List of public art in Nottingham

Carmen at the Theatre Royal Nottingham

This is a list of public art in Nottingham, in Nottingham, 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.

Central Nottingham

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
The Chorus Line was previously at the Junction of Maid Marian Way and Park Row 1999 Hilary Cartmel Steel, signs point to the 'Playhouse' & the 'Theatre Royal'. 52°57′13″N 1°09′17″W / 52.953594°N 1.154757°W / 52.953594; -1.154757
'The Chorus Line' was removed during the remodelling of 'Maid Marian Way'. The 'Nottingham Women's History Group' (NWHG) investigated this specific work with arms that pointed in the directions of two local theatres. However, the sculpture was destroyed without public consultation by Nottingham City Council.[1][2]
 Traffic Flow Wall of carpark, Maid Marion way 1986 Hilary Cartmel Stainless Steel 52.94950043714792, -1.1505842105300905
'Traffic Flow' is at risk of being lost, due to the forthcoming demolition of the car park in which it is on display on 'Maid Marian Way', according to the Planning Dept., Nottingham City Council. The 'Nottingham Women's History Group' (NWHG) is investigating this potential removal with the hope that it can be reassigned to another Nottingham site.
 Carmen[3] Balcony of the Theatre Royal Nottingham. Previously outside at the entrance. Pre 1996 Hilary Cartmel 52.95530999851592, -1.1513008342375564
mosaics by Anna Dixon
 Heritage of Woodthorpe Grange Park - Mosaics x 5 Inside Woodthorpe Grange Park 2013 Anna Dixon Mosaic - paint 52.985142462197736, -1.1323120166215837
 image of Eric Irons OBE - Britain's first black magistrate On a wall, down the steps to the canal opposite Nottingham Railway station. Near Justice Centre Oct 4, 2021 Honey Williams Paint on brick 52.947762, -1.148780
Here & Now Nottingham Trent Building, 50 Shakespeare St., facing Dryden Pocket Garden May 4, 2023 Poetry - Claire Miller.

Illustrations - Lucinda Ireland.

Paint, calligraphy, brick. 52.95797436587205, -1.1519151166234882
statue of lace industry women Standing in this Place The Green Heart, Nottingham (Next to public library) 2025 Rachel Carter & the Legacy Makers Bronze 52.9496230, -1.1487128
Maid Marian Maid Marian Maid Marian Way - T Junction 2026 Alicja Biala Bronze - plants & flowers 52.95577577094813, -1.1546347317750123
Sky Mirror Nottingham Playhouse 2001 Anish Kapoor Stainless steel[4] 52°57′14″N 1°09′23″W / 52.954°N 1.1565°W / 52.954; -1.1565
Statue of Captain Albert Ball VC Nottingham Castle 1921 Henry Poole Bronze[5][6][7][8] 52°56′59″N 1°09′15″W / 52.94969°N 1.154144°W / 52.94969; -1.154144
Brian Clough King Street/Queen Street junction 2008 Les Johnson Bronze[9] 52°57′15″N 1°08′59″W / 52.954064°N 1.149742°W / 52.954064; -1.149742
Robin Hood Outside Nottingham Castle 1952 James Woodford Bronze[10][7][8] 52°56′58″N 1°09′17″W / 52.949424°N 1.154596°W / 52.949424; -1.154596
Axel Bolero Square, National Ice Centre 2003 Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Steel[11] 52°57′08″N 1°08′26″W / 52.95229°N 1.140549°W / 52.95229; -1.140549
Sculpture Tree Lace Market Square 2011 Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Bronze[12] 52°57′10″N 1°08′40″W / 52.952849°N 1.144571°W / 52.952849; -1.144571
Quartet Chapel Bar 1986 Richard Perry Bronze[13][7] 52°57′16″N 1°09′15″W / 52.954356°N 1.154172°W / 52.954356; -1.154172
War Memorial Nottingham High School 1920 Henry Poole Bronze[14][15] 52°57′44″N 1°09′32″W / 52.96231°N 1.15896°W / 52.96231; -1.15896
Feargus O'Connor Nottingham Arboretum 1859 JB Robinson of Derby Stone[16][8] 52°57′40″N 1°09′22″W / 52.961211°N 1.156152°W / 52.961211; -1.156152
Flying Horse Signpost St Peter's Gate 1993 Michael Johnson Steel 52°57′08″N 1°08′57″W / 52.952261°N 1.149033°W / 52.952261; -1.149033
Houndsgate Signpost Houndsgate 1993 Michael Johnson Steel 52°57′07″N 1°08′58″W / 52.952083°N 1.149334°W / 52.952083; -1.149334
Samuel Morley Nottingham Arboretum 1928 Joseph Else Bronze and stone[17][8] 53°02′58″N 1°09′20″W / 53.049483°N 1.155623°W / 53.049483; -1.155623
Entrance sculpture Biocity Richard Thornton Steel
The invention of ibuprofen Biocity 2011 Bruce Asbestos

