List of public art in Cambridgeshire

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This is a list of public art in the Cambridgeshire county of England. 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.

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Babraham

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Jonas Webb enjoys the sunshine - geograph.org.uk - 1000387.jpg
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Jonas Webb High Street, Babraham, CambridgeshireLate 19th century Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q26616046 [1]

Cambridge

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
William Pitt sculpture at Pembroke College, Cambridge.jpg
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William Pitt the Younger Pembroke College, Cambridge 1819 Richard Westmacott Statue on pedestal
Bears on the steps of the Sedgwick Museum - geograph.org.uk - 2244270.jpg BearsExterior of Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 1904UnknownSculpturesStone [2]
War memorial, Cambridge, England - DSCF2182.JPG
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Cambridge War Memorial Hills Road

52°11′42″N0°07′52″E / 52.195065°N 0.131055°E / 52.195065; 0.131055
1922 Robert Tait McKenzie Statue on pedestalBronze, brick and stoneGrade II listed Q26558679 [3] [4]
Guildhall in Cambridge.jpg Guildhall DoorsThe Guildhall, Market Square1933 Laurence Bradshaw Doors with 10 relief panelsBronze [2]
Rutherford crocodile.jpg CrocodileWall of Mond Building, off Free School Lane1933 Eric Gill MotifIncised brickwork [2]
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Talos Guildhall Street, Cambridge c.1960, installed 1973 Michael Ayrton Sculpture on pedestalBronze and stone [2]
StatueFostersMillCambridge.jpg Ceres - Goddess of CornCB1, Mill Park1962 William Bloye SculptureBronze [4]
Kett's Oak - geograph.org.uk - 1422468.jpg Kett's OakExterior of Kett House, corner of Station Rd. & Hills Rd.1963 Willi Soukop Bas-reliefSandstone [4]
Barbara Hepworth Geograph-685325-by-Fractal-Angel.jpg
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Four-Square (Walk Through) Churchill College, Cambridge 1966 Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculptureBronze Q60786074 [5] [6]
The Swimmers Geograph-1422304-by-Keith-Edkins.jpg The SwimmersMill Road by Parkside Swimming Pool1966 Betty Rea, completed by John W Mills Statue groupBronze [4] [7]
Construction In Aluminium 1967.JPG Construction in AluminiumOutside Engineering Department, Trumpington St.1967 Kenneth Martin Abstract sculpture on pedestalAluminium and Portland stone [4]
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Two Forms (Divided Circle) Fellows' Garden, Clare College, Cambridge 1969 Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculptureBronze237 x 234 x 54cm Q7858962 [8] [2]
The Chauvinist Geograph-631929-by-RichTea.jpg
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ChauvinistHills Road / Brooklands Road, Cambridge1990 Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureGranite [4]
Design Geograph-1422444-by-Keith-Edkins.jpg Crystalline designCrystallographic Data Centre, Union Road1992Eric Sorenson (architect)MosaicGlass [4]
A Pattern of LifeFellows' Garden, Christ's College2001Tim HarrissonAbstract sculpturePortland limestone [2]
Earthbound- Plant by Antony Gormley, Cambridge.jpg Earthbound: PlantHaddon Library & Sedgwick Museum2003 Antony Gormley SculptureCast ironA statue upside-down below ground with only the feet showing [2]
FlameClare Hall, Herschel Road2004 Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureBronze [2]
Cambridge - DNA sculpture.jpg DNA Double HelixMemorial Court, Clare College2005 Charles Jencks Abstract structureAluminium [2]
Statue of Confucius, Clare College - geograph.org.uk - 3372369.jpg Confucius Clare College Avenue2006Wu Wei-ShanSculptureBronze [2]
Grasshopper Geograph-1422370-by-Keith-Edkins.jpg GrasshopperThe Greshams, Gonville Place2006Matthew Lane SandersonSculptureSteel [4]
Colin Rose Geograph-1422283-by-Keith-Edkins.jpg Two Elements Uniting to Form a ContractCounty Court Building, East Road2006Colin RoseSculptureStainless steel [4]
Fisher Hall and Fisher Square - geograph.org.uk - 652164.jpg
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Between the LinesFisher Square, Cambridge2007 Peter Randall-Page SculptureGranite glacial boulder178 x 214 x 180cm [9] [2]
3 minutes past 2 by the Corpus Clock - geograph.org.uk - 993538.jpg
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The Corpus ClockTaylor Library, King's Parade2008John Taylor and Matthew Lane SandersonClock with sculptureMetal sculpture [2]
Mother and ChildExterior of John Lewis, Downing Street2008Sophie DickensCarved sculptureWood [2]
Cold cast bronze in Robinson College, Cambridge.jpg FinbackFront Court, Robinson College, Grange Road2008Ben BarrellAbstract sculptureBronze resin [2] [10]
Young-Charles-Darwin-statue-by-Anthony-Smith-(Christ's-College-Cambridge)-3.jpg
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Charles Darwin Darwin Garden, Christ's College, Cambridge 2009 Anthony Smith StatueBronze [2]
Bronze book bollards in front of Cambridge University Library.jpg Ex LibrisUniversity Library, West Road2009Harry Gray14 postsBronze [2]
Reflective EditorStation Road2011Douglas AllsopAbstract sculptureBlack granite [4]
DarwinNew Court, Christ's College2011 Phillip King Abstract structureSteel [2]
Snowy Farr sculpture by Gary Webb, 8 August 2012.jpg SnowyMarket Square2012 Gary Webb SculptureMetalInspired by Snowy Farr [2]
Southern Shade Churchill College 2012Nigel HallAbstract sculptureBronze [6]
WanderStation Place2014 Dryden Goodwin 100 Engraved platesSteelEach 123mm diameter [4] [11]
Gordon Young Cambridge Feb 2014.jpg Bird Stones Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge 2014 Gordon Young Six monoliths and a benchStone and wood [4] [12]
The Barnwell SentenceKingsley Walk, off Newmarket Road2014 Lucy Skaer MosaicLava, stone and glass [4]
Slate Work SouthDavid Attenborough Building, Downing St.,2016 Ackroyd & Harvey MosaicWelsh slate [2]
FlowJames Dyson Building, Fen Causeway2018Simon TegalaAbstract sculptureSteel with electronic screen [4]
Cambridge Rules 1848 monument 1.jpg Cambridge Rules 1848 Parker's Piece 2018Alan Ward and Neville GabieMonumentStoneMarks the development of the Cambridge rules of football [13]
Hercules Meets Galatea Cambridge North railway station

