List of public art in Berkshire

This is a list of public art in the English county of Berkshire. This list applies only to works of art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

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Bradfield
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Bradfield War Memorial Equidistant between Bradfield College and Southend Bradfield

51.437436°N 1.137477°W / 51.437436; -1.137477		 1920George Blackall Simonds Memorial Media related to the war memorial at Wikimedia Commons

Maidenhead
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Ada Lewis Memorial Fountain Bridge Gardens

51.52416°N 0.70326°W / 51.52416; -0.70326		 1908 Fountain This memorial was originally erected in 1908 in memory of local benefactor Ada Lewis, and was used as a drinking trough. In late 2010 the memorial was relocated to a more central position within Bridge Gardens. The illuminated fountain sits within a pool, and is surrounded by a paved area with seating, so users can enjoy the fountain as well as views of the River Thames and Maidenhead Bridge.

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Newbury
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Ebb And Flow Newbury Lock

51.401658°N 1.325552°W / 51.401658; -1.325552		 Peter Randall-Page Fountain / SculptureGranite2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) diameter The work comprises a large granite bowl set at the centre of a spiral granite path leading down from the lock. The bowl is connected to the lock by underground piping so that when the lock fills, water flows into the bowl and then empties away as the level of the water in the lock goes down.[1]

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Queen Victoria Victoria Park

51.404482°N 1.319589°W / 51.404482; -1.319589		 Statue Media related to the statue at Wikimedia Commons

Pangbourne
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Elephant statue at The Elephant Pangbourne

51.48336°N 1.08764°W / 51.48336; -1.08764		 Statue Media related to the statue at Wikimedia Commons
Pangbourne Village Sign Pangbourne

51.484291°N 1.08837°W / 51.484291; -1.08837		 Village sign Media related to the village sign at Wikimedia Commons

Reading
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Abbey Gateway Heads Abbey Gateway

51°27′23.2″N 0°58′00.5″W		 1900Andrew Ohlson SculptureStone A series of heads, attached to the medieval former inner gateway of Reading Abbey.[2][3]

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Balls Head / Interpretation of Ruins Reading Abbey

51.455920°N 0.965399°W / 51.455920; -0.965399		 2000Jens-Flemming Sørensen SculptureBronze A sculpture based on an interpretation of the adjacent ruins of the abbey. It has no formal name, but is sometimes referred to as either the Balls Head or the Interpretation of Ruins.[4]

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Black History Mural Mill Lane

51.4528°N 0.969°W / 51.4528; -0.969		 1988Alan Howard with members of Reading Central Club Mural Mural illustrating the roles black people have played throughout history.[5]

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Cartwheeling Boys Civic Centre

51.45339°N 0.976029°W / 51.45339; -0.976029		 Brian Slack Sculpture Erected to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the link between Reading and Düsseldorf established by Phoebe Cusden in 1947.[6]

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Caversham Village Sign Caversham

51.467565°N 0.974626°W / 51.467565; -0.974626		 Stuart King Village sign Erected in 2003 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II and repaired and conserved by the original artist in 2019.[7]

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Central Piazza Water Feature Kennet Island

51.430908°N 0.975615°W / 51.430908; -0.975615		 Fountain Media related to the water feature at Wikimedia Commons
Compleat Angler Chocolate Island in River Kennet

51.455999°N 0.961520°W / 51.455999; -0.961520		 1992Kevin Atherton Statue Statue of an angler placed on Chocolate Island in the River Kennet, where that river once flowed through the Huntley & Palmers factory. The statue was erected when the factory closed to commemorate the people of Reading who worked there.[6]

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Cows Regent Court

51.458554°N 0.977980°W / 51.458554; -0.977980		 Mural Mural of cows situated close to the Reading Cattle Market.

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Edward VII Station Square

51.45773°N 0.9724°W / 51.45773; -0.9724		 1902George Edward Wade StatueBronze Grade II Celebrates the coronation of King Edward VII.[8]

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Forbury Square Obelisk Forbury Square

51.456324°N 0.967613°W / 51.456324; -0.967613		 2003Sally Castle
and
Matt Doyle		 SculptureCarlow blue limestone Monolith designed by Sally Castle and carved by Matt Doyle. It carries quotations relating to 'Four' and 'For', the words Forbury Square, and images of tile designs from Reading Abbey.[9]

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Frederick Potts Memorial The Forbury

51.456552°N 0.967194°W / 51.456552; -0.967194		 2015Tom Murphy Memorial
Sculpture		Bronze Commemorates and depicts the rescue of Trooper Arthur Andrews by Trooper Frederick Potts, both men having been wounded during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, and for which Potts was awarded the Victoria Cross. Adjacent is a roll of honour to the 426 men of the Berkshire Yeomanry, the regiment to which both Potts and Andrews belonged, who lost their lives in the wars of the 20th Century. Both are mounted on plinths faced in Portland stone.[10]

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Gateway Reading International Business Park

51.416°N 0.974°W / 51.416; -0.974		 2000Clare Bigger Sculpture At the entrance to the Reading International Business Park.[11]

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George Palmer Palmer Park

51.451946°N 0.938628°W / 51.451946; -0.938628		 1891George Blackall Simonds StatueBronze Grade II Commemorates George Palmer, the founder of the biscuit manufacturers Huntley & Palmers. Originally sited in Broad Street, but relocated to Palmer Park in 1930.[12]

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Girl and Swan Kings Road

51.4548°N 0.9647°W / 51.4548; -0.9647		 1984Lorne McKean StatueBronze Depicts a young girl reaching up to touch a swan flying overhead.[13]