Nottingham Council House

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Nottingham Lions (right) Nottingham Council House 1929 Joseph Else Stone[18] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Nottingham Lions (left) Nottingham Council House 1929 Joseph Else Stone[18] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Frieze on Nottingham Council House Nottingham Council House 1929 Joseph Else Stone[18][7] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Prosperity Dome of Nottingham Council House 1929 James Woodford Stone[19][7] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Commerce Dome of Nottingham Council House 1929 Joseph Else Stone[19][7] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Civic Law Dome of Nottingham Council House 1929 Charles L J Doman Stone[19][7] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Knowledge Dome of Nottingham Council House 1929 Ernest Webb Stone[19][7] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262

Beeston

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
George the Beekeeper High Road, Beeston 1987 Sioban Coppinger Concrete and bronze[20] 52°55′39″N 1°12′51″W / 52.927602°N 1.214272°W / 52.927602; -1.214272
Water Head The Square, Beeston 1989 Paul Mason Marble[21] 52°55′32″N 1°12′53″W / 52.925547°N 1.214595°W / 52.925547; -1.214595
Hope (Boer War Memorial) Broadgate Park 1904 Arthur George Marshall Stone[22][23] 52°55′42″N 1°12′37″W / 52.928465°N 1.210165°W / 52.928465; -1.210165
Jesse Boot memorial University of Nottingham 1934 Charles L J Doman Stone[24][8] 52°56′07″N 1°11′37″W / 52.935401°N 1.193553°W / 52.935401; -1.193553
University of Nottingham 2003 Michael Dan Archer Stone 52°56′21″N 1°12′12″W / 52.939183°N 1.203375°W / 52.939183; -1.203375
Beeston Canal Wall Panels 2006 Hilary Cartmel Stainless steel, bronze, Mosaic
The Green Man Dovecote Lane Recreation Ground Stan Bullard Wood 52°55′15″N 1°12′54″W / 52.920748°N 1.215065°W / 52.920748; -1.215065

Carlton

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Florence Paton, MP Garden for the Blind, Carlton Hill, Carlton, Nottingham 2019 Hilary Cartmel' Stainless Steel 52.96590703359833, -1.1093049608013466

Clifton

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
unknown Nobel Road unknown Steel 52°53′59″N 1°11′28″W / 52.899787°N 1.191241°W / 52.899787; -1.191241

Hoveringham

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Erasmus Darwin's Mammoth Thurgurton Lane, Hoveringham Kim James Steel 53°01′28″N 0°57′31″W / 53.024364°N 0.958738°W / 53.024364; -0.958738

Lenton

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Apple sculpture by Hilary Cartmel. Photograph Linzi J Kemp
 An apple Orchard Hotel, Nottingham University, Front Hilary Cartmel 52.955342387519, -1.1509360362106968
 Apple at rear Orchard Hotel, Nottingham University, Rear Hilary Cartmel 52.955342387519, -1.1509360362106968
Remembrance sculpture by Rachel Carter. Photo Linzi J Kemp NWHG
Remembrance sculpture - star Serenity Garden, Nottingham University Rachel Carter 52.93316040665543, -1.2013982589539485
 Remembrance sculpture - egg Serenity Garden, Nottingham University Rachel Carter 52.93316040665543, -1.2013982589539485
Reclining Horse Queens Medical Centre - between the centres of postgrad and treatment Dame Elisabeth Frink Bronze
Aspire University of Nottingham 2008 Ken Shuttleworth Steel[25] 52°57′04″N 1°11′04″W / 52.9512°N 1.1844°W / 52.9512; -1.1844
Healing Energy Queen's Medical Centre 2008 Hilary Cartmel Steel 52°56′34″N 1°10′58″W / 52.942698°N 1.182703°W / 52.942698; -1.182703
The Circle of Life Queen's Medical Centre 2011 Ann Vrielinck Bronze
unknown Queen's Medical Centre ???? Unknown Concrete 52°56′40″N 1°11′12″W / 52.944523°N 1.186538°W / 52.944523; -1.186538
Lenton Priory Pillars Lenton Priory 2018 Adrian Riley Steel 52°56′38″N 1°10′45″W / 52.94395046628495°N 1.1790816302020957°W / 52.94395046628495; -1.1790816302020957