52°13′26″N0°09′26″E / 52.2239°N 0.1573°E / 52.2239; 0.1573 (Hercules Meets Galatea)
2021 Matthew Darbyshire Sculpture [14]
Dunamis by Bushra Fakhoury, Hills Road, Cambridge.jpg DunamisAcademy House, 136 Hills Road

52°11′27″N0°08′05″E / 52.1907°N 0.1346°E / 52.1907; 0.1346 (Dunamis)
2021 Bushra Fakhoury Sculpture [15]
Danse Gwenedour by Bushra Fakhoury, Hills Road, Cambridge (1).jpg Danse GwenedourCity House, 126–130 Hills Road

52°11′29″N0°08′03″E / 52.1915°N 0.1342°E / 52.1915; 0.1342 (Danse Gwenedour)
2021 Bushra Fakhoury Sculpture [15]
Ariadne WrappedOutside Cambridge railway station

52°11′39″N0°08′14″E / 52.1943°N 0.1371°E / 52.1943; 0.1371 (True)
2022 Gavin Turk Sculpture [16]
True King's College

52°12′14″N0°06′57″E / 52.2039°N 0.1159°E / 52.2039; 0.1159 (True)
2024 Antony Gormley Sculpture Corten steel 3.7 metres (12 ft) tallDedicated to Alan Turing [17]

Clarkson Road

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Mathematical Gates Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road1970 John Robinson Relief and gatesCast iron [6]
Creation Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road1991 John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6]
Intuition Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road1993 John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6] [18]
Genesis Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road1995 John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6] [19]

Homerton Gardens

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Setting OutHomerton Gardens, Harrison Drive2017Harry GrayAbstract sculptureBronze, stone and steel [4]
Made to MeasureHomerton Gardens, Harrison Drive2018Harry GrayAbstract sculptureBronze, Portland stone and limestone [4] [20]

Lensfield Road

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
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May Eternal Light Shine Upon Them Scott Polar Institute, Lensfield Road 1922 Kathleen Scott Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneModelled by A.W. Lawrence [21] [4]
Bust Scott Geograph-1422431-by-Keith-Edkins.jpg
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Robert Falcon Scott Scott Polar Institute 1934 Kathleen Scott Bust in nicheBronze [4]
Chemical symbols by Mary Spencer Watson 03.jpg
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Alchemy symbols & University coat of armsExterior of Chemistry Building, Lensfield Road 1958 Mary Spencer Watson Bas-reliefStone [4]
Inukshuk - Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge (geograph 2994484).jpg Inuksuk Scott Polar Institute 1979Axangayu ShaaSculptureStoneSculpture from Baffin Island [4]
Statue chiens Cambridge.jpg Husky Dog Memorial Scott Polar Institute 2009David CemmickSculptureBronze [4]
Monument to those who lost their lives in Antarctica in pursuit of science.jpg The Antarctic Monument Scott Polar Institute 2011Oliver BarrattAbstract sculptureOak [4]

