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
City Centre
Queen Square
St Peter's Gardens
Wolverhampton Station
Ring Road
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Other city centre areas
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The Wheatsheaf
The Wheatsheaf – Tower Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′05″N 2°07′31″W / 52.584689°N 2.125276°W / 52.584689; -2.125276
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City Gateway
Either side of Stafford Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′20″N 2°07′35″W / 52.589004°N 2.126327°W / 52.589004; -2.126327
2008 (2008 )
Julia Rowley
Sculpture
Stainless steel , glass & acrylic
5 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°34′47″N 2°07′38″W / 52.57963°N 2.12734°W / 52.57963; -2.12734 (approx)
1995 (1995 )
Steve Field , John McKenna
Relief sculpture
Bronze
3m by 2m
St John's Retail Park
[ 23]
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Historical Car and Motorcycle Company Logos
Railings of St John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 52°34′47″N 2°07′34″W / 52.579655°N 2.126114°W / 52.579655; -2.126114
1995 (1995 )
Steve Field , John McKenna
Sculpture
Steel, with applied surface, silver/grey
Fence 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°35′02″N 2°08′08″W / 52.583931°N 2.135516°W / 52.583931; -2.135516
2014 (2014 )
Planet Art (Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson)
Sculpture
Stainless steel
8m
Sainsbury's
Stainless steel vase sculpture for the new Sainsbury's Raglan Street store[ 25]
Horseley Fields horses
Corner of Horseley Fields and Corn Hill, Wolverhampton 52°35′08″N 2°07′12″W / 52.58557815479327°N 2.119887769172608°W / 52.58557815479327; -2.119887769172608
Horse sculptures
On the corner of the Horseley Fields housing development
Blakenhall
Heath Town
New Cross Hospital
Bilston
Town Centre
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High Street entrance marker
Junction of Dudley Street and High Street, Bilston 52°33′52″N 2°04′45″W / 52.564334°N 2.079195°W / 52.564334; -2.079195
1999 (1999 )
Kate Maddison of Chrysalis Arts
Sculpture
Steel, natural, gold and blue
6.5m high
Wolverhampton City Council
The top of the spiral has two flying doves on it. [ 31] [ 32]
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Church Street entrance marker
Junction of Lichfield Street and Church Street, Bilston 52°33′58″N 2°04′27″W / 52.566198°N 2.074051°W / 52.566198; -2.074051
2004 (2004 )
Kate Maddison of Chrysalis Arts
Sculpture
Steel
7.5-metre column
Wolverhampton City Council
Has a gilded rising sun and a stainless steel mantle[ 32]
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Women's Work
Outside the Horse and Jockey, Church Street, Bilston 52°33′56″N 2°04′35″W / 52.565688°N 2.076406°W / 52.565688; -2.076406
May 1998 (1998-05 )
Rose Garrard
Sculpture
Bronze
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°34′05″N 2°04′18″W / 52.568003°N 2.071568°W / 52.568003; -2.071568
1994 (1994 )
Graham Jones
Sculpture
Oak and sweet chestnut
12m long
Wolverhampton City Council
[ 35]
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Industrial Images
Job Centre Plus – Junction of Smith Street and High Street, Bilston 52°33′51″N 2°04′47″W / 52.564262°N 2.079809°W / 52.564262; -2.079809
1995 (1995 )
John McKenna
Relief
Brick, red and buff, partially painted
3m x 2.75m
Job Centre Plus
[ 36] Brick relief panel was depicting former Bilston Industry[ 37]
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Witness
Church Street bridge, Bilston 52°33′58″N 2°04′32″W / 52.566021°N 2.075504°W / 52.566021; -2.075504
1997 (1997 )
Bettina Furnee
Sculpture
Cast 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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Hovering kestrel
Citadel Logistics Building on the Black Country Route, Bilston 52°34′07″N 2°03′18″W / 52.568519°N 2.055003°W / 52.568519; -2.055003
2009 (2009 )
John McKenna
Sculpture
Stainless steel
Wolverhampton City Council
[ 40]
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Steel Columns
next to footpath adjacent to Oxford Street Roundabout near Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′54″N 2°04′16″W / 52.565072°N 2.071207°W / 52.565072; -2.071207
1996 (1996 )
Robert Koenig
Sculpture
Sweet Chestnut trunks, painted black, red, and yellow
Front row: 450cm high x 38cm diameter, middle row: 505cm high x 40cm diameter, back row: 560cm high x 45cm diameter
Wolverhampton City Council
[ 41]
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Steel Monoliths
