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This is a list of public art in the English county of Leicestershire. 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.

City of Leicester

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland Leicester Market

52°38′05″N 1°08′00″W / 52.634726°N 1.133208°W / 52.634726; -1.133208 		1851 Edward Davis Statue Bronze h 278 centimetres (109 inches) Grade II Leicester City Council [1] Due to be relocated following completion of building work [2]


The Leicester Seamstress Hotel Street, Leicester

52°38′02″N 1°08′04″W / 52.633865°N 1.134325°W / 52.633865; -1.134325 		1990 James Walter Butler Statue Bronze h 124 centimetres (49 inches); w 106 centimetres (42 inches); d 60 centimetres (24 inches) Leicester City Council [1]



More images 		Thomas Cook London Road, Leicester

52°37′51″N 1°07′31″W / 52.630884°N 1.125286°W / 52.630884; -1.125286 		1994 (1994) James Walter Butler Statue Bronze h  180 centimetres (71 inches); w 84 centimetres (33 inches); d 79 centimetres (31 inches) Leicester City Council [1]



More images 		Richard III Cathedral Gardens, Leicester

52°38′04″N 1°08′12″W / 52.634311°N 1.136687°W / 52.634311; -1.136687 		1988 James Walter Butler Statue Bronze h 183 centimetres (72 inches) Leicester City Council Formerly in Castle Gardens, Leicester.[1]


Towards Stillness King Richard III Visitor Centre Gardens, Leicester

52°38′04″N 1°08′15″W / 52.634478°N 1.137530°W / 52.634478; -1.137530 		2014 Dallas Pierce Quintero Steel plates


Textile Process Bath Lane, Leicester

52°38′02″N 1°08′32″W / 52.633989°N 1.142302°W / 52.633989; -1.142302 		2011 Sculpture Works Sculpture Corten steel and stainless steel Leicester City Council


Mermaids West Bridge, Leicester

52°38′02″N 1°08′35″W / 52.633958°N 1.142924°W / 52.633958; -1.142924 		1900 William J Neatby Sculpture Terracotta and brick Leicester City Council Formerly archway at Leicester Wholesale Market. Re-erected at West Bridge, 1980.


Beacons St Peters Square, Highcross Shopping Centre, Leicester

52°38′12″N 1°08′19″W / 52.636618°N 1.138492°W / 52.636618; -1.138492 		2016 Levitate Interactive digital light sculpture Digital screens h 7 metres (23 feet) Highcross Shopping Centre [3]


Sporting Success Gallowtree Gate/Humberstone Road, Leicester

52°38′09″N 1°07′58″W / 52.635961°N 1.132745°W / 52.635961; -1.132745 		1998 Martin Williams Statue Bronze h 172 centimetres (68 inches) Leicester City Council [1]


Metal Tree Haymarket, Leicester

52°38′14″N 1°07′56″W / 52.637321°N 1.132297°W / 52.637321; -1.132297 		1974 Hubert Dalwood Stainless steel h 404 centimetres (159 inches); w 320 centimetres (130 inches); d 239 centimetres (94 inches) Leicester City Council [1]


The Lion Fountain Town Hall Square, Leicester

52°38′01″N 1°07′56″W / 52.633665°N 1.132192°W / 52.633665; -1.132192 		1879 Francis J Hames Fountain Bronze-painted cast iron and granite h 716 centimetres (282 inches) Grade II Leicester City Council [1]


Boer War Memorial Town Hall Square, Leicester

52°38′02″N 1°07′57″W / 52.634004°N 1.132372°W / 52.634004; -1.132372 		1909 Joseph Crosland McClure Sculpture Bronze and granite Grade II Leicester City Council [1]


Statue of Alice Hawkins Market Square, Leicester

52°38′04″N 1°08′02″W / 52.634397°N 1.133775°W / 52.634397; -1.133775 		2018 Sean Hedges-Quinn Statue Bronze and granite h 210 centimetres (83 inches) Leicester City Council


John Biggs Welford Place, Leicester

52°37′55″N 1°08′01″W / 52.631809°N 1.133702°W / 52.631809; -1.133702 		1873 George Anderson Lawson Statue Originally marble, but recast in bronze in 1930 h 213 centimetres (84 inches) Grade II Leicester City Council [1]


