List of public art in Dudley

This is a list of public art in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley , 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.

Dudley

Duncan Edwards Way

Castle Gate Island

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Cannonballs	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′50″N2°04′24″W / 52.513854°N 2.073348°W / 52.513854; -2.073348	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Concrete, covered in broken brick	1.2m diameter spheres		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures [1]
More images	Cannon	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N2°04′25″W / 52.513746°N 2.073619°W / 52.513746; -2.073619	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Bronze	4m long x 3m diameter (mouth) x 3.57m high		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures [1]
More images	Crucible	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N2°04′23″W / 52.513694°N 2.073038°W / 52.513694; -2.073038	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Bronze	3.2m x 1.8m x 2.9m high		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures [1]
More images	Plough	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N2°04′23″W / 52.513611°N 2.073161°W / 52.513611; -2.073161	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Corten steel and wood	3.5m high x 2.4m wide x 2cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures [1]
More images	Heraldic lion	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N2°04′24″W / 52.513617°N 2.073367°W / 52.513617; -2.073367	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Corten steel	2.7m high x 4m long x 3cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures [1]
More images	Ruined wall (2 blocks)	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′50″N2°04′24″W / 52.513785°N 2.073206°W / 52.513785; -2.073206	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Ceramic blocks	first block 2.16m high x 4.4m long x 51cm deep; second block 2.75m high x 4.6m long x 51cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures [1]
More images	Premier Inn Dudley Town Centre sculpture	Premier Inn - Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N2°04′19″W / 52.513626°N 2.072004°W / 52.513626; -2.072004			Sculpture				Premier Inn	It's on the Birmingham Road side of the hotel.
More images	James Whale memorial	Showcase Cinemas - Castlegate Way, Dudley 52°30′56″N2°04′19″W / 52.515623°N 2.071857°W / 52.515623; -2.071857	2002 (2002)	Charles Hadcock	Sculpture				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Wolverton Road

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Living Fossil	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′41″N2°04′28″W / 52.511493°N 2.074538°W / 52.511493; -2.074538	2000 (2000)	Natasha Carsberg	Sculpture	Painted steel			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	resembles a giant seed pod surmounted by a calyx and part of the stalk [2]
More images	Spiral Fossil	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′42″N2°04′27″W / 52.511737°N 2.074174°W / 52.511737; -2.074174	2000 (2000)	Michael Konu	Sculpture	Kilkenny limestone			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	inspired by a gastropod fossil [3]
More images	Dawn of Time	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′39″N2°04′32″W / 52.510866°N 2.075482°W / 52.510866; -2.075482	2001 (2001)	Michael Lyons	Sculpture	Steel painted yellow			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Suggests a sunrise [4]
More images	Standing Stone	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′43″N2°04′26″W / 52.511983°N 2.073884°W / 52.511983; -2.073884	2000 (2000)	John Vaughan	Sculpture	Limestone			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	resembles two stylized, intertwined standing figures [5]
More images	Giant Hand	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′40″N2°04′29″W / 52.511247°N 2.074808°W / 52.511247; -2.074808	2000 (2000)	Jonathan Mulvaney	Sculpture	Ferro-cement			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	large hand and wrist is lying on the grass, palm down [6]
More images	Fossil sculpture	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass, Dudley 52°30′45″N2°04′24″W / 52.512519°N 2.073358°W / 52.512519; -2.073358			Sculpture				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Flood Street Island

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Salamander Obelisk	Flood Street Island, Dudley 52°30′26″N2°04′51″W / 52.507213°N 2.080823°W / 52.507213; -2.080823	2000 (2000)	Steve Field	Obelisk Sculpture	Filigree steel			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[7]

Cinder Bank Island

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Fire Tower	Cinder Bank Island, Dudley 52°30′00″N2°05′26″W / 52.500001°N 2.090573°W / 52.500001; -2.090573	2000 (2000)	Phillip Bews & Diane Gorvin	Sculpture	Steel painted red	13cm diameter, 20m high, 1.3m wide (max.)		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Six steel tubes forming a circle are welded to a circular steel base. [8]
	Fires of Industry	Cinder Bank Island, Dudley 52°30′01″N2°05′26″W / 52.500274°N 2.090692°W / 52.500274; -2.090692	2000 (2000)	Phillip Bews & Diane Gorvin	Sculpture	Steel painted red	20m long x 8m high x 31cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	3 steel wedges [9]
	Heroic Worker	Cinder Bank Island, Dudley 52°30′02″N2°05′27″W / 52.500464°N 2.090956°W / 52.500464; -2.090956	2000 (2000)	Phillip Bews & Diane Gorvin	Statue	Bronze	3m high x 1.65m wide x 1.1m deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	bronze statue of a workman stands on a circle of bricks [10]