Roundabout between Millfields Road, High Street, Wolverhampton Street and Coseley Road near Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N 2°05′00″W / 52.563571°N 2.083344°W / 52.563571; -2.083344
1996 (1996 )
Miles Davis
Sculpture
Core-ten steel
Approximately 10m high
Wolverhampton City Council
[ 42] Sculpture consisting of 3 steel monoliths about 10 meters high to reflect Bilston’s engineering past. [ 43]
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Tower of Light
Adjacent to Bilston Football Club – Vulcan Roundabout – Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′56″N 2°03′55″W / 52.565571°N 2.065191°W / 52.565571; -2.065191
1998 (1998 )
Eilis O'Connell
Sculpture
Stainless steel, glass and fibre optics
16.5m high x 2m diameter at base
Wolverhampton City Council
[ 44] [ 45]
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Beth's Arch
Roundabout adjacent to Bilston firestation – Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′44″N 2°04′59″W / 52.562183°N 2.082981°W / 52.562183; -2.082981
1996 (1996 )
Sarah Tombs
Sculpture
Steel, painted black and brown
8m
Wolverhampton City Council
named after Elizabeth one of the Blast Furnaces located at the Steelworks that once stood nearby [ 46] [ 47]
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Black Country Route Special Features Project
Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N 2°04′42″W / 52.563576°N 2.078437°W / 52.563576; -2.078437
1993 (1993 )
Richard Criddle
Sculpture
Fabricated steel, painted blue
Wolverhampton City Council
At least 7 sculptures along the route [ 48] [ 49] Wall relief (x4) in small gardens. [ 50]
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Tower Panels
Morrisons, Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′50″N 2°04′34″W / 52.563921°N 2.076137°W / 52.563921; -2.076137
1995 (1995 )
Steve Field
Panels
sheet steel against a background of plate glass
Four 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°33′47″N 2°04′39″W / 52.563001°N 2.077436°W / 52.563001; -2.077436
Circling the Square
Lighting sculpture
coloured LED's, cast glass, stainless steel & photographic panels.
WV Active
It lights up at night [ 51]
Spring Vale
Wednesfield
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Night Swimmer
Wolverhampton Swimming & Fitness Centre – Planetary Road, Wednesfield 52°35′38″N 2°05′33″W / 52.593889°N 2.092409°W / 52.593889; -2.092409
2008 (2008 )
Mark Renn & Mick Thacker
Sculpture
Steel
4000m x 7000m
Wolverhampton City Council
[ 14] [ 53]
Phoenix Trees
Bowman's Island, at junction with Wednesfield Way – Planetary Road, Wednesfield 52°35′40″N 2°05′32″W / 52.594524°N 2.092284°W / 52.594524; -2.092284
2001 (2001 )
Steve Geliot
Sculpture
Oaks & cast metal , bronze coloured
Poles: 5m high
Wolverhampton City Council
[ 54] [ 55]
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Past Present Future
Sainsbury's – Kenmare Way, Wednesfield 52°35′51″N 2°05′09″W / 52.597598°N 2.085724°W / 52.597598; -2.085724 approx
2013 (2013 )
Planet Art (Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson)
Sculpture
Stainless steel
2 screens – both 7m x 4m
Wolverhampton City Council
[ 25]
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The Shoppers
Memorial Park, Rookery Street Wednesfield 52°35′55″N 2°05′09″W / 52.59854°N 2.08576°W / 52.59854; -2.08576
2015 (2015 )
Ron Thompson and Julie Ward of Planet Art.
Sculpture
cast iron and granite
Wolverhampton City Council
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The Bus Stop
Memorial Park, Rookery Street Wednesfield 52°35′55″N 2°05′04″W / 52.59863°N 2.08433°W / 52.59863; -2.08433
2015 (2015 )
Ron Thompson and Julie Ward of Planet Art.
Sculpture
cast iron and granite
Wolverhampton City Council
Wednesfield Mural
Bealeys Fold, Wednesfield (off the High Street) 52°36′00″N 2°04′55″W / 52.599938°N 2.081944°W / 52.599938; -2.081944 approx
1960s
Mosaic mural
tiles
Wolverhampton City Council
Mural by local school[ 56]
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Saragarhi Memorial
Between Rookery Street and Well Lane, Wednesfield 52°35′55″N 2°05′04″W / 52.59849°N 2.08439°W / 52.59849; -2.08439
2021 (2021 )
Luke Perry
Memorial statue
Bronze
3m (10ft) tall
Wolverhampton City Council
A memorial to the Sikh Regiment was unveiled in Wednesfield , Wolverhampton , in September 2021. The 3-metre (9.8 ft) statue by artist Luke Perry commemorates the Battle of Saragarhi .[ 57] [ 58] There is a clay Maquette for the Saragarhi Monument at Wolverhampton Art Gallery .
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