Madingley Road

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
John Robinson Geograph-372591-by-Mark-Hurn.jpg Pulse Institute of Astromomy, Madingley Road 1996 John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6]
James Atkinson Geograph-380269-by-Mark-Hurn.jpg Promethus Institute of Astromomy, Madingley Road 2004James AtkinsonAbstract sculpturePainted aluminium [6]
Tree of Life: Encounter The Woolf Institute, Madingley Road 2018 Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureMarble3m tall [6] [22]

Sidgwick Site

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Span Sidgwick Avenue 1967 Phillip King Abstract sculptureSteel [2]
Bigger BiteAlison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site 2010 Nigel Hall Abstract sculptureBronze [2]
A Local HistoryPavement, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site 2013 Edmund de Waal 3 vitrines filled with porcelain itemsVarious [2]
Daze IV Sidgwick Site 2014 Antony Gormley SculptureCast iron [2]

Ely

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Eel TrailOutside Oliver Cromwell's House

52°23′56″N0°15′33″E / 52.3989°N 0.2591°E / 52.3989; 0.2591 (Eel Trail)
2004Elizabeth Jane GrosseBenchBench inscribed with a recipe for roast eel as used by Elizabeth Cromwell. [23]
Eel TrailBabylon Gallery, Waterside

52°23′45″N0°16′15″E / 52.3959°N 0.2707°E / 52.3959; 0.2707 (Eel Trail)
2004Elizabeth Jane GrosseSculptureGlassGlass pieces depicting phases of an eel's lifecycle [23]
Silver Eel Glaives sculpture, Ely, Cambridgeshire - 2024-03-15.jpg Eel TrailOutside the Maltings

52°23′43″N0°16′10″E / 52.3954°N 0.2694°E / 52.3954; 0.2694 (Eel Trail)
2004Elizabeth Jane GrosseSculptureStainless steelEight glaives as used for hunting eels, arranged in an octagon mirroring the tower of Ely Cathedral [23]
Eel TrailJubilee Gardens

52°23′42″N0°16′03″E / 52.3951°N 0.2675°E / 52.3951; 0.2675 (Eel Trail)
2004Elizabeth Jane GrosseMosaicCeramicEel mosaic, made from pieces of pottery found during a Time Team excavation [23]
Eel TrailCherry Hill Park2004Elizabeth Jane GrosseSculptureWillow9 metres (30 ft) long, 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tallHive woven from willow, as used to catch eels [23]
Eel - geograph.org.uk - 1180040.jpg Eel sculptureJubilee Gardens

52°23′41″N0°16′05″E / 52.3948°N 0.2680°E / 52.3948; 0.2680 (Eel sculpture)
2006Pete BakerSculptureSteel3 metres (9.8 ft) tallGift of Ely Rotary Club marking centenary of Rotary International [23] [24]
Sluice artwork, Ely, Cambridgeshire - 2024-03-15.jpg SluiceOutside the Maltings

52°23′42″N0°16′10″E / 52.3951°N 0.2695°E / 52.3951; 0.2695 (Sluice)
2007Lulu QuinnLight and video installationThe video screens and lighting change based on live water level data from the Environment Agency. [23] [25]

Fordham

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Fordham Cambs War Memorial1.jpg
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Fordham War Memorial Fordham, Cambridgeshire 1921 Edward Lutyens & George Frampton Statue of Saint George on pillarStoneGrade II Q26616619 [26] [27]

Peterborough

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Pearl Assurance War Memorial Pearl Assurance offices, Peterborough 1919 George Frampton Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II* Q62132803 Erected in London in 1921, relocated to Peterborough in 1991 [28] [29]
Power Rhytm Geograph-1509266-by-Michael-Trolove.jpg Power RhythmParnwell, Peterborough

52°35.8532′N0°12.5177′W / 52.5975533°N 0.2086283°W / 52.5975533; -0.2086283
2000 Robert Erskine SculptureStainless steel16m highCommissioned by Peterborough Environment City Trust to celebrate the millennium. [30]

Ramsey

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Church of St Thomas A Becket, Ramsey - geograph.org.uk - 795741.jpg
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War memorial Ramsey 1921 F.W. Pomeroy Statue on columnStoneGrade II Q26459919 [31] [32]

St Ives

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Statue of Oliver Cromwell - geograph.org.uk - 310979.jpg
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Statue of Oliver Cromwell Market Hill, St Ives 1901 F.W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal and stepsBronze and Portland stoneGrade II Q22917664 [33]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Trail 2 - City Centre". Cambridge Sculpture Trails. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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