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Hexham Road Tree Community Centre, Hexham Road

51.437429°N 0.959145°W / 51.437429; -0.959145		 1998Bhajan Hunjan Three dimensional mural on the wall of Hexham Road Community Centre.[6]
Hugh de Boves and Hugh of Faringdon Memorials Reading Abbey

51.456363°N 0.964878°W / 51.456363; -0.964878		 1911William Silver Frith ReliefLimestone Two stone reliefs, showing the first and the last abbot of Reading Abbey and flanking the east end of the ruined chapter house of the abbey.[14][15]

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Inner Light Kings Road

51.455736°N 0.961695°W / 51.455736; -0.961695		 1992Liliane Lijn Sculpture Overlooks the River Kennet behind the offices of Prudential in Kings Road, Reading[6]

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International Brigade Memorial Forbury Gardens

51.456816°N 0.965834°W / 51.456816; -0.965834		 1990Eric Stanford Memorial
Statue		 Memorial to the Reading members of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. Originally sited at Reading Civic Centre but relocated to Forbury Gardens in 2015.[16]

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Jubilee Fountain St Mary's Butts

51.454233°N 0.974229°W / 51.454233; -0.974229		 1887George W Webb FountainStone Commemorates Queen Victoria's golden jubilee. In Red Mansfield and Portland stone and Peterhead granite. The fountain bowl has been converted into a flower display.[17]

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Maiwand Lion Forbury Gardens

51.456952°N 0.967481°W / 51.456952; -0.967481		 1884George Blackall Simonds Memorial
Sculpture		Cast iron Grade II Commemorates the Battle of Maiwand in 1880.

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Meteor Garden Harris Garden, University of Reading

51.435653°N 0.940898°W / 51.435653; -0.940898		 2015 Sculpture Sponsored by the Friends of the Harris Garden and designed by their volunteers.

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Oscar Wilde Memorial Chestnut Walk

51.455805°N 0.963573°W / 51.455805; -0.963573		 2000Bruce Williams
and
Paul Muldoon		 Memorial Memorial to Oscar Wilde, who was imprisoned in the adjacent Reading Gaol and wrote the Ballad of Reading Gaol. Comprises metal gates, fencing and seats all with cultural references to Wilde.[18]

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Queen Victoria Town Hall Square

51.456551°N 0.970177°W / 51.456551; -0.970177		 George Blackall Simonds StatueMarble Grade II Celebrates the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.[19]

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Robed Figure Reading Abbey

51.456197°N 0.965418°W / 51.456197; -0.965418		 1988Elisabeth Frink Statue A near-duplicate of the central of the central figure from Elisabeth Frink's work Martyrs of Dorchester.[20]

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Rufus Isaacs Eldon Square

51.45773°N 0.9724°W / 51.45773; -0.9724		 Charles Sargeant Jagger Statue Commemorates Rufus Isaacs, who held the roles of Attorney General, Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, and was the first Marquess of Reading. The statue was originally sited in New Delhi but was offered as a gift to Reading after India achieved its independence in 1947. It was relocated to its current location in 1971.[6][21]

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Rustic Fountain Forbury Gardens

51.430908°N 0.975615°W / 51.430908; -0.975615		 1856 Fountain A rustic fountain in a pond, by an unknown artist but believed to date from 1856 when the town's Forbury was first laid out as 'pleasure gardens'.[20]

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Simeon Monument Market Place

51.45561°N 0.9695°W / 51.45561; -0.9695		 1804John Soane Portland stone25 feet (7.6 m) in height Also known as the Soane Obelisk, the Soane Monument and the Simeon Obelisk. Commissioned in his lifetime by Edward Simeon and with a triangular cross-section, it is technically neither a monument nor an obelisk, despite often being called both.

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Space Between Forbury Road

51.457584°N 0.966101°W / 51.457584; -0.966101		 Simon Hitchens SculptureGranite5 metres (16 ft) in height Twin helical blocks of granite, carved from Chinese granite, situated outside new office blocks on Forbury Road opposite Forbury Gardens.[22]

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Sumer Is Icumen In Reading Abbey

51.456404°N 0.965089°W / 51.456404; -0.965089		 ReliefLimestone Stone relief commemorating the composition of the early English song Sumer Is Icumen In at Reading Abbey in the 13th century.[23][24]

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Windsor
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Diamond Jubilee Fountain The Goswells

51.484174°N 0.611072°W / 51.484174; -0.611072		 2012 Fountain Celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012.

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King George III
(The Copper Horse)		 Windsor Great Park

51.445106°N 0.609313°W / 51.445106; -0.609313		 1831Richard Westmacott StatueBronze Grade I An equestrian of statue of King George III that marks one end of the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park. It was commissioned by King George IV, sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott and erected in October 1831.[25][26]

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Prince Albert Windsor Great Park

51.42355°N 0.60932°W / 51.42355; -0.60932		 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue Grade II Media related to the statue at Wikimedia Commons
Prince Christian Victor Thames Street

51.48462°N 0.6068°W / 51.48462; -0.6068		 1903Goscombe John Statue Grade II Commemorates the life of Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, a grand-son of Queen Victoria, who died in 1900.

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Queen Elizabeth II Windsor Great Park

51.435950°N 0.627600°W / 51.435950; -0.627600		 2003Philip Jackson Equestrian statueBronze Media related to the statue at Wikimedia Commons
Queen Victoria Outside Windsor Castle

51.482594°N 0.607501°W / 51.482594; -0.607501		 1887Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue Grade II Media related to the statue at Wikimedia Commons[27]

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