Scotts Green Island

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Millennium (Pegasus)	Scotts Green Island, Dudley 52°30′09″N2°06′18″W / 52.502602°N 2.104897°W / 52.502602; -2.104897	2001 (2001)	Andrew Logan	Sculpture	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[11]

Town Centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The Earl of Dudley	Castle Hill, Dudley 52°30′44″N2°04′49″W / 52.512349°N 2.080289°W / 52.512349; -2.080289	1888 (1888)	C B Birch	Statue	Marble		Grade II listed [12]	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
More images	Green Man Entry	Castle Street, Dudley 52°30′44″N2°04′51″W / 52.512147°N 2.080901°W / 52.512147; -2.080901	2014 (2014)	John McKenna	Sculpture	Cast bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	May have been a passageway to an old ale house [13] [14]
More images	Apollo fountain	Coronation Gardens, Ednam Road, Dudley 52°30′46″N2°05′00″W / 52.51277°N 2.08337°W / 52.51277; -2.08337	1939 (1939)	William Bloye	Statue / fountain	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[15]
More images	Duncan Edwards	Market Place, Dudley 52°30′35″N2°04′52″W / 52.509664°N 2.080993°W / 52.509664; -2.080993	1999 (1999)	James Butler	Statue	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Was in temporary storage in 2014. [16] Re-dedicated in October 2015 [17]
More images	Drinking Fountain	Market Place, Dudley 52°30′37″N2°04′57″W / 52.510383°N 2.082499°W / 52.510383; -2.082499	1867 (1867)	James Forsyth	Drinking fountain sculpture	Stone		Grade II* listed fountain. [18] [19]	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
More images	Ben Boucher	Market Place, Dudley 52°30′37″N2°04′57″W / 52.510241°N 2.082626°W / 52.510241; -2.082626	2015 (2015)	John McKenna and Steve Field	Statue	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	A stone bench where people can take selfies with the statue [20]
More images	Family Group	Near the footbridge - King Street, Dudley 52°30′34″N2°04′51″W / 52.509454°N 2.080711°W / 52.509454; -2.080711	1969 (1969)	Edward Bainbridge Copnall	Sculpture	Oak	400cm high x 90cm wide x 90cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	depicts a man and woman back to back, with a child at their side, and supporting two children on their shoulders [21]
	Figure Group	Birdcage Walk, Dudley 52°30′40″N2°04′51″W / 52.511055°N 2.080898°W / 52.511055; -2.080898	1963 (1963)	Edward Bainbridge Copnall	Frieze	fibreglass and powdered aluminium	240cm high x 800cm wide		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Female figure and child represent Education and Family. Two male figures represent Mining and Chainmaking. [22]
More images	Long Entry	Alleyway - King Street to Market Place, Dudley 52°30′34″N2°04′56″W / 52.509566°N 2.082218°W / 52.509566; -2.082218	1995 (1995)	Steve Field	sculpture	Painted Steel			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Set of arches over a passageway depicting scenes from Medieval life [23]
More images	Dudley Evolve Theatre stone sculpture	Dudley Evolve Theatre, The Broadway, Dudley 52°30′46″N2°04′56″W / 52.51287°N 2.08212°W / 52.51287; -2.08212	2018 (2018)		Sculpture	Stone			Dudley College	Contains a quote by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) - 'You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water'.

Priory Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	People Group	Near a pond - Priory Park, Dudley 52°31′00″N2°05′06″W / 52.516762°N 2.085127°W / 52.516762; -2.085127	1992 (1992)	Jonathan Mulvaney	Sculpture	Wood			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[24]
	Priory Monks mosaic	opposite Registry Office in Priory Park, Dudley 52°31′01″N2°05′08″W / 52.516826°N 2.085641°W / 52.516826; -2.085641	1991 (1991)	Maggie Howarth	Mosaic	Slate			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[25]
More images	Medieval Tiles	Near the Priory Ruins - Priory Park, Dudley 52°30′56″N2°05′06″W / 52.51545°N 2.084941°W / 52.51545; -2.084941	2012 (2012)	Company of Artisans	Floor tiles	Ceramic			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	A set of 12 tiled pavements. Installed between 2012-14 [26]
More images	The Return of Dorothy Round	Near tennis courts in Priory Park, Dudley 52°31′03″N2°05′15″W / 52.517495°N 2.087585°W / 52.517495; -2.087585	2013 (2013)	John McKenna	Statue	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[27] [28]
More images	Decorative gateway	Corner of Priory Road and The Broadway, Priory Park, Dudley 52°30′55″N2°05′12″W / 52.515255°N 2.086747°W / 52.515255; -2.086747	2013 (2013)	Steve Field	Gates sculpture				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[28]

Black Country Living Museum

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	War memorial	Black Country Living Museum - Dudley 52°31′08″N2°04′38″W / 52.518832°N 2.077156°W / 52.518832; -2.077156	1923 (1923)		War memorial statue	Bronze			Black Country Living Museum	Originally erected in 1923 at William Butler's Springfield Brewery in Wolverhampton. [29] Relocated here in 2010.

