List of public art in Leicestershire
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This is a list of public art in the English county of Leicestershire. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
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City of Leicester
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland | Leicester Market 52°38′05″N 1°08′00″W / 52.634726°N 1.133208°W |
1851 | Edward Davis | Statue | Bronze | h 278 centimetres (109 inches) | Grade II | Leicester City Council | [1] Due to be relocated following completion of building work [2] | |
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The Leicester Seamstress | Hotel Street, Leicester 52°38′02″N 1°08′04″W / 52.633865°N 1.134325°W |
1990 | James Walter Butler | Statue | Bronze | h 124 centimetres (49 inches); w 106 centimetres (42 inches); d 60 centimetres (24 inches) | Leicester City Council | [1] | ||
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Thomas Cook | London Road, Leicester 52°37′51″N 1°07′31″W / 52.630884°N 1.125286°W |
1994 | James Walter Butler | Statue | Bronze | h 180 centimetres (71 inches); w 84 centimetres (33 inches); d 79 centimetres (31 inches) | Leicester City Council | [1] | ||
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Richard III | Cathedral Gardens, Leicester 52°38′04″N 1°08′12″W / 52.634311°N 1.136687°W |
1988 | James Walter Butler | Statue | Bronze | h 183 centimetres (72 inches) | Leicester City Council | Formerly in Castle Gardens, Leicester.[1] | ||
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Towards Stillness | King Richard III Visitor Centre Gardens, Leicester 52°38′04″N 1°08′15″W / 52.634478°N 1.137530°W |
2014 | Dallas Pierce Quintero | Steel plates | ||||||
Textile Process | Bath Lane, Leicester 52°38′02″N 1°08′32″W / 52.633989°N 1.142302°W |
2011 | Sculpture Works | Sculpture | Corten steel and stainless steel | Leicester City Council | |||||
Mermaids | West Bridge, Leicester 52°38′02″N 1°08′35″W / 52.633958°N 1.142924°W |
1900 | William J Neatby | Sculpture | Terracotta and brick | Leicester City Council | Formerly archway at Leicester Wholesale Market. Re-erected at West Bridge, 1980. | ||||
Beacons | St Peters Square, Highcross Shopping Centre, Leicester 52°38′12″N 1°08′19″W / 52.636618°N 1.138492°W |
2016 | Levitate | Interactive digital light sculpture | Digital screens | h 7 metres (23 feet) | Highcross Shopping Centre | [3] | |||
Sporting Success | Gallowtree Gate/Humberstone Road, Leicester 52°38′09″N 1°07′58″W / 52.635961°N 1.132745°W |
1998 | Martin Williams | Statue | Bronze | h 172 centimetres (68 inches) | Leicester City Council | [1] | |||
Metal Tree | Haymarket, Leicester 52°38′14″N 1°07′56″W / 52.637321°N 1.132297°W |
1974 | Hubert Dalwood | Stainless steel | h 404 centimetres (159 inches); w 320 centimetres (130 inches); d 239 centimetres (94 inches) | Leicester City Council | [1] | ||||
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The Lion Fountain | Town Hall Square, Leicester 52°38′01″N 1°07′56″W / 52.633665°N 1.132192°W |
1879 | Francis J Hames | Fountain | Bronze-painted cast iron and granite | h 716 centimetres (282 inches) | Grade II | Leicester City Council | [1] | |
Boer War Memorial | Town Hall Square, Leicester 52°38′02″N 1°07′57″W / 52.634004°N 1.132372°W |
1909 | Joseph Crosland McClure | Sculpture | Bronze and granite | Grade II | Leicester City Council | [1] | |||
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Statue of Alice Hawkins | Market Square, Leicester 52°38′04″N 1°08′02″W / 52.634397°N 1.133775°W |
2018 | Sean Hedges-Quinn | Statue | Bronze and granite | h 210 centimetres (83 inches) | Leicester City Council | |||