The Clicker New Walk, Leicester

52°37′47″N 1°07′45″W / 52.629824°N 1.129232°W / 52.629824; -1.129232 		2007 John Atkin Statue Bronze The Friends of New Walk


The Clothier New Walk, Leicester

52°37′44″N 1°07′35″W / 52.628903°N 1.126441°W / 52.628903; -1.126441 		2010 John Atkin Statue Marble The Friends of New Walk


Revd Robert Hall De Montfort Square, Leicester

52°37′41″N 1°07′30″W / 52.628150°N 1.125094°W / 52.628150; -1.125094 		1871 John Birnie Philip Statue Sicilian marble h 274 centimetres (108 inches) Grade II Leicester City Council [1]


Concerto De Montfort, Leicester

52°37′29″N 1°07′17″W / 52.624840°N 1.121335°W / 52.624840; -1.121335 		2010 John Sydney Carter Sculpture Stainless steel The Friends of New Walk


Souls University of Leicester

52°37′15″N 1°07′34″W / 52.620935°N 1.126161°W / 52.620935; -1.126161 		1990 Helaine Blumenfeld Sculpture Bronze h 280 centimetres (110 inches) University of Leicester [1]


Flight University of Leicester

52°37′14″N 1°07′27″W / 52.620632°N 1.124295°W / 52.620632; -1.124295 		2014 Helaine Blumenfeld Sculpture Bronze h 320 cm; w 110 centimetres (43 inches); d 110 cm University of Leicester


Eye of Time University of Leicester

52°37′18″N 1°07′28″W / 52.621619°N 1.124423°W / 52.621619; -1.124423 		2006 Allan Mills Sculpture Portland stone University of Leicester


Life University of Leicester

52°37′21″N 1°07′26″W / 52.622538°N 1.124011°W / 52.622538; -1.124011 		Percy Brown Sculpture Bronze University of Leicester


Vortex University of Leicester

52°37′27″N 1°07′34″W / 52.624155°N 1.126133°W / 52.624155; -1.126133 		2005 John Sydney Carter Sculpture Aluminium University of Leicester


Diversity in Harmony University of Leicester

52°37′33″N 1°07′17″W / 52.625960°N 1.121376°W / 52.625960; -1.121376 		1990 Naomi Blake Sculpture Bronze resin University of Leicester [1]


Statue of Liberty Upperton Road, Leicester

52°37′33″N 1°08′37″W / 52.625817°N 1.143607°W / 52.625817; -1.143607 		1922 J H Morcom Statue Reinforced cement h 5.18 metres (17.0 feet) Formerly on Liberty Shoe Factory, Eastern Boulevard.[1]


Sculptural Gateway Belgrave Road, Leicester

52°38′41″N 1°07′35″W / 52.644811°N 1.126498°W / 52.644811; -1.126498 		2023 Anuradha Patel Sculpture Galvanised Steel h 4.6 metres (15 feet) Leicester City Council


Mahatma Gandhi Belgrave Road, Leicester

52°38′50″N 1°07′28″W / 52.647129°N 1.124387°W / 52.647129; -1.124387 		2009 Gautam Pal Statue Bronze


Medieval Plough Team Towers Park, Langford Way, Leicester

52°38′59″N 1°05′37″W / 52.649610°N 1.093732°W / 52.649610; -1.093732 		2012 Andrew McKeown Sculpture Corten steel l 5.8 metres (19 feet); h 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) Leicester City Council Installed 2018.[4]


Cardinal Wolsey Abbey Park, Leicester

52°38′49″N 1°08′15″W / 52.646981°N 1.137414°W / 52.646981; -1.137414 		1920 J H Morcom Sculpture York Stone h 2.75 metres (9 feet) Leicester City Council Originally in King Street offices of Wolsey Ltd.[1]


Spaceman National Space Centre, Exploration Drive, Leicester

52°39′16″N 1°07′55″W / 52.654366°N 1.131984°W / 52.654366; -1.131984 		Aden Hynes Sculpture Fibreglass Leicester City Council


St Aidan and King Oswald St Aidan's Church, St Oswalds Road, Leicester

52°38′45″N 1°10′47″W / 52.645888°N 1.179734°W / 52.645888; -1.179734 		William Gordon Mural Ceramic tiles Church of England


Blaby district

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coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
Abstract Relief East wall, County Hall, Glenfield

