.
Facilities include accessible toilets, baby change, meeting rooms, and a craft gallery shop featuring ceramics, prints, and heritage gifts from local makers.
Admission is free, and the centre is open six days a week. It’s a five-minute walk from Barton Transport Interchange and fully wheelchair accessible.
Follow The Ropewalk on Facebook and Instagram for exhibition updates, events, and seasonal workshops.
Opening hours
Open Tuesday–Saturday 10:00–17:00, Sunday 10:00–16:00
Facilities
- Accessible
- Baby changing
- Café
- Historic building
- Licensed bar
- Parking
- Restrooms
- Shop/gift shop
- Special events
Contact details
Events at The Ropewalk...
Petunia
Petunia is more than just an entertainer, he’s a modern musical enigma. Imagine Hank Williams on acid, if David Lynch and Nick Cave had a hillbilly...
Hope & Social
Hope & Social and their blue-jacketed joyousness returns in 2026 with their trademark life affirming show to win over the hearts and minds of...
Eabhal
Eabhal have made a significant impact on the Scottish music scene with their vibrant and energetic folk music.
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
“The boy I love Is up in the gallery” and I can’t even get a seat in the crowd… Drag King, Divorcee and Drama Queen, Nelly Power was a force to be...
Lucy Porter
Festival favourite Lucy returns with a brand new show about the power of letting yourself go – in every sense.
Expressive Still Life Panel Workshop with Hannah Turlington
Expressive Still Life is the perfect workshop for those wanting to explore colour, mark making, form and composition.
The Silver Circle Band
Known locally for their high-energy rock/pop/indie shows, Barton’s own The Silver Circle Band will present a special one-off acoustic performance...
Attention All Shipping: A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast
As the shipping forecast embarks on its second century, Charlie Connelly’s hilarious and informative show brings the quirky broadcast vividly to life,...
Dale Storr
The Sounds of New Orleans A very, very fine piano player indeed’ – Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2 ‘Dale is the best New Orleans player I’ve ever heard’ –...
While and Matthews
Chris While and Julie Matthews have been one of the leading forces in the British singer/songwriter scene for over 30 years.
Casting the Runes
Two stories by M R James Performed by Robert Lloyd Parry Montague Rhodes James [1862 – 1936] wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in the...
Connor Selby
Young troubadour Connor Selby, one of the brightest talents on the UK blues scene, signed to Provogue Records in December 2022 and has released his...
Alice Armstrong
Introducing ALICE ARMSTRONG – EUROPEAN BLUES ARTIST 2025 + UKBF CONTEMPORARY ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2025 Alice Armstrong is an independent,...
Tales of Drake
A drink, a fight and tales through the night of piracy, slavery and the world encompassed… 1604, and the Pelican Tavern stands at the edge of the...
Snake Davis Band
Snake is one of the most in-demand rock soul and jazz sax players in the world, widely known for his solos on tracks such as Lisa Stansfield’s...
Stitched Places Free Motion Machine Embroidery Workshop with Holly Capstick
A wonderful free-motion machine embroidery workshop with textile artist Holly Capstick. Learn how to use a combination of paint and stitch to create...
Animal Farm
ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER SOLO SHOWS! HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED! 80+ years since the publication of Orwell’s barnyard masterpiece about the abuse...
Megson
Four times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and double winners of the Spiral Earth Awards MEGSON creates a truly unique brand of folk music.
Hauntings
Performed by GERARD LOGAN, (Olivier Nominee & Winner of The Stage Newspaper’s ‘Best Solo Performer of the 2011 Edinburgh Festival’) Directed by GARETH...
Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage with Jon Thorne
Critically acclaimed folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage join forces with virtuoso double bassist Jon Thorne for a special one-off UK tour.
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby… Scott Bennett from Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance and The News Quiz tells...
It's Nice up North
RBM presents. . A special, 20th-anniversary screening tour of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North, presented also as a...
WOT ITALIAN?
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music and comedy as award-winning comedian and singer-songwriter Boothby Graffoe teams up with...
Sarah Gillespie and Chris Montague
Performing songs from their new album The Shieling. Folk, Americana & Blues. Following a run of intimate duo performances in California, Sarah...
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