John Biggs | Welford Place, Leicester 52°37′55″N 1°08′01″W / 52.631809°N 1.133702°W |
1873 | George Anderson Lawson | Statue | Originally marble, but recast in bronze in 1930 | h 213 centimetres (84 inches) | Grade II | Leicester City Council | [1] | ||
The Clicker | New Walk, Leicester 52°37′47″N 1°07′45″W / 52.629824°N 1.129232°W |
2007 | John Atkin | Statue | Bronze | The Friends of New Walk | |||||
The Clothier | New Walk, Leicester 52°37′44″N 1°07′35″W / 52.628903°N 1.126441°W |
2010 | John Atkin | Statue | Marble | The Friends of New Walk | |||||
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Revd Robert Hall | De Montfort Square, Leicester 52°37′41″N 1°07′30″W / 52.628150°N 1.125094°W |
1871 | John Birnie Philip | Statue | Sicilian marble | h 274 centimetres (108 inches) | Grade II | Leicester City Council | [1] | |
Concerto | De Montfort, Leicester 52°37′29″N 1°07′17″W / 52.624840°N 1.121335°W |
2010 | John Sydney Carter | Sculpture | Stainless steel | The Friends of New Walk | |||||
Souls | University of Leicester 52°37′15″N 1°07′34″W / 52.620935°N 1.126161°W |
1990 | Helaine Blumenfeld | Sculpture | Bronze | h 280 centimetres (110 inches) | University of Leicester | [1] | |||
Flight | University of Leicester 52°37′14″N 1°07′27″W / 52.620632°N 1.124295°W |
2014 | Helaine Blumenfeld | Sculpture | Bronze | h 320 cm; w 110 centimetres (43 inches); d 110 cm | University of Leicester | ||||
Eye of Time | University of Leicester 52°37′18″N 1°07′28″W / 52.621619°N 1.124423°W |
2006 | Allan Mills | Sculpture | Portland stone | University of Leicester | |||||
Life | University of Leicester 52°37′21″N 1°07′26″W / 52.622538°N 1.124011°W |
Percy Brown | Sculpture | Bronze | University of Leicester | ||||||
Vortex | University of Leicester 52°37′27″N 1°07′34″W / 52.624155°N 1.126133°W |
2005 | John Sydney Carter | Sculpture | Aluminium | University of Leicester | |||||
Diversity in Harmony | University of Leicester 52°37′33″N 1°07′17″W / 52.625960°N 1.121376°W |
1990 | Naomi Blake | Sculpture | Bronze resin | University of Leicester | [1] | ||||
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Statue of Liberty | Upperton Road, Leicester 52°37′33″N 1°08′37″W / 52.625817°N 1.143607°W |
1922 | J H Morcom | Statue | Reinforced cement | h 5.18 metres (17.0 feet) | Formerly on Liberty Shoe Factory, Eastern Boulevard.[1] | |||
Sculptural Gateway | Belgrave Road, Leicester 52°38′41″N 1°07′35″W / 52.644811°N 1.126498°W |
2023 | Anuradha Patel | Sculpture | Galvanised Steel | h 4.6 metres (15 feet) | Leicester City Council | ||||
Mahatma Gandhi | Belgrave Road, Leicester 52°38′50″N 1°07′28″W / 52.647129°N 1.124387°W |
2009 | Gautam Pal | Statue | Bronze | ||||||
Medieval Plough Team | Towers Park, Langford Way, Leicester 52°38′59″N 1°05′37″W / 52.649610°N 1.093732°W |
2012 | Andrew McKeown | Sculpture | Corten steel | l 5.8 metres (19 feet); h 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) | Leicester City Council | Installed 2018.[4] | |||
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Cardinal Wolsey | Abbey Park, Leicester 52°38′49″N 1°08′15″W / 52.646981°N 1.137414°W |
1920 | J H Morcom | Sculpture | York Stone | h 2.75 metres (9 feet) | Leicester City Council | Originally in King Street offices of Wolsey Ltd.[1] | ||
Spaceman | National Space Centre, Exploration Drive, Leicester 52°39′16″N 1°07′55″W / 52.654366°N 1.131984°W |
Aden Hynes | Sculpture | Fibreglass | Leicester City Council |
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Blaby district