52°39′18″N 1°11′14″W / 52.655125°N 1.187338°W / 52.655125; -1.187338 		1966 Antony Hollaway Mural Concrete h 4.1m; w 20.5m Leicestershire County Council [1]


Charnwood district

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
The Pinau Statue Granby Street, Loughborough

52°46′15″N 1°12′34″W / 52.770778°N 1.209571°W / 52.770778; -1.209571 		1956 Statue Bronze h 72.5cm; w 47cm; d 60cm Charnwood Borough Council Stolen 1980, recovered and restored 1983 [1]


The Sock Market Place, Loughborough

52°46′16″N 1°12′24″W / 52.771043°N 1.206696°W / 52.771043; -1.206696 		1998 Shona Kinloch Sculpture Bronze h 183cm; w 72cm; d 158cm Charnwood Borough Council [1]


The Signaler The Rushes Retail Park, Loughborough

52°46′27″N 1°12′26″W / 52.774131°N 1.207277°W / 52.774131; -1.207277 		2003 John Atkin Sculpture Corten steel and stainless steel h 793cm; w 305cm; d 245cm


Swan Queen's Park, Loughborough

52°46′12″N 1°12′33″W / 52.770013°N 1.209273°W / 52.770013; -1.209273 		1992 David Tarver Sculpture Stone Charnwood Borough Council


Canal Life Canal Basin, Loughborough

52°46′28″N 1°12′38″W / 52.774489°N 1.210686°W / 52.774489; -1.210686 		2007 Graeme Mitcheson Sculpture Stone h 100cm; w 100cm; d 100cm each Canal and River Trust


The Athletes Ashby Road, Loughborough

52°46′03″N 1°14′07″W / 52.767582°N 1.235394°W / 52.767582; -1.235394 		1997 Julie Doherty Sculpture Steel Middle figure h. 202 cm; w. 70 cm; d. 100 cm Charnwood Borough Council [5]


The Flame Holywell Way, Loughborough

52°45′39″N 1°14′38″W / 52.760830°N 1.244017°W / 52.760830; -1.244017 		1993 Neil Lawson-Baker Sculpture Bronze h 670cm [1]


Double Movement Loughborough University, Loughborough

52°45′29″N 1°14′46″W / 52.7581160°N 1.2461140°W / 52.7581160; -1.2461140 		Michael Gillespie Sculpture Bronze Loughborough University


Bathaus Loughborough University, Loughborough 2017 Studio Weave Reduced cottage


La Retraite Loughborough University, Loughborough

52°45'41.4"N 1°14'29.8"W 		Paul Wager Sculpture [6]


Ornamental Gates and Fencing Mountfield House, Epinal Way, Loughborough

52°45′46″N 1°13′00″W / 52.762806°N 1.216550°W / 52.762806; -1.216550 		1998 Christopher Campbell Gates Galvanised steel [1]


Declaration Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse, Leicestershire

52°44′10″N 1°12′18″W / 52.736074°N 1.204936°W / 52.736074; -1.204936 		1961 Phillip King Sculpture Cement with marble chippings h 83.8cm; w 208cm; d 83.8cm Grade II Leicestershire County Council [1]


Harborough district

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
Union Wharf Sundial Union Wharf Market Harborough

52°29′04″N 0°55′50″W / 52.484541°N 0.930510°W / 52.484541; -0.930510 		2000 Marjorie and Michael Clements Sundial Wood Old Union Canals Society


Horse and Boy Towpath at top of Foxton Locks

52°29′52″N 0°59′00″W / 52.497869°N 0.983396°W / 52.497869; -0.983396 		Lifesize sculpture Bronze


Sir Frank Whittle Memorial Church Street, Lutterworth

52°27′20″N 1°12′04″W / 52.455663°N 1.201085°W / 52.455663; -1.201085 		1987 Ken Ford Bust Bronze h 44cm; w 28cm; d 20.5cm Lutterworth Town Council


Whittle Plane Rugby Road, Lutterworth

52°27′01″N 1°11′54″W / 52.450328°N 1.198437°W / 52.450328; -1.198437 		2003 Sculpture Steel and fibreglass Harborough District Council Full-size replica of first British jet plane, the Gloster E28/39


The White Horses of Lutterworth High Street, Lutterworth

52°27′14″N 1°12′03″W / 52.453968°N 1.200744°W / 52.453968; -1.200744 		2013 Graeme Mitcheson Ground sculpture White concrete h. 5m; w. 22 metres Lutterworth Town Council


