List of public art in Wolverhampton

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

Wolverhampton

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

More images		 Equestrian statue of Prince Albert Queen Square, Wolverhampton

52.585908°N 2.128333°W / 52.585908; -2.128333		 1866 (1866)Thomas Thornycroft Equestrian statueBronze Grade II listed[1]Wolverhampton City CouncilQ26497548

More images		 Allegorical Figures of Industry and Agriculture NatWest Bank – Corner of Exchange Street – Queen Square, Wolverhampton

52.586035°N 2.128956°W / 52.586035; -2.128956		 1905 (1905) SculptureStone1m high x 2m wide approx. NatWest Bank [2]

More images		 Scenes of Mining, Agriculture and Industry Lloyds Bank – Queen Square and Dudley Street, Wolverhampton

52.585767°N 2.127479°W / 52.585767; -2.127479		 1878 (1878)J A Chatwin Relief panelsStone3 panels: 50cm high x 150cm wide approx Grade II listed[3]Lloyds Bank [4]

St Peter's Gardens
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coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes

More images		 Lady Wulfrun St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton

52.586807°N 2.128559°W / 52.586807; -2.128559		 1974 (1974)Sir Charles Wheeler StatueBronze Wolverhampton City Council Lady Wulfrun is regarded as the founder of Wolverhampton[5]

More images		 Douglas Morris Harris St Peter's Gardens, Wolverhampton

52.586670°N 2.127679°W / 52.586670; -2.127679		 1919 (1919)Robert Jackson Emerson War memorial BustBronze Grade II listed[6]Wolverhampton City CouncilQ26638004 A bust of Able Seaman Harris who continued to record messages on the ship Floandi before he was hit and killed in 1917[7]

More images		 Saxon Cross Shaft St Peter's Gardens, Wolverhampton

52.586716°N 2.128215°W / 52.586716; -2.128215		 c. 850 (850)AD CrossStone4.2m high approx. Wolverhampton City CouncilQ16903638 The cross shaft is the oldest man-made object in Wolverhampton[8]

More images		 Allegories of the Arts, Sciences and Industry Wolverhampton Art Gallery – Lichfield Street and St Peter's Walk, Wolverhampton

52.586833°N 2.127260°W / 52.586833; -2.127260		 1883 (1883)J A Chatwin ReliefPortland stoneReliefs x 2: 2m x 8m. Reliefs x 2: 2m x 16m Grade II* listed[9]Wolverhampton City Council [10]

More images		 Allegorical Figures and Cartouche University of Wolverhampton – Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton

52.587440°N 2.127700°W / 52.587440; -2.127700		 1933 (1933)Col G. C. Lowbridge SculptureSandstone1.8m high x 1.2m wide University of Wolverhampton [11]

Wolverhampton Station
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coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes

More images		 Iron Horse Between platform 2 and 3 at Wolverhampton station, Wolverhampton

52.587329°N 2.118978°W / 52.587329; -2.118978		 1987 (1987)Kevin Atherton SculpturePainted steel1.8m high x 2.4m long Network Rail One of a series of 12 between Wolverhampton station and Birmingham New Street station[12]

More images		 Signal Man Premier Inn Wolverhampton City Centre Hotel, Wolverhampton

52.588437°N 2.119900°W / 52.588437; -2.119900		 2007 (2007)Giles Penny Sculpture Premier Inn [13]

More images		 Railcar Broad Gauge Way apartments – Wolverhampton

52.588556°N 2.118603°W / 52.588556; -2.118603		 2007 (2007)Mick Thacker Sculpture500cm x 500 cm Celebrates the history of Wolverhampton Low Level station.[14] Also known as Locomotion 2.[15]

Ring Road
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Echelon with Concrete Pillars University of Wolverhampton – School of Art and Design – Ring Road St Peter's, Wolverhampton