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Abstract Relief | East wall, County Hall, Glenfield 52°39′18″N 1°11′14″W / 52.655125°N 1.187338°W |
1966 | Antony Hollaway | Mural | Concrete | h 4.1m; w 20.5m | Leicestershire County Council | [1]
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Charnwood district
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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The Pinau Statue | Granby Street, Loughborough 52°46′15″N 1°12′34″W / 52.770778°N 1.209571°W |
1956 | Statue | Bronze | h 72.5cm; w 47cm; d 60cm | Charnwood Borough Council | Stolen 1980, recovered and restored 1983 [1] | ||||
The Sock | Market Place, Loughborough 52°46′16″N 1°12′24″W / 52.771043°N 1.206696°W |
1998 | Shona Kinloch | Sculpture | Bronze | h 183cm; w 72cm; d 158cm | Charnwood Borough Council | [1] | |||
The Signaler | The Rushes Retail Park, Loughborough 52°46′27″N 1°12′26″W / 52.774131°N 1.207277°W |
2003 | John Atkin | Sculpture | Corten steel and stainless steel | h 793cm; w 305cm; d 245cm | |||||
Swan | Queen's Park, Loughborough 52°46′12″N 1°12′33″W / 52.770013°N 1.209273°W |
1992 | David Tarver | Sculpture | Stone | Charnwood Borough Council | |||||
Canal Life | Canal Basin, Loughborough 52°46′28″N 1°12′38″W / 52.774489°N 1.210686°W |
2007 | Graeme Mitcheson | Sculpture | Stone | h 100cm; w 100cm; d 100cm each | Canal and River Trust | ||||
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The Athletes | Ashby Road, Loughborough 52°46′03″N 1°14′07″W / 52.767582°N 1.235394°W |
1997 | Julie Doherty | Sculpture | Steel | Middle figure h. 202 cm; w. 70 cm; d. 100 cm | Charnwood Borough Council | [5] | ||
The Flame | Holywell Way, Loughborough 52°45′39″N 1°14′38″W / 52.760830°N 1.244017°W |
1993 | Neil Lawson-Baker | Sculpture | Bronze | h 670cm | [1] | ||||
Double Movement | Loughborough University, Loughborough 52°45′29″N 1°14′46″W / 52.7581160°N 1.2461140°W |
Michael Gillespie | Sculpture | Bronze | Loughborough University | ||||||
Bathaus | Loughborough University, Loughborough | 2017 | Studio Weave | Reduced cottage | |||||||
La Retraite | Loughborough University, Loughborough 52°45'41.4"N 1°14'29.8"W |
Paul Wager | Sculpture | [6] | |||||||
Ornamental Gates and Fencing | Mountfield House, Epinal Way, Loughborough 52°45′46″N 1°13′00″W / 52.762806°N 1.216550°W |
1998 | Christopher Campbell | Gates | Galvanised steel | [1] | |||||
Declaration | Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse, Leicestershire 52°44′10″N 1°12′18″W / 52.736074°N 1.204936°W |
1961 | Phillip King | Sculpture | Cement with marble chippings | h 83.8cm; w 208cm; d 83.8cm | Grade II | Leicestershire County Council | [1]
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Harborough district
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Union Wharf Sundial | Union Wharf Market Harborough 52°29′04″N 0°55′50″W / 52.484541°N 0.930510°W |
2000 | Marjorie and Michael Clements | Sundial | Wood | Old Union Canals Society | |||||
Horse and Boy | Towpath at top of Foxton Locks 52°29′52″N 0°59′00″W / 52.497869°N 0.983396°W |
Lifesize sculpture | Bronze | ||||||||
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Sir Frank Whittle Memorial | Church Street, Lutterworth 52°27′20″N 1°12′04″W / 52.455663°N 1.201085°W |
1987 | Ken Ford | Bust | Bronze | h 44cm; w 28cm; d 20.5cm | Lutterworth Town Council | |||
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Whittle Plane | Rugby Road, Lutterworth 52°27′01″N 1°11′54″W / 52.450328°N 1.198437°W |
2003 | Sculpture | Steel and fibreglass | Harborough District Council | Full-size replica of first British jet plane, the Gloster E28/39 | ||||
