List of public art in Leicestershire

This is a list of public art in the Leicestershire county of England. 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.

City of Leicester

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland Leicester Market

52.634726°N 1.133208°W / 52.634726; -1.133208
1851Edward Davis StatueBronzeh 278cm Grade IILeicester City Council [1]
The Leicester Seamstress Hotel Street, Leicester

52.633865°N 1.134325°W / 52.633865; -1.134325
1990James Walter Butler StatueBronzeh 124cm; w 106cm; d 60cm Leicester City Council [1]

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Thomas Cook London Road, Leicester

52.630884°N 1.125286°W / 52.630884; -1.125286
1994 (1994)James Walter Butler StatueBronzeh 180cm; w 84cm; d 79cm Leicester City Council [1]
Richard III Cathedral Gardens, Leicester

52.634311°N 1.136687°W / 52.634311; -1.136687
1988James Walter Butler StatueBronzeh 183cm Leicester City Council [1] Formerly in Castle Gardens, Leicester
Towards Stillness Cathedral Gardens, Leicester

52.634478°N 1.137530°W / 52.634478; -1.137530
2014Dallas Pierce Quintero Steel plates
Textile Process Bath Lane, Leicester

52.633989°N 1.142302°W / 52.633989; -1.142302
2011Sculpture Works SculptureCorten Steel and Stainless Steel Leicester City Council
Mermaids West Bridge, Leicester

52.633958°N 1.142924°W / 52.633958; -1.142924
1900William J Neatby SculptureTerracotta 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

52.636618°N 1.138492°W / 52.636618; -1.138492
2016Levitate Interactive Digital Light SculptureDigital Screensh 7m Highcross Shopping Centre [2]
Sporting Success Gallowtree Gate/Humberstone Road, Leicester

52.635961°N 1.132745°W / 52.635961; -1.132745
1998Martin Williams StatueBronzeh 172cm Leicester City Council [1]
Metal Tree Haymarket, Leicester

52.637321°N 1.132297°W / 52.637321; -1.132297
1974Hubert Dalwood Stainless Steelh 404cm; w 320cm; d 239cm Leicester City Council [1]
The Lion Fountain Town Hall Square, Leicester

52.633665°N 1.132192°W / 52.633665; -1.132192
1879Francis J Hames FountainBronze-painted cast iron and graniteh 716cm Grade IILeicester City Council [1]
Boer War Memorial Town Hall Square, Leicester

52.634004°N 1.132372°W / 52.634004; -1.132372
1909Joseph Crosland McClure SculptureBronze and granite Grade IILeicester City Council [1]
Alice Hawkins, suffragette Market Square, Leicester

52.634397°N 1.133775°W / 52.634397; -1.133775
2018Sean Hedges-Quinn StatueBronze and graniteh 210cm Leicester City Council
John Biggs Welford Place, Leicester

52.631809°N 1.133702°W / 52.631809; -1.133702
1871George Anderson Lawson StatueBronzeh 213cm Grade IILeicester City Council [1]
The Clicker New Walk, Leicester

52.629824°N 1.129232°W / 52.629824; -1.129232
2007John Atkin StatueBronze The Friends of New Walk
The Clothier New Walk, Leicester

52.628903°N 1.126441°W / 52.628903; -1.126441
2010John Atkin StatueMarble The Friends of New Walk
Revd Robert Hall De Montfort Square, Leicester

52.628150°N 1.125094°W / 52.628150; -1.125094
1871John Birnie Philip StatueSicilian marbleh 274cm Grade IILeicester City Council [1]
Concerto De Montfort, Leicester

52.624840°N 1.121335°W / 52.624840; -1.121335
2010John Sydney Carter SculptureStainless Steel The Friends of New Walk
Souls University of Leicester

52.620935°N 1.126161°W / 52.620935; -1.126161
1990Helaine Blumenfeld SculptureBronzeh 280cm University of Leicester [1]
Flight University of Leicester

52.620632°N 1.124295°W / 52.620632; -1.124295
2014Helaine Blumenfeld SculptureBronzeh 320cm; w 110cm; d 110cm University of Leicester
Eye of Time University of Leicester