52.589317°N 2.128333°W / 52.589317; -2.128333		 1972 (1972)Hubert Dalwood SculptureConcrete University of Wolverhampton [16]
Sculpture near the University of Wolverhampton School of Art University of Wolverhampton – School of Art and Design – Ring Road St Peter's, Wolverhampton

52.589440°N 2.128677°W / 52.589440; -2.128677		 1970 (1970) SculptureConcrete University of Wolverhampton

More images		 Gears sculpture Small park between Ring Road St Patricks and Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton

52.588867°N 2.123001°W / 52.588867; -2.123001		 2012 (2012) SculptureSteel Wolverhampton City Council One is near Little's Lane and one is near Wednesfield Road (first appears on Google Street Map view in October 2012)

More images		 Sarcophagus sculpture Small park between Ring Road St Patricks and Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton

52.589134°N 2.123140°W / 52.589134; -2.123140		  () SculptureStone Wolverhampton City Council Kind of looks like a Sarcophagus
Ionic Order Wednesfield Road and Ring Road St Patricks, Wolverhampton

52.588343°N 2.123059°W / 52.588343; -2.123059		 1991 (1991)Hugh Tessier SculptureBrick pedestal & Steel column500cm high approx Wolverhampton City Council Used to be on Pipers Row near the old Wolverhampton bus station before it was moved to this location[17]

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
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More images		 Billy Wright The Molineux – Wolverhampton

52.590039°N 2.131878°W / 52.590039; -2.131878		 1996 (1996)James Butler StatueBronze Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. [18] As of mid January 2017, the plaques below the statue have been damaged due to a car crash [19]

More images		 Stan Cullis The Molineux – Wolverhampton

52.59111°N 2.1308°W / 52.59111; -2.1308		 2003 (2003)James Butler StatueBronze Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Former player and manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers from 1934 to 1964 [20]

More images		 Sir Jack Hayward The Molineux – Wolverhampton

52.589441°N 2.131415°W / 52.589441; -2.131415		 2018 (2018)James Butler StatueBronze Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Was the owner of Wolves for 17 years until 2007.[21]

Other city centre areas
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes

More images		 The Wheatsheaf The Wheatsheaf – Tower Street, Wolverhampton

52.584689°N 2.125276°W / 52.584689; -2.125276		  () Sculpture

More images		 City Gateway Either side of Stafford Street, Wolverhampton

52.589004°N 2.126327°W / 52.589004; -2.126327		 2008 (2008)Julia Rowley SculptureStainless steel, glass & acrylic5 metres Gateway East near Thornley Street. Gateway West near a University of Wolverhampton building[22]
Sunbeam Car Panels St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton

52.57963°N 2.12734°W / 52.57963; -2.12734 (approx)		 1995 (1995)Steve Field, John McKenna Relief sculptureBronze3m by 2m St John's Retail Park [23]

More images		 Historical Car and Motorcycle Company Logos Railings of St John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton

52.579655°N 2.126114°W / 52.579655; -2.126114		 1995 (1995)Steve Field, John McKenna SculptureSteel, with applied surface, silver/greyFence panels: Slight variations but one is 36cm high x 62 cm wide, another is 50cm diameter. Large panel:100cm diameter approx St John's Retail Park Logos for Guy, The Sunbeam, Clyno etc[24]
Out of the Darkness Cometh Light Sainsbury's – St Mark's Street, Wolverhampton

52.583931°N 2.135516°W / 52.583931; -2.135516		 2014 (2014)Planet Art (Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson) SculptureStainless steel8m Sainsbury's Stainless steel vase sculpture for the new Sainsbury's Raglan Street store[25]

West Park
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coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes

More images		 Charles Pelham Villiers West Park, Wolverhampton

52.58984°N 2.1408°W / 52.58984; -2.1408		 1878 (1878)W.Theed the younger StatueAshlar Grade II listed[26]Wolverhampton City CouncilQ26497586 MP for Wolverhampton for 63 years. The statue was moved from its original position in Snow Hill in 1931.

