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This is a list of public art in Dorset, in 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.
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This is a list of public art in Dorset, in 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.
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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| Bournemouth - A History of Shaping the Future | Lansdowne Road 50°43′24″N1°52′03″W / 50.723246°N 1.867461°W | February 2016 | Rick Walker | Mural | 15 metres (49 ft) × 13 metres (43 ft) | [1] | |||
 | A Life Lost to AIDS in Dorset | Pier Approach 50°43′01″N1°52′34″W / 50.716817°N 1.876021°W | Tiles | Tile designs created by students of Secondary Schools in Bournemouth and Poole during HIV/AIDS awareness workshops run by DAMSET (Dorset AIDS Memorial Schools Educational Trust). [2] | |||||
 More images | Statue of Lewis Tregonwell and Christopher Crabb Creeke | Exeter Road 50°43′01″N1°52′40″W / 50.716819°N 1.877876°W | 1999 | Jonathan Sells | Statue | Stone | 3' x 2'6" x 7'6" | Depicts founder of Bournemouth Lewis Tregonwell (standing, holding a bucket and spade) and architect/surveyor Christopher Crabb Creeke (seated on a lavatory in reference to his post of Inspector of Nuisances). Tregonwell also holds the names of three Victoria Cross recipients from Bournemouth. [3] [4] | |
 | Mosaic | Exeter Road 50°43′09″N1°52′49″W / 50.7191°N 1.8803°W | 1996 | After Aubrey Beardsley | Mural | Mosaic tile | Mosaic based on a design by Aubrey Beardsley, who lived in a house "Muriel" which previously stood here. [5] | ||
 More images | Blue Skies Jon Egging memorial | East Cliff 50°43′05″N1°52′00″W / 50.7180°N 1.8666°W | 2012 | Tim Ward [6] | Glass, stainless steel | 5 metres (16 ft) | Memorial to Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging, killed in a crash following a display at Bournemouth Air Festival. The memorial was moved to its current location in 2017 following a landslip. [7] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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 | Royal Tank Regiment Memorial (replica) | Bovington Tank Museum 50°41′42″N2°14′33″W / 50.6949°N 2.2424°W | Vivien Mallock after George Henry Paulin | Resin | Resin cast of the Royal Tank Regiment Memorial in Whitehall, London. [8] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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 More images | Christchurch Priory Commemorative Sculpture | Christchurch Priory 50°43′53″N1°46′25″W / 50.7313°N 1.7737°W | 1994 | Jonathan Sells | Sculpture | Stone | Sculpture commemorating Ranulf Flambard, who began building the priory in 1094. [9] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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 More images | Statue of Mary Anning | Black Ven 50°43′31″N2°55′49″W / 50.725256°N 2.930395°W | May 2022 | Denise Dutton | Statue | Bronze | Statue of paleontologist Mary Anning. Crowdfunded by a campaign "Mary Anning Rocks", started by Dorset schoolgirl Evie Swire. [10] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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 More images | Statue of Robert Baden-Powell | The Quay 50°42′43″N1°59′09″W / 50.71195°N 1.98592°W | 2008 | David Annand | Statue | Bronze | Depicts Robert Baden-Powell facing Brownsea Island, site of the first Scout camp. [11] [12] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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 More images | Osmington White Horse | Osmington Hill, Osmington 50°39′27″N2°24′16″W / 50.65741°N 2.40438°W | 1808 | Hill figure | Chalk | Scheduled monument | The rider is George III. [13] | ||
 More images | Statue of Queen Victoria | Outside St John's Church, The Esplanade, Weymouth 50°37′07″N2°27′03″W / 50.6187°N 2.4507°W | 1902 | George Blackall Simonds | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and Portland stone | 7 metres (23 ft) tall | Grade II | [14] |
 More images | Weymouth Cenotaph | The Esplanade, Weymouth 50°37′01″N2°27′05″W / 50.6170°N 2.4513°W | 1921 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Cenotaph | Portland stone | 5.3 metres (17 ft) tall | Grade II | [15] [16] |
Dorset was once considered for a hill figure of Marilyn Monroe, but the figure was never made. [17]
Dorset is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi), Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester, in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974, the county border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.
Bournemouth is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the English south coast, equidistant from Dorchester and Southampton. Bournemouth is part of the South East Dorset conurbation, which has a population of 465,000.
Poole is a coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is 21 miles (34 km) east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council which is a unitary authority. Poole had an estimated population of 151,500 making it the second-largest town in the ceremonial county of Dorset. Together with Bournemouth and Christchurch, the conurbation has a total population of nearly 400,000.
Poole Grammar School is a selective, all‐boys grammar school and academy in the coastal town of Poole in Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is a member of the South West Academic Trust (SWAT). The school was a mathematics and computing school, with an additional specialism, cognition, added in 2006.
Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in the south-west of England, which includes the largely rural area covered by Dorset Council, and the urban conurbation of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Dorset County Council (DCC) was the county council for the county of Dorset in England. It provided the upper tier of local government, below which were district councils, and town and parish councils. The county council had 46 elected councillors and was based at County Hall in Dorchester. The council was abolished on 31 March 2019 as part of structural changes to local government in Dorset.
The history of Bournemouth and human settlement in the surrounding area goes back for thousands of years. Bournemouth is a coastal city on the island of Great Britain in Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of the county town of Dorchester, Weymouth had a population of 53,427 in 2021. It is the third largest settlement in Dorset after Bournemouth and Poole.
The Bournemouth Air Festival is an annual air show held along the coast at Bournemouth, in Dorset, England. It has featured aircraft from the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, as well as civil aviation displays. Since its formation in 2008, the festival claims to have entertained over ten million people.
The Portland Cenotaph is a war memorial located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is situated at New Ground, looking down to Underhill of the island and overlooking Chesil Beach, as it stands in front of Portland Heights Hotel. The monument is dedicated to the local soldiers who died during both the First and Second World Wars. It has been a Grade II Listed Monument since May 1993.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It was created on 1 April 2019 by the merger of the areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole, and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch. The authority covers much of the area of the South Dorset conurbation.
A statue of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting, is installed on the Quay in Poole harbour, Dorset on the south coast of England. The statue, erected in 2008, is a life-size bronze of Robert Baden-Powell by sculptor David Annand. It portrays Baden-Powell in his scout uniform, seated on a log as if for a campfire, with a pair of log seats either side which "allow easy access for photo opportunities".
East Cliff is a suburb and ward in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Bournemouth Town Hall is a municipal facility in Bourne Road, Bournemouth, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, is a Grade II listed building. The town hall stands opposite Bournemouth Gardens and the Bournemouth War Memorial and is adjacent to St. Andrew's Church, Richmond Hill.
There are many Grade II listed buildings in the county of Dorset. This is a list of them.
The economy of the County of Dorset in South West England was worth £16.189 billion to the UK economy in 2013.
Francis William Doyle Jones, sometimes Francis William Doyle-Jones, was a British sculptor. Although principally a portrait sculptor, Jones is notable for the number of war memorials he created for British towns and cities following both the Boer War and World War I.
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