The White Horses of Lutterworth | High Street, Lutterworth 52°27′14″N 1°12′03″W / 52.453968°N 1.200744°W |
2013 | Graeme Mitcheson | Ground sculpture | White concrete | h. 5m; w. 22 metres | Lutterworth Town Council | ||||
Farming Life | Sainsbury's, Market Harborough 52°28′37″N 0°55′05″W / 52.477004°N 0.917959°W |
1993 | Richard Kindersley | Mural | Red brick, carved | Sainsburys plc | [1]
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Hinckley and Bosworth district
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Stocking Up | The Crescent, Hinckley 52°32′22″N 1°22′24″W / 52.539485°N 1.373390°W |
2015 | Deborah Bird | Mural | |||||||
Hercules | In a field about 1km S of Market Bosworth 52°37′00″N 1°23′43″W / 52.616627°N 1.395202°W |
Statue | Grade II | [1] | |||||||
Battle of Bosworth Memorial | Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire 52°35′53″N 1°24′27″W / 52.598055°N 1.407552°W |
Sundial | Leicestershire County Council | ||||||||
Bagworth Miners Memorial | Station Road, Bagworth, Leicestershire 52°40′26″N 1°20′39″W / 52.673930°N 1.344084°W |
Statue | Bronze | Bagworth and Thornton Parish Council |
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Melton district
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Melton Calvary | King Street, Melton Mowbray 52°45′53″N 0°53′12″W / 52.764600°N 0.886534°W |
2007 | Ben Coode-Adams | Mural | Galvanised steel | h 220cm; w 700cm | Melton District Council | [7] | |||
Journey through Melton Mowbray | Sainsbury's, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray 52°46′07″N 0°53′30″W / 52.768599°N 0.891616°W |
2013 | Deborah Bird | Mural | Sainsburys plc |
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North West Leicestershire district
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Mother and Child | High Street, Coalville 52°43′31″N 1°22′22″W / 52.725189°N 1.372682°W |
1963 | Robert John Royden Thomas | Sculpture | Bronze | h 225cm; w 97cm; d 45cm | North West Leicestershire District Council | [1] Moved from Belvoir Shopping Centre in 1988 to Coalville Library. Due to be returned to Belvoir Shopping Centre after restoration July 2024 | |||
Miners Memorial | High Street, Coalville 52°43′29″N 1°22′17″W / 52.724771°N 1.371342°W |
1998 | Judith Holmes Drewry | Sculpture | Silicon Bronze | h 180cm; w 126cm; d 67cm | North West Leicestershire District Council | [1] | |||
Hands | Grange Road, Hugglescote 52°42′40″N 1°21′58″W / 52.711011°N 1.366233°W |
2010 | Hilary Cartmel | Sculpture | Stainless Steel | Hugglescote Parish Council | |||||
The Hugglescote Bear | Central Road/Fairfield Road, Hugglescote 52°42′53″N 1°22′18″W / 52.714624°N 1.371642°W |
2005 | Thomas Kenrick | Sculpture | Bath Limestone | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) h | Hugglescote Parish Council | [8] | |||
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Ibstock Landmark Sculpture | High Street, Ibstock 52°41′00″N 1°24′14″W / 52.683434°N 1.403992°W |
1998 | Ailsa Magnus | Sculpture | Glazed stoneware | h 122cm; w 66cm; d 64cm | Ibstock Parish Council | [1] | ||
Wildlife | The Slabs, Quorn, Leicestershire 52°44′56″N 1°09′43″W / 52.748952°N 1.161951°W |
2015 | Graeme Mitcheson | Sculpture | Stone | ||||||
The Heart of the Forest | North Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch 52°44′54″N 1°28′18″W / 52.748388°N 1.471638°W |
2019 | Adrian Moakes | Sculpture | Steel | North West Leicestershire District Council |
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Oadby and Wigston district
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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