More images		 Victorian Sewer West Park, Wolverhampton

52.587238°N 2.138652°W / 52.587238; -2.138652		 1970s SculptureBrick Wolverhampton City Council Built for a Wolverhampton Fiesta in the 1970s

Blakenhall
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
The Lone Rider Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton

52.575861°N 2.135798°W / 52.575861; -2.135798		 1996 (1996)Steve Field SculptureHoptonwood limestone Marks the site of the former AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann.[23][27]

Heath Town
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Reflective Metal Bridge Wyrley and Essington Canal – Heath Town, Wolverhampton

52.593075°N 2.101318°W / 52.593075; -2.101318		  () SculptureSteel [28]

New Cross Hospital
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Circle of Life New Cross Hospital – Heath Town, Wolverhampton

52.596936°N 2.096624°W / 52.596936; -2.096624		 1998 (1998)Katie Chambers SculptureConcrete & pebblesPlinth: 57cm high x 3.5m diameter. Outer ring: 3m diameter. Inner cylinder: 60cm diameter x 32cm deep. Bed: 6.3m diameter. Wolverhampton City Council [29]
Lettered Column New Cross Hospital – Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton

52.596965°N 2.094213°W / 52.596965; -2.094213		 2002 (2002)Meic Watts SculptureGranite blocks, steel5.2m high, with circumference of 2.8m at base Wolverhampton City Council [30]
New Cross Column New Cross Hospital – Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton

52.596714°N 2.094863°W / 52.596714; -2.094863		 2002 (2002) SculptureGranite blocks Wolverhampton City Council

Bilston

Town Centre
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes

More images		 High Street entrance marker Junction of Dudley Street and High Street, Bilston

52.564334°N 2.079195°W / 52.564334; -2.079195		 1999 (1999)Kate Maddison of Chrysalis Arts SculptureSteel, natural, gold and blue6.5m high Wolverhampton City Council The top of the spiral has two flying doves on it. [31][32]

More images		 Church Street entrance marker Junction of Lichfield Street and Church Street, Bilston

52.566198°N 2.074051°W / 52.566198; -2.074051		 2004 (2004)Kate Maddison of Chrysalis Arts SculptureSteel7.5-metre column Wolverhampton City Council Has a gilded rising sun and a stainless steel mantle[32]

More images		 Women's Work Outside the Horse and Jockey, Church Street, Bilston

52.565688°N 2.076406°W / 52.565688; -2.076406		 May 1998 (1998-05)Rose Garrard SculptureBronze Wolverhampton City Council A female figure beside a pit-head gantry, commemorates the impoverished women working in the 19th century coal and iron industries of the Black Country. [33] Based on a 19th Century photograph of a pit bank wench or coal picker from Bilston [34]
Amber the Fire Breather back garden of Bilston Craft Gallery and Museum – Mount Pleasant, Bilston

52.568003°N 2.071568°W / 52.568003; -2.071568		 1994 (1994)Graham Jones SculptureOak and sweet chestnut12m long Wolverhampton City Council [35]

More images		 Industrial Images Job Centre Plus – Junction of Smith Street and High Street, Bilston

52.564262°N 2.079809°W / 52.564262; -2.079809		 1995 (1995)John McKenna ReliefBrick, red and buff, partially painted3m x 2.75m Job Centre Plus [36] Brick relief panel was depicting former Bilston Industry[37]

More images		 Witness Church Street bridge, Bilston

52.566021°N 2.075504°W / 52.566021; -2.075504		 1997 (1997)Bettina Furnee SculptureCast iron Wolverhampton City Council Text composed using tape recordings from an oral history project looking back at the local steel industry which came to an end in the 1980s. On 14 panels. [38] [39]

Black Country Route
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More images		 Hovering kestrel Citadel Logistics Building on the Black Country Route, Bilston

