List of public art in Greater Manchester
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This is a list of public art in Greater Manchester, England, split according to metropolitan district.
This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork that is only visible inside a museum.
Bolton
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Two Forms (Divided Circle) 1969 | University of Bolton, Bolton | 1982 | Barbara Hepworth | 53°34′25″N 2°26′09″W / 53.57363°N 2.4357°W / 53.57363; -2.4357 | [1] | |
Fred Dibnah | Bolton | 2008 | Jane Robbins | 53°34′45″N 2°25′49″W / 53.579297°N 2.430199°W / 53.579297; -2.430199 | [2] |
Bury
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Memorial to Robert Peel | Bury | 1851 | Edward Hodges Baily | 53°35′37″N 2°17′52″W / 53.59369°N 2.29771°W / 53.59369; -2.29771 | [3][4]: 250–253 | |
Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial | Bury | 1905 | Sir George Frampton | 53°35′19″N 2°18′04″W / 53.588608°N 2.301144°W / 53.588608; -2.301144 | [4]: 256 [5] | |
Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial (First World War) | Gallipoli Gardens, Bury | 1922 | Edwin Lutyens | 53°35′32″N 2°17′55″W / 53.592234°N 2.298722°W / 53.592234; -2.298722 | [6] | |
Tilted Vase | Ramsbottom | 1998 | Edward Allington | 53°38′56″N 2°19′07″W / 53.648947°N 2.318538°W / 53.648947; -2.318538 | [4]: 264 [7] | |
Picnic Area | Burrs Country Park, Bury | 1998 | David Fryer | 53°36′35″N 2°18′22″W / 53.60965°N 2.306194°W / 53.60965; -2.306194 | [8][4]: 242–243 | |
Nailing Home | Radcliffe | 1999 | Jack Wright | 53°33′52″N 2°20′01″W / 53.564544°N 2.333628°W / 53.564544; -2.333628 | [4]: 262 [9][10] | |
From Northern Soul (Bury Neon) | Bury Interchange, Bury | 2011 | Ron Silliman | 53°35′27″N 2°17′49″W / 53.5908°N 2.297°W / 53.5908; -2.297 | [11] |
Manchester
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Sir Robert Peel | Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester | 1853 | William Calder Marshall | 53°28′53″N 2°14′14.9″W / 53.48139°N 2.237472°W / 53.48139; -2.237472 | [12][13] | |
John Dalton | Chester Street, Manchester | 1855 | William Theed | 53°28′19″N 2°14′26″W / 53.471889°N 2.240447°W / 53.471889; -2.240447 | [14][15] | |
Duke of Wellington | Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester | 1856 | Matthew Noble | 53°28′51″N 2°14′08″W / 53.480879°N 2.235674°W / 53.480879; -2.235674 | [16][17] | |
James Watt | Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester | 1857 | William Theed | 53°28′53″N 2°14′12″W / 53.481261°N 2.23664°W / 53.481261; -2.23664 | [18][19] | |
Albert Memorial | Albert Square, Manchester | 1867 | Statue Matthew Noble / Canopy Thomas Worthington | 53°28′46″N 2°14′43″W / 53.4795°N 2.245209°W / 53.4795; -2.245209 | [20][21][15] | |
Richard Cobden | St Ann's Square, Manchester | 1867 | Marshall Wood | 53°28′55″N 2°14′45″W / 53.481919°N 2.245718°W / 53.481919; -2.245718 | [22][23][15] | |
Oliver Cromwell | Wythenshawe Hall, Manchester | 1875 | Matthew Noble | 53°24′17″N 2°16′37″W / 53.404783°N 2.276823°W / 53.404783; -2.276823 | [24] | |
James Fraser | Albert Square, Manchester | 1888 | Thomas Woolner | 53°28′48″N 2°14′42″W / 53.4799°N 2.244971°W / 53.4799; -2.244971 | [25][26][15] | |
John Bright | Albert Square, Manchester | 1891 | Albert Bruce-Joy | 53°28′47″N 2°14′42″W / 53.479713°N 2.245075°W / 53.479713; -2.245075 | [27][28] | |
Oliver Heywood | Albert Square, Manchester | 1894 | Albert Bruce-Joy | 53°28′46″N 2°14′43″W / 53.479306°N 2.24537°W / 53.479306; -2.24537 | [29][30] | |
Queen Victoria | Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester | 1901 | Edward Onslow Ford | 53°28′51.9″N 2°14′11.9″W / 53.481083°N 2.236639°W / 53.481083; -2.236639 | [31][32] | |
William Gladstone | Albert Square, Manchester | 1901 | Mario Raggi | 53°28′45″N 2°14′44″W / 53.479101°N 2.245512°W / 53.479101; -2.245512 | [33][34][15] | |
Adrift | St Peter's Square, Manchester | 1908 | John Cassidy | 53°28′41″N 2°14′37″W / 53.478116°N 2.243706°W / 53.478116; -2.243706 | [35][36] | |
The Last Shot / South African War Memorial | St Ann's Square, Manchester | 1908 | Hamo Thornycroft | 53°28′57″N 2°14′44″W / 53.482523°N 2.24548°W / 53.482523; -2.24548 | [37][38][15] | |
Edward VII | Whitworth Park, Manchester | 1913 | John Cassidy | 53°27′34″N 2°13′42″W / 53.459522°N 2.228308°W / 53.459522; -2.228308 | [39][40] | |
Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln Square, Brazennose St, Manchester | 1919 | George Grey Barnard | 53°28′47″N 2°14′50″W / 53.479669°N 2.24716°W / 53.479669; -2.24716 | [41][42][15] | |
Manchester Cenotaph | Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester | 1924 | Edwin Lutyens | 53°28′39″N 2°14′38″W / 53.4776°N 2.2438°W / 53.4776; -2.2438 | [43] | |
Messenger Of Peace | Cooper Street, Manchester | 1986 | Barbara Pearson | 53°28′43″N 2°14′35″W / 53.478705°N 2.243047°W / 53.478705; -2.243047 | [44][45] | |
Robert Owen | Balloon Street, Manchester | 1994 | Gilbert Bayes | 53°29′10″N 2°14′28″W / 53.48613°N 2.24108°W / 53.48613; -2.24108 | [46] | |
Life Cycle | Deansgate, Manchester | 1995 | George Wyllie | 53°28′28″N 2°15′06″W / 53.474351°N 2.251578°W / 53.474351; -2.251578 | [47][48] | |
Ishinki Touchstone | Barbirolli Square, Manchester | 1996 | Kan Yasuda | 53°28′33″N 2°14′44″W / 53.475875°N 2.245557°W / 53.475875; -2.245557 | [49][50] | |
The Big Horn/Tib Street Horn | Tib Street, Manchester | 1999 | David Kemp | 53°28′58″N 2°14′12″W / 53.482732°N 2.23663°W / 53.482732; -2.23663 | [51][52] | |
John Barbirolli | Barbirolli Square, Manchester | 2000 | Byron Howard | 53°28′32″N 2°14′45″W / 53.475599°N 2.245858°W / 53.475599; -2.245858 | [53][54] | |
Memorial to Alan Turing | Sackville Gardens, Manchester | 2001 | Glyn Hughes | 53°28′36.2″N 2°14′9.7″W / 53.476722°N 2.236028°W / 53.476722; -2.236028 | [55][56] | |
Tree of Remembrance | Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester | 2005 | Wolfgang and Heron | 53°28′52″N 2°14′16″W / 53.481108°N 2.237803°W / 53.481108; -2.237803 | [57] | |
B of the Bang | Beswick, Greater Manchester | 2005–2009 | Thomas Heatherwick | 53°28′55″N 2°11′46″W / 53.48194°N 2.19611°W / 53.48194; -2.19611 | ||
Friedrich Engels | Tony Wilson Place, Manchester | c. 1970s, relocated 2017 | Relocated from Ukraine in 2017 by the artist Phil Collins.[58] | |||
Peterloo | People's History Museum, Manchester | 2018 | Axel Void | [59] | ||
Rise up, Women, statue of Emmeline Pankhurst | St Peter's Square, Manchester | 2018 | Hazel Reeves | 53°28′40″N 2°14′35″W / 53.47778°N 2.24306°W / 53.47778; -2.24306 | [60] |
Oldham
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Robert Ascroft | Alexandra Park, Oldham | 1903 | F. W. Pomeroy | [61] | ||
Outside Inn | Main Street, Faiksworth | 1993 | Tim Shutter | 53.511264, -2.156218 | The artist |
Rochdale
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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George Leach Ashworth | Broadfield Park, Rochdale | 1878 | W. & T. Wills | [62] | ||
John Bright | Broadfield Park, Rochdale | 1891 | Hamo Thornycroft | 53°36′52″N 2°09′44″W / 53.6145°N 2.162291°W / 53.6145; -2.162291 | [63] | |
Rochdale Cenotaph | The Esplanade, Rochdale | 1922 | Edwin Lutyens | 53°36′58″N 2°09′35″W / 53.616238°N 2.159743°W / 53.616238; -2.159743 | [64] | |
Unity | The Esplanade, Rochdale | 1995 | Alec Peever | 53°36′55″N 2°09′40″W / 53.615337°N 2.16104°W / 53.615337; -2.16104 | [65][4]: 323 |
Salford
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Queen Victoria | Peel Park, Salford | 1857 | Matthew Noble | 53°29′05″N 2°16′20″W / 53.484775°N 2.272133°W / 53.484775; -2.272133 | [66] | |
Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial | Chapel Street/Oldfield Road, Salford | 1905 | Sir George Frampton | 53°28′59″N 2°15′51″W / 53.483031°N 2.264078°W / 53.483031; -2.264078 | [67][4]: 176 |
Stockport
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Richard Cobden | Stockport | 1886 | George Gammon Adams | 53°24′34″N 2°09′34″W / 53.409407°N 2.159418°W / 53.409407; -2.159418 | [68] | |
The River of Life | Source of the River Mersey, Stockport | 1994 / 1996 | Mind Stockport / Alison Simpson | 53°24′51.84″N 2°9′22.68″W / 53.4144000°N 2.1563000°W / 53.4144000; -2.1563000 | [69][70] |
Tameside
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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The Family | Ashton-under-Lyne | 1995 | Paul Margetts | 53°29′22″N 2°05′30″W / 53.489321°N 2.091608°W / 53.489321; -2.091608 | [71] |
Trafford
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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James Prescott Joule | Worthington Park, Sale | 1905 | John Cassidy | [72][73] |
Wigan
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Sir Francis Powell | Mesnes Park, Wigan | 1910 | Ernest Gillick | 53°33′06″N 2°38′07″W / 53.551694°N 2.635311°W / 53.551694; -2.635311 | [74] |
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