Lanes & Alleyways: Ultimate location guide to Melbourne’s street art

Scattered with nooks, crannies, concrete walls, and innocent dumpsters ripe for spicing up, the inner city of Melbourne is a living canvas for restless and relentless creatives. Make your way through the web of narrow lanes and back alleys dedicated to quality street art (and less aesthetic wall tagging) and you’ll very quickly come to appreciate one fact: there is endless character and charm to be found between the tight-knit walls of Melbourne’s buzzing CBD. Iconic Hosier Lane is a prime example of this fervent spray paint culture. Countless other hidden streets are peppered with comical caricatures and eye-popping, punch-in-the-face masterpieces — AC/DC Lane, with its ‘loud’ art, is a particular tourist favourite, while Rankins Lane offers a more subtle vibe of Melbourne street art.

Here is our visually comprehensive tour of 7 different must-see graffiti-laden Melbourne streets we visited in December 2015:

1. Union Lane
2. Caledonian Lane
3. AC/DC Lane
4. Hosier Lane
5. Drewery Lane
6. Rankins Lane
7. Warburton Lane
8. Map of street art locations
9. Latest Stories

Union Lane

Caledonian Lane

AC/DC Lane

Hosier Lane

Drewery Lane

Little Rogue – a hidden cafe

Along Drewery Lane, you’ll find Little Rogue, a cosy little cafe with charming vintage vibes that whips up the most luxuriously creamy matcha lattes. Pop in for a quick break midway through your Melbourne street art exploration! Just look for the blue door at 12 Drewery Lane.

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Rankins Lane

Warburton Lane

Map of street art locations

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