List of public art in Derbyshire

This is a partial list of public art in the Derbyshire 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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Alfreton
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
War memorial Market Place

53.097336°N 1.390496°W / 53.097336; -1.390496		 1927William Aumonier Jnr War memorialBronze statue on limestone pedestalc.3.5m high Grade II listed[1]Amber Valley Borough Council Unveiled by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, commanding officer of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).[2]

Ashbourne
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Shrovetide Hug Henmore Meadows, Ashbourne

53.444251°N 1.948485°W / 53.444251; -1.948485		 2008Neil Hawksworth StatueSteel4.6m high Abstract statue of three players fighting for the ball during the traditional annual Shrovetide football game.[3]
Stones Island Carsington Water near Ashbourne

53.0600354°N 1.6409255°W / 53.0600354; -1.6409255		 1991Lewis Knight SculptureGritstone Severn Trent Water Designed in the tradition of Derbyshire hill-top monuments.[4]

Belper
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Flying Geese A6 roundabout by Morrisons

53.020740°N 1.48539°W / 53.020740; -1.48539		 2000Paul Margetts SculptureSteel5m high Belper Town Council Inspired by the birds on the River Derwent[5]
Sacrifice Belper Memorial Gardens

53.023109°N 1.482485°W / 53.023109; -1.482485		 2019Andy Mayers SculptureSteel Belper Town Council The design is of the face of Jim Green, one of 14 Belper soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme[6]

Bolsover
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Venus Bolsover Castle

53.230648°N 1.296048°W / 53.230648; -1.296048		 17th century StatueStone English Heritage The main figure of the Venus fountain. Restored in 1999.[7]

Buxton
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
St Ann's Well The Crescent

53.2588°N 1.9143°W / 53.2588; -1.9143		 1940The bronze statue of St Ann and child is by Palliser Water fountainBronze figures and ashlar gritstonec.3m high Grade II listed[8]High Peak Borough Council Inscriptions: A WELL OF LIVING WATERS
A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF EMELIE DOROTHY BOUNDS COUNCILLOR OF THIS BOROUGH
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire George Street

53.258609°N 1.915906°W / 53.258609; -1.915906		 2020Denise Dutton StatueBronze2.3m high High Peak Borough Council Sponsor of The Crescent in the 1780s. Statue was erected to commemorate the completion of the refurbishment and reopening of the Cresent Hotel in 2020. Statue's benefactors: Bill and Sheila Barratt [9]

More images		 Winged Victory
War memorial		 The Slopes

53.258257°N 1.913767°W / 53.258257; -1.913767		 1920 (1920)Louis Frederick Roslyn[10] War memorialAshlar obelisk with bronze statuec.8m high Grade II listed[11]High Peak Borough Council Inscription:

PRO PATRIA
1914 + 1918
1939 + 1945

Castleton
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Bow and Arrow Visitor Centre on Buxton Road

53.343110°N 1.777700°W / 53.343110; -1.777700		 2004 SculptureSteel Peak District National Park Authority Pointing to Peveril Castle

Chesterfield
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Apple Between Chesterfield F.C.'s ground and Tesco

53.252544°N 1.425170°W / 53.252544; -1.425170		 2011Michael Johnson SculptureSteel and bronze5m high Chesterfield Borough Council The design reflects new growth, health and well-being. The bronze inlays are inspired by the town's origins, industries and communities.[12]
George Stephenson Chesterfield railway station

53.23828°N 1.42015°W / 53.23828; -1.42015		 2005Stephen Hicklin StatueBronzec.2m tall Chesterfield Borough Council Inscribed on the base: “Discovery, Vision and Invention” in the centre, and “George Stephenson 1781-1848. Locomotion, the conquest over space and time” around the outside.[13]
Growth Hornsbridge roundabout

53.23077°N 1.42368°W / 53.23077; -1.42368		 2014Melanie Jackson SculptureSteelc.8m tall and c.8m wide Chesterfield Borough Council Designed around the flower of the pomegranate tree (from the town's coat of arms) and the twisted form of the petals inspired by the town's twisted spire.[14]
James Haslam MP Outside the former NUM offices in Saltergate

53.237767°N 1.436408°W / 53.237767; -1.436408		 1915 StatueStone Grade II listed[15]Chesterfield Borough Council Inscription: "Erected by the Derbyshire Miners Association in memory of James Haslam MP. One of the founders of the association and its General Secretary from 1881 to 1913"
Mollusc Site of the former Markham & Co. works

53.237036°N 1.417571°W / 53.237036; -1.417571		 2003Liz Lemon SculptureStainless steelc.5m high x c.8m wide Design inspired by ammonite fossil and the shape of casings of the huge water-turbines once made at the Markham works.[16]
Poise (Wind Sculpture) West Bars

53.234837°N 1.432518°W / 53.234837; -1.432518		 2002Angela Conner SculptureWhite onyx-marble dust and resinc.2.6m high and wide Royal Mail The disc is made up of six segments, which move freely in the wind. [17]
Rosewall Curved Reclining Form Future Walk, West Bars

53.235093°N 1.434965°W / 53.235093; -1.434965		 1960-62Dame Barbara Hepworth SculptureNebrasina limestonec.1m high and 2.3m wide Grade II listed[18]Chesterfield Borough Council Brought to Chesterfield in 1963 by the GPO (later Royal Mail). Bought by the town council in 2009 and moved onto a rectangular plinth set in a shallow tiled pool. [19]
A System of Support and Balance Outside the Chesterfield Magistrates Court