52.621619°N 1.124423°W / 52.621619; -1.124423
2006Allan Mills SculpturePortland stone University of Leicester
Life University of Leicester

52.622538°N 1.124011°W / 52.622538; -1.124011
Percy Brown SculptureBronze University of Leicester
Vortex University of Leicester

52.624155°N 1.126133°W / 52.624155; -1.126133
2005John Sydney Carter SculptureAluminium University of Leicester
Diversity in Harmony University of Leicester

52.625960°N 1.121376°W / 52.625960; -1.121376
1990Naomi Blake SculptureBronze Resin University of Leicester [1]
Statue of Liberty Upperton Road, Leicester

52.625817°N 1.143607°W / 52.625817; -1.143607
1922J H Morcom StatueReinforced cementh 5.18m [1] Formerly on Liberty Shoe Factory, Eastern Boulevard
Mahatma Gandhi Belgrave Road, Leicester

52.647129°N 1.124387°W / 52.647129; -1.124387
2009Gautam Pal StatueBronze
Medieval Plough Team Towers Park, Langford Way, Leicester

52.649610°N 1.093732°W / 52.649610; -1.093732
2012Andrew McKeown SculptureCorten Steell 5.8m; h 2.5m Leicester City Council Installed 2018 [3]
Spaceman National Space Centre, Exploration Drive, Leicester

52.654366°N 1.131984°W / 52.654366; -1.131984
Aden Hynes SculptureFibreglass Leicester City Council

Blaby district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Abstract Relief East wall, County Hall, Glenfield

52.655125°N 1.187338°W / 52.655125; -1.187338
1966Antony Hollaway MuralConcreteh 4.1m; w 20.5m Leicestershire County Council [1]

Charnwood district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
The Pinau Statue Granby Street, Loughborough

52.770778°N 1.209571°W / 52.770778; -1.209571
1956 StatueBronzeh 72.5cm; w 47cm; d 60cm Charnwood Borough Council Stolen 1980, recovered and restored 1983 [1]
The Sock Market Place, Loughborough

52.771043°N 1.206696°W / 52.771043; -1.206696
1998Shona Kinloch SculptureBronzeh 183cm; w 72cm; d 158cm Charnwood Borough Council [1]
The Signaler The Rushes Retail Park, Loughborough

52.774131°N 1.207277°W / 52.774131; -1.207277
2003John Atkin SculptureCorten steel and stainless steelh 793cm; w 305cm; d 245cm
Swan Queen's Park, Loughborough

52.770013°N 1.209273°W / 52.770013; -1.209273
1992David Tarver SculptureStone Charnwood Borough Council
Canal Life Canal Basin, Loughborough

52.774489°N 1.210686°W / 52.774489; -1.210686
2007Graeme Mitcheson SculptureStoneh 100cm; w 100cm; d 100cm each Canal and River Trust
The Athletes Ashby Road, Loughborough

52.767582°N 1.235394°W / 52.767582; -1.235394
1997Julie Doherty SculptureSteelMiddle figure h. 202 cm; w. 70 cm; d. 100 cm Charnwood Borough Council
The Flame Holywell Way, Loughborough

52.760830°N 1.244017°W / 52.760830; -1.244017
1993Neil Lawson-Baker SculptureBronzeh 670cm [1]
Double Movement Loughborough University, Loughborough

52.7581160°N 1.2461140°W / 52.7581160; -1.2461140
Michael Gillespie SculptureBronze Loughborough University
Bathaus Loughborough University, Loughborough 2017Studio Weave Reduced cottage
La Retraite Loughborough University, Loughborough

52°45'41.4"N 1°14'29.8"W
Paul Wager Sculpture [4]
Ornamental Gates and Fencing Mountfield House, Epinal Way, Loughborough

52.762806°N 1.216550°W / 52.762806; -1.216550
1998Christopher Campbell GatesGalvanised steel [1]
Declaration Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse, Leicestershire

52.736074°N 1.204936°W / 52.736074; -1.204936
1961Phillip King SculptureCement with marble chippingsh 83.8cm; w 208cm; d 83.8cm Grade IILeicestershire County Council [1]

Harborough district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Union Wharf Sundial Union Wharf Market Harborough