Meadows

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment 1905 Albert Toft Stone[26][27][8] 52°56′05″N 1°08′30″W / 52.934678°N 1.141641°W / 52.934678; -1.141641
City War Memorial, Nottingham Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment 1927 T Wallis Gordon Stone[26][28] 52°56′05″N 1°08′30″W / 52.934678°N 1.141641°W / 52.934678; -1.141641

Sneinton

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Sneinton Dragon Junction of Manvers Street and Sneinton Hermitage 2006 Robert Stubley Steel[13] 52°56′56″N 1°07′59″W / 52.9490°N 1.1330°W / 52.9490; -1.1330
Calvary St. Stephen's Church, Sneinton 1920 Cecil G Hare[29] Cast iron 52°57′05″N 1°07′54″W / 52.9514°N 1.1318°W / 52.9514; -1.1318
Bendigo On the roof of the former Bendigo Pub, on Sneinton Hermitage Unknown From a model by Jack Mann[8] Concrete 52°56′59″N 1°07′42″W / 52.9498°N 1.1282°W / 52.9498; -1.1282
William Booth Outside his birthplace on Notintone Place in Sneinton unknown unknown Bronze 52°57′08″N 1°07′55″W / 52.9522°N 1.1319°W / 52.9522; -1.1319

West Bridgford

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Heron Lady Bay Wolfgang Buttress Steel 52°56′19″N 1°06′42″W / 52.938503°N 1.111657°W / 52.938503; -1.111657

Wilford

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Robert Juckes Clifton Wilford Toll Bridge 1883 William Philip Smith[8] Stone 52°56′17″N 1°09′15″W / 52.938003°N 1.154074°W / 52.938003; -1.154074

References

  1. ↑ Connolly, Joseph (24 August 2026). "Artist criticises city council after sculpture removed without warning". West Bridgford Wire. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Connelly, Joseph (24 August 2026). "'Lack of manners' – decades-old sculpture removed from Nottingham city centre without artist knowing". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Fry, Terry. Nottingham's Plaques and Statues.
  4. ↑ "Barbecue wings". Newscientist.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Gunby, David (2004). "Ball, Albert (1896–1917)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. pp. 553–555. ISBN 0-19-861353-9.
  6. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Captain A Bell VC DSO and 2 Bars MC". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A User's Guide to Public Sculpture. English Heritage / PMSA. 2000. ISBN 185074776-8.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0-356-17609-6.
  9. ↑ "Brian Clough statue". Brianclough.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Nottingham, SB0049, Statue, Robin Hood". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "New Landmark Sculpture for Ice Centre". www.goodmanmetalworks.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "fiona heron - the nature of art and design - landscape-art - sculpture - bronze trees". Fionaheron.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  13. 1 2 Evans, John (19 February 2011). "Blues is My Middle Name: Public Art in Nottingham". Raycharlesblues.blogspot.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  14. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1271442)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Nottingham High School War Memorial". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  16. ↑ Historic England. "Statue of Feargus O'Connor on south side of Arboretum (1255246)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  17. ↑ Historic England. "Memorial to Samuel Morley at south west entrance to Arboretum (1255245)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  18. 1 2 3 "Nottingham's stone lions". MumblingNerd.com. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Welcome to Nottinghamshire, UK - Home of Robin Hood". Visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  20. ↑ "BBC - Home". BBC Homepage. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  21. ↑ "Beeston: The sculpture that left a town stumped and divided". BBC News. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  22. ↑ "PMSA". Pmsa.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  23. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Beeston – Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  24. ↑ "Education - Historic England". Historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  25. ↑ "University reveals 60-metre spike". BBC News. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  26. 1 2 "Panels from a Memorial to the Late Queen in Nottingham, by Albert Toft". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  27. ↑ Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria in Memorial Gardens (1270415)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  28. ↑ Historic England. "Nottingham Municipal War Memorial (1270441)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  29. ↑ "War Memorials Register: St Stephen's Church". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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