52.568519°N 2.055003°W / 52.568519; -2.055003		 2009 (2009)John McKenna SculptureStainless steel Wolverhampton City Council [40]

More images		 Steel Columns next to footpath adjacent to Oxford Street Roundabout near Black Country Route, Bilston

52.565072°N 2.071207°W / 52.565072; -2.071207		 1996 (1996)Robert Koenig SculptureSweet Chestnut trunks, painted black, red, and yellowFront row: 450cm high x 38cm diameter, middle row: 505cm high x 40cm diameter, back row: 560cm high x 45cm diameter Wolverhampton City Council [41]

More images		 Steel Monoliths Roundabout between Millfields Road, High Street, Wolverhampton Street and Coseley Road near Black Country Route, Bilston

52.563571°N 2.083344°W / 52.563571; -2.083344		 1996 (1996)Miles Davis SculptureCore-ten steelApproximately 10m high Wolverhampton City Council [42] Sculpture consisting of 3 steel monoliths about 10 meters high to reflect Bilston’s engineering past. [43]

More images		 Tower of Light Adjacent to Bilston Football Club – Vulcan Roundabout – Black Country Route, Bilston

52.565571°N 2.065191°W / 52.565571; -2.065191		 1998 (1998)Ellis O'Connell SculptureStainless steel16.5m high x 2m diameter at base Wolverhampton City Council [44] A large outdoor sculpture in stainless steel, glass and fibre optics [45]

More images		 Beth's Arch Roundabout adjacent to Bilston firestation – Black Country Route, Bilston

52.562183°N 2.082981°W / 52.562183; -2.082981		 1996 (1996)Sarah Tombs SculptureSteel, painted black and brown8m Wolverhampton City Council named after Elizabeth one of the Blast Furnaces located at the Steelworks that once stood nearby [46][47]

More images		 Black Country Route Special Features Project Black Country Route, Bilston

52.563576°N 2.078437°W / 52.563576; -2.078437		 1993 (1993)Richard Criddle SculptureFabricated steel, painted blue Wolverhampton City Council At least 7 sculptures along the route [48] [49] Wall relief (x4) in small gardens. [50]

More images		 Tower Panels Morrisons, Black Country Route, Bilston

52.563921°N 2.076137°W / 52.563921; -2.076137		 1995 (1995)Steve Field Panelssheet steel against a background of plate glassFour metal panels 4m high x 3m wide Morrisons Three panels on four sides, depicting work in a rolling mill, mining and an imaginative panel
Fire & Water Bert Williams Leisure Centre, Nettlefolds Way, Bilston

52.563001°N 2.077436°W / 52.563001; -2.077436		 Circling the Square Lighting sculpturecoloured LED's, cast glass, stainless steel & photographic panels. WV Active It lights up at night [51]

Wednesfield
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administrator Notes
Night Swimmer Wolverhampton Swimming & Fitness Centre – Planetary Road, Wednesfield

52.593889°N 2.092409°W / 52.593889; -2.092409		 2008 (2008)Mark Renn & Mick Thacker SculptureSteel4000m x 7000m Wolverhampton City Council [14][52]
Phoenix Trees Bowman's Island, at junction with Wednesfield Way – Planetary Road, Wednesfield

52.594524°N 2.092284°W / 52.594524; -2.092284		 2001 (2001)Steve Geliot SculptureOaks & cast metal, bronze colouredPoles: 5m high Wolverhampton City Council [53][54]

More images		 Past Present Future Sainsbury's – Kenmare Way, Wednesfield

52.597598°N 2.085724°W / 52.597598; -2.085724 approx		 2013 (2013)Planet Art (Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson) SculptureStainless steel2 screens – both 7m x 4m Wolverhampton City Council [25]
Wednesfield Mural Bealeys Fold, Wednesfield (off the High Street)

52.599938°N 2.081944°W / 52.599938; -2.081944 approx		 1960s Mosaic muraltiles Wolverhampton City Council Mural by local school[55]

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