Farming Life Sainsbury's, Market Harborough

52°28′37″N 0°55′05″W / 52.477004°N 0.917959°W / 52.477004; -0.917959 		1993 Richard Kindersley Mural Red brick, carved Sainsburys plc [1]


Hinckley and Bosworth district

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
Stocking Up The Crescent, Hinckley

52°32′22″N 1°22′24″W / 52.539485°N 1.373390°W / 52.539485; -1.373390 		2015 Deborah Bird Mural


Hercules In a field about 1km S of Market Bosworth

52°37′00″N 1°23′43″W / 52.616627°N 1.395202°W / 52.616627; -1.395202 		Statue Grade II [1]


Battle of Bosworth Memorial Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire

52°35′53″N 1°24′27″W / 52.598055°N 1.407552°W / 52.598055; -1.407552 		Sundial Leicestershire County Council


Bagworth Miners Memorial Station Road, Bagworth, Leicestershire

52°40′26″N 1°20′39″W / 52.673930°N 1.344084°W / 52.673930; -1.344084 		Statue Bronze Bagworth and Thornton Parish Council


Melton district

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coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
Melton Calvary King Street, Melton Mowbray

52°45′53″N 0°53′12″W / 52.764600°N 0.886534°W / 52.764600; -0.886534 		2007 Ben Coode-Adams Mural Galvanised steel h 220cm; w 700cm Melton District Council [7]


Journey through Melton Mowbray Sainsbury's, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray

52°46′07″N 0°53′30″W / 52.768599°N 0.891616°W / 52.768599; -0.891616 		2013 Deborah Bird Mural Sainsburys plc


North West Leicestershire district

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
Mother and Child High Street, Coalville

52°43′29″N 1°22′27″W / 52.724688°N 1.374283°W / 52.724688; -1.374283 		1963 Robert John Royden Thomas Sculpture Bronze h 225cm; w 97cm; d 45cm North West Leicestershire District Council [1] Returned to Belvoir Shopping Centre from Coalville Library August 2024


Miners Memorial High Street, Coalville

52°43′29″N 1°22′17″W / 52.724771°N 1.371342°W / 52.724771; -1.371342 		1998 Judith Holmes Drewry Sculpture Silicon Bronze h 180cm; w 126cm; d 67cm North West Leicestershire District Council [1]


Hands Grange Road, Hugglescote

52°42′40″N 1°21′58″W / 52.711011°N 1.366233°W / 52.711011; -1.366233 		2010 Hilary Cartmel Sculpture Stainless Steel Hugglescote Parish Council


The Hugglescote Bear Central Road/Fairfield Road, Hugglescote

52°42′53″N 1°22′18″W / 52.714624°N 1.371642°W / 52.714624; -1.371642 		2005 Thomas Kenrick Sculpture Bath Limestone 2 m (6 ft 7 in) h Hugglescote Parish Council [8]
Ibstock Landmark Sculpture High Street, Ibstock

52°41′00″N 1°24′14″W / 52.683434°N 1.403992°W / 52.683434; -1.403992 		1998 Ailsa Magnus Sculpture Glazed stoneware h 122cm; w 66cm; d 64cm Ibstock Parish Council [1]


Wildlife The Slabs, Quorn, Leicestershire

52°44′56″N 1°09′43″W / 52.748952°N 1.161951°W / 52.748952; -1.161951 		2015 Graeme Mitcheson Sculpture Stone


The Heart of the Forest North Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

52°44′54″N 1°28′18″W / 52.748388°N 1.471638°W / 52.748388; -1.471638 		2019 Adrian Moakes Sculpture Steel North West Leicestershire District Council


Oadby and Wigston district

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Public art in Leicestershire.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Cavanagh, Terry (2000). Public sculpture of Leicestershire and Rutland. Liverpool: Liverpool Univ. Press. ISBN 0-85323-655-0.
  2. ^ "Leicester's first-ever statue set to be relocated in market revamp". BBC News. 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Highcross Beacons Digital Sculpture".
  4. ^ "New sculpture celebrates park's agricultural past".
  5. ^ "The Athletes" Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ LoughboroughUniversity
  7. ^ "Home". bencoodeadams.com.
  8. ^ "Thomas Kendrick". External Works. ESI.info. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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