52.484541°N 0.930510°W / 52.484541; -0.930510
2000Marjorie and Michael Clements SundialWood Old Union Canals Society
Horse and Boy Towpath at top of Foxton Locks

52.497869°N 0.983396°W / 52.497869; -0.983396
Lifesize sculptureBronze
Sir Frank Whittle Memorial Church Street, Lutterworth

52.455663°N 1.201085°W / 52.455663; -1.201085
1987Ken Ford BustBronzeh 44cm; w 28cm; d 20.5cm Lutterworth Town Council
Whittle Plane Rugby Road, Lutterworth

52.450328°N 1.198437°W / 52.450328; -1.198437
2003 SculptureSteel 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

52.453968°N 1.200744°W / 52.453968; -1.200744
2013Graeme Mitcheson Ground sculptureWhite concreteh. 5m; w. 22 metres Lutterworth Town Council
Farming Life Sainsbury's, Market Harborough

52.477004°N 0.917959°W / 52.477004; -0.917959
1993Richard Kindersley MuralRed brick, carved Sainsburys plc [1]

Hinckley and Bosworth district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Stocking Up The Crescent, Hinckley

52.539485°N 1.373390°W / 52.539485; -1.373390
2015Deborah Bird Mural
Hercules In a field about 1km S of Market Bosworth

52.616627°N 1.395202°W / 52.616627; -1.395202
Statue Grade II [1]
Battle of Bosworth Memorial Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire

52.598055°N 1.407552°W / 52.598055; -1.407552
Sundial Leicestershire County Council
Bagworth Miners Memorial Station Road, Bagworth, Leicestershire

52.673930°N 1.344084°W / 52.673930; -1.344084
StatueBronze Bagworth and Thornton Parish Council

Melton district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Melton Calvary King Street, Melton Mowbray

52.764600°N 0.886534°W / 52.764600; -0.886534
2007Ben Coode-Adams MuralGalvanised steelh 220cm; w 700cm Melton District Council [5]
Journey through Melton Mowbray Sainsbury's, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray

52.768599°N 0.891616°W / 52.768599; -0.891616
2013Deborah Bird Mural Sainsburys plc

North West Leicestershire district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Mother and Child High Street, Coalville

52.725189°N 1.372682°W / 52.725189; -1.372682
1963Robert John Royden Thomas SculptureBronzeh 225cm; w 97cm; d 45cm North West Leicestershire District Council [1]
Miners Memorial High Street, Coalville

52.724771°N 1.371342°W / 52.724771; -1.371342
1998Judith Holmes Drewry SculptureSilicon Bronzeh 180cm; w 126cm; d 67cm North West Leicestershire District Council [1]
Hands Grange Road, Hugglescote

52.711011°N 1.366233°W / 52.711011; -1.366233
2010Hillary Cartmel SculptureStainless Steel Hugglescote Parish Council
The Hugglescote Bear Central Road/Fairfield Road, Hugglescote

52.714624°N 1.371642°W / 52.714624; -1.371642
2005Thomas Kenrick SculptureBath Limestone Hugglescote Parish Council
Ibstock Landmark Sculpture High Street, Ibstock

52.683434°N 1.403992°W / 52.683434; -1.403992
1998Ailsa Magnus SculptureGlazed stonewareh 122cm; w 66cm; d 64cm Ibstock Parish Council [1]
Wildlife The Slabs, Quorn, Leicestershire

52.748952°N 1.161951°W / 52.748952; -1.161951
2015Graeme Mitcheson SculptureStone
The Heart of the Forest North Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

52.748388°N 1.471638°W / 52.748388; -1.471638
2019Adrian Moakes SculptureSteel North West Leicestershire District Council

Oadby and Wigston district

Image Title / subject Location and
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DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes

References

  1. Cavanagh, Terry (2000). Public sculpture of Leicestershire and Rutland. Liverpool: Liverpool Univ. Press. ISBN 0-85323-655-0.
  2. http://levitate.uk.com/project/highcross-beacons/
  3. https://news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/2018/august/new-sculpture-celebrates-parks-agricultural-past/
  4. LoughboroughUniversity
  5. http://www.bencoodeadams.com/2007/com07/melton/melton.html
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