53.237637°N 1.424081°W / 53.237637; -1.424081		 2004Paul Lewthwaite SculptureSteel and concrete6.6m high Chesterfield Borough Council Inspired by the archways and columns around the town centre, on a base of piled books.[20]
Walking Together Site of the former Markham Colliery at Staveley

53.241933°N 1.335663°W / 53.241933; -1.335663		 2013Stephen Broadbent MemorialSteel Tribute to 106 miners who died in mining disasters at Markham Colliery in 1937, 1938 and 1973.[21]
William Harvey MP Outside the former NUM offices in Saltergate

53.237767°N 1.436408°W / 53.237767; -1.436408		 1915 StatueStone Grade II listed[22]Chesterfield Borough Council Inscription: "Erected by the Derbyshire Miners Association in memory of William Edward Harvey MP one of the founders of the association and an official from 1883 to 1914"


Derby
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Bonnie Prince Charlie Cathedral Green

52.925067°N 1.476244°W / 52.925067; -1.476244		 1995Anthony Stones StatueBronze figure on a sandstone ashlar pedestal and basec.4.5m high Derby City Council Prince Charles Edward Stuart on horseback. Erected in 1995 to mark the 250th Anniversary of the Prince's occupation of Derby.[23]
"Boy and Goose" Sir Peter Hilton Memorial Garden

52.922972°N 1.475180°W / 52.922972; -1.475180		 1926 (1926)Alexander Fisher SculptureBronze Originally known as "Boy and Gander" and in a fountain in the Market Place; moved to River Gardens in 1933; Council House from 1949; in store from 1971; restored 1977 then inside New Assembly Rooms, current location from 1996.[24][25]
"Boy and Ram" River Gardens

52.922874°N 1.472568°W / 52.922874; -1.472568		 1963Wilfred Edgar Dudeney SculptureBronze on granite base First installed in 1963 in the new Main Centre shopping precinct. Moved in 2005 to make way for the construction of Westfield.[26]

More images		 Brian Clough and Peter Taylor Unity Plaza, Pride Park Stadium

52.915189°N 1.449661°W / 52.915189; -1.449661		 2008 (2008)Andrew Edwards StatueBronze9 feet (2.7 m) (height) Derby County Football Club Clough and Taylor are shown holding the League Championship trophy which they won while managing Derby County F.C. in 1972. Unveiled on 27 August 2010.[27]
"The Derby Ram" East Street and Albion Street

52.921290°N 1.474300°W / 52.921290; -1.474300		 1995Michael Pegler SculptureMillstone grit2m x 2.4cm x 1.7m Inspired by the ancient ballad about the mythical creature The Derby Ram.[28]
Derby War Memorial Market Place

52.923499°N 1.476458°W / 52.923499; -1.476458		 1923Arthur George Walker War MemorialBronze figure on a sandstone pedestalc.4m high Derby City Council Erected in 1923 opposite the Guildhall.[29]
Florence Nightingale In front of the former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site on London Road

52.912057°N 1.470546°W / 52.912057; -1.470546		 1914Countess Feodora Gleichen StatueStonec.4.2m high Grade II listed[30]Derby City Council Inscription: "FIAT LVX" meaning let there be light.
"Florentine Boar" Derby Arboretum

52.914540°N 1.472900°W / 52.914540; -1.472900		 2005Alex Paxton SculptureBronze on stone plinth Derby City Council Nicknamed Charlie by its creator. Replaced William John Coffee's original ‘Florentine Boar’ from 1806 and installed in the park when it was opened in 1840 but destroyed in 1941 by a World War II bomb.[31]
Sir Henry Royce Riverside Gardens

52.887628°N 1.463034°W / 52.887628; -1.463034		 1921Derwent Wood StatueBronze on a stone plinth Grade II listed[32]Derby City Council Moved from Derby Arboretum in 1972.
Michael Thomas Bass Wardwick

52.922933°N 1.480508°W / 52.922933; -1.480508		 1885Joseph Edgar Boehm StatueBronze Grade II listed[33]Derby City Council Inscription: "Michael Thomas Bass MP for Derby 1848 to 1888"
Queen Victoria Former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site on London Road

52.9155306°N 1.468056°W / 52.9155306; -1.468056		 1906Charles Bell Birch StatueBronze on a granite pedestal Grade II listed[34]Derby City Council Unveiled by King Edward VII in 1906.


Glossop
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Glossop Cenotaph Norfolk Square

53.4434156°N 1.9501061°W / 53.4434156; -1.9501061		 1921Vernon March War memorialBronze statue on sandstone pedestalc.5m high Grade II listed[35]High Peak Borough Council Winged Victory figure. Unveiled by Fracis Edward, Lord Howard in 1922.[36]
Howard Lion Glossop railway station

53.444251°N 1.948485°W / 53.444251; -1.948485		 1847 StatueStone The Howard Lion (named after Lord Howard) stands above Glossop Central station, designed by Hadfield and Weightman, completed in 1847.[37]

Matlock Bath
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes

More images		 War Memorial North Parade

53.121700°N 1.559565°W / 53.121700; -1.559565		 1921 (1921) War memorial Derbyshire Dales District Council The war memorial was unveiled on the 21st May 1921 [38]
Sir Richard Arkwright Masson Mills Shopping Village

53.112840°N 1.561829°W / 53.112840; -1.561829		 StatueBronze Masson Mills Shopping Village

Swadlincote
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Don't Worry Son Town centre DE11 9FQ

52.771659°N 1.555527°W / 52.771659; -1.555527		 2011Ray Londsdale SculptureSteel Inscription of miner's words: Don't worry son, it's just a hole in the ground where you'll find your roots.[39]

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