Dudley Zoo

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Plight of the Orangutan	Dudley Zoo	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)	Luke Perry	Statue	Steel poles			Dudley Zoo	Features 100 steel poles, 97 of them cut to symbolise the devastating effects of deforestation, mostly due to palm oil plantations. [30] It's designed to raise awareness about the plight of the critically endangered species. [31]

Brierley Hill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Briar Rose	Bank Street, Brierley Hill 52°29′01″N2°07′17″W / 52.483687°N 2.121415°W / 52.483687; -2.121415			Sculpture				Centro
	Brierley Hill War Memorial	Church Street, Brierley Hill 52°28′42″N2°07′32″W / 52.478385°N 2.125595°W / 52.478385; -2.125595	1926		War memorial	Marble, stone, brick, metal railings and cannon		Grade II	Dudley MBC
More images	John Northwood	Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Brierley Hill 52°28′57″N2°06′46″W / 52.48259°N 2.11290°W / 52.48259; -2.11290	1999 (1999)	Anthony Stones	Statue	Bronze and glass	H 250 x W (?) x D (?) cm		Merry Hill Shopping Centre	A memorial statue of John Northwood (1836-1902), mounted on a pedestal of glass bricks, alluding to the importance of the local glass-making industry. Northwood is shown in contemporary Victorian dress, proudly holding up his reproduction of the Portland Vase to the light with both hands. [32]

Stourbridge

Stourbridge Town Centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Ryemarket sculpture	Ryemarket Shopping Centre, Stourbridge 52°27′21″N2°08′44″W / 52.455834°N 2.145437°W / 52.455834; -2.145437			Sculpture				Ryemarket Shopping Centre
More images	Tesco Extra sculpture	Tesco Extra, Bath Road, Stourbridge 52°27′25″N2°08′58″W / 52.457003°N 2.149448°W / 52.457003; -2.149448	2013 (2013)		Sculpture				Tesco

Mary Stevens Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Stourbridge War Memorial	Mary Stevens Park, Queen's Drive, Stourbridge 52°26′59″N2°09′03″W / 52.449683°N 2.150775°W / 52.449683; -2.150775	1923 (1923)	Ernest Pickford	War Memorial				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	It was unveiled by the Earl of Coventry on 16 February 1923. [33]
More images	Major Frank Foley	Council House, Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge 52°26′58″N2°09′09″W / 52.449547°N 2.152382°W / 52.449547; -2.152382	2018 (2018)	Andy De Comyn	Statue bench	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Unveiled by the Duke of Cambridge on the 18th September 2018 [34]

Stourbridge Interchange

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Glass blower	Stourbridge Interchange 52°27′22″N2°08′33″W / 52.456198°N 2.142376°W / 52.456198; -2.142376		John McKenna	Statue	Bronze			Centro	Celebrates the great history of hands glass blown items throughout Stourbridge [35]
More images	Locomotives	Subway entrance to Stourbridge Interchange - Foster Street, Stourbridge 52°27′20″N2°08′39″W / 52.455684°N 2.144065°W / 52.455684; -2.144065			Sculpture	Painted steel			Centro
	Cameo	Stourbridge bus interchange	1994 (1994)	Steve Field	Mosaics and anamorphic columns				Centro	Mosaics of a grey heron and a cockerel, based on cameo glass from nearby Broadfield House Glass Museum. [36]

Stourbridge Junction

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Stourbridge Junction Clock	Car Park - Stourbridge Junction Station 52°26′51″N2°08′01″W / 52.447477°N 2.133608°W / 52.447477; -2.133608		Anuradha Patel	Clock Tower				Centro	[37]

Lye

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Industries of the Lye	High Street, Lye 52°27′27″N2°06′53″W / 52.457377°N 2.114792°W / 52.457377; -2.114792	1989 (1989)	Steve Field	Mural					. [38] Removed 2010 (2010)
More images	Sir Cedric Hardwicke Memorial	Dudley Road, Lye 52°27′32″N2°07′04″W / 52.458776°N 2.117764°W / 52.458776; -2.117764	2005 (2005)	Tim Tolkien	Sculpture	Steel			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
More images	Lye War Memorial	Christ Church The Lye and Stambermill, High Street, Lye 52°27′27″N2°06′51″W / 52.457408°N 2.114075°W / 52.457408; -2.114075			War memorial				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Oldswinford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Old Cross crossroads	Furniture - Hagley Road, Oldswinford, Stourbridge 52°26′54″N2°08′27″W / 52.448405°N 2.140874°W / 52.448405; -2.140874			Sculpture					Opposite the pub The Cross at Oldswinford.

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