List of public art in Greater Manchester

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This is a list of public art in Greater Manchester , England, split according to metropolitan district.

Contents

This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork that is only visible inside a museum.

Bolton

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
Senate House - geograph.org.uk - 1521893.jpg Two Forms (Divided Circle) 1969 University of Bolton, Bolton 1982 Barbara Hepworth 53°34′25″N2°26′09″W / 53.57363°N 2.4357°W / 53.57363; -2.4357 [1]
Fred Dibnah statue.JPG Fred Dibnah Bolton 2008Jane Robbins 53°34′45″N2°25′49″W / 53.579297°N 2.430199°W / 53.579297; -2.430199 [2]

Bury

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
Robert Peel statue, Bury.jpg Memorial to Robert Peel Bury 1851 Edward Hodges Baily 53°35′37″N2°17′52″W / 53.59369°N 2.29771°W / 53.59369; -2.29771 [3] [4] :250–253
Lancashire Fusiliers, Tower Gardens.jpg Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial Bury 1905Sir George Frampton 53°35′19″N2°18′04″W / 53.588608°N 2.301144°W / 53.588608; -2.301144 [4] :256 [5]
Lancashire Fusiliers memorial, Gallipoli Garden, Bury (5).JPG Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial (First World War)Gallipoli Gardens, Bury 1922 Edwin Lutyens 53°35′32″N2°17′55″W / 53.592234°N 2.298722°W / 53.592234; -2.298722 [6]
Ramsbottom Tilted Vase 010405.jpg Tilted Vase Ramsbottom 1998 Edward Allington 53°38′56″N2°19′07″W / 53.648947°N 2.318538°W / 53.648947; -2.318538 [4] :264 [7]
Irwell Sculpture Trail David Fryer.jpg Picnic Area Burrs Country Park, Bury 1998David Fryer 53°36′35″N2°18′22″W / 53.60965°N 2.306194°W / 53.60965; -2.306194 [8] [4] :242–243
Irwell Sculpture Trail Jack Wright.jpg Nailing Home Radcliffe 1999Jack Wright 53°33′52″N2°20′01″W / 53.564544°N 2.333628°W / 53.564544; -2.333628 [4] :262 [9] [10]
From Northern Soul (Bury Neon).jpg From Northern Soul (Bury Neon) Bury Interchange, Bury2011 Ron Silliman 53°35′27″N2°17′49″W / 53.5908°N 2.297°W / 53.5908; -2.297 [11]

Manchester

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
Statue of Sir Robert Peel, Piccadilly Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 1278311.jpg Sir Robert Peel Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester 1853 William Calder Marshall 53°28′53″N2°14′14.9″W / 53.48139°N 2.237472°W / 53.48139; -2.237472 [12] [13]
Statue of John Dalton.jpg John Dalton Chester Street, Manchester1855 William Theed 53°28′19″N2°14′26″W / 53.471889°N 2.240447°W / 53.471889; -2.240447 [14] [15]
Wellington Piccadilly Gardens Manchester.jpg Duke of Wellington Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester1856 Matthew Noble 53°28′51″N2°14′08″W / 53.480879°N 2.235674°W / 53.480879; -2.235674 [16] [17]
Watt Statue Manchester 1.jpg James Watt Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester1857 William Theed 53°28′53″N2°14′12″W / 53.481261°N 2.23664°W / 53.481261; -2.23664 [18] [19]
Albert-Square-MainStatue.jpg Albert Memorial Albert Square, Manchester 1867Statue Matthew Noble / Canopy Thomas Worthington 53°28′46″N2°14′43″W / 53.4795°N 2.245209°W / 53.4795; -2.245209 [20] [21] [15]
Cobden1.jpg Richard Cobden St Ann's Square, Manchester1867 Marshall Wood 53°28′55″N2°14′45″W / 53.481919°N 2.245718°W / 53.481919; -2.245718 [22] [23] [15]
Oliver Cromwell - geograph.org.uk - 49551.jpg Oliver Cromwell Wythenshawe Hall, Manchester1875 Matthew Noble 53°24′17″N2°16′37″W / 53.404783°N 2.276823°W / 53.404783; -2.276823 [24]
Albert-Square-Statue.jpg James Fraser Albert Square, Manchester 1888 Thomas Woolner 53°28′48″N2°14′42″W / 53.4799°N 2.244971°W / 53.4799; -2.244971 [25] [26] [15]
John Bright statue, Albert Square, Manchester.jpg John Bright Albert Square, Manchester 1891 Albert Bruce-Joy 53°28′47″N2°14′42″W / 53.479713°N 2.245075°W / 53.479713; -2.245075 [27] [28]
Oliver Heywood statue, Albert Square.jpg Oliver Heywood Albert Square, Manchester 1894 Albert Bruce-Joy 53°28′46″N2°14′43″W / 53.479306°N 2.24537°W / 53.479306; -2.24537 [29] [30]
Queen Victoria statue piccadilly02.jpg Queen Victoria Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester1901 Edward Onslow Ford 53°28′51.9″N2°14′11.9″W / 53.481083°N 2.236639°W / 53.481083; -2.236639 [31] [32]
William Ewart Gladstone statue, Albert Square.jpg William Gladstone Albert Square, Manchester 1901 Mario Raggi 53°28′45″N2°14′44″W / 53.479101°N 2.245512°W / 53.479101; -2.245512 [33] [34] [15]
Adrift - geograph.org.uk - 1278243.jpg Adrift St Peter's Square, Manchester 1908 John Cassidy 53°28′41″N2°14′37″W / 53.478116°N 2.243706°W / 53.478116; -2.243706 [35] [36]
Geograph-2397705-St Ann's Square, South African War Memorial-by-David-Dixon.jpg The Last Shot / South African War MemorialSt Ann's Square, Manchester1908 Hamo Thornycroft 53°28′57″N2°14′44″W / 53.482523°N 2.24548°W / 53.482523; -2.24548 [37] [38] [15]
EdwardVIIstatuesky.JPG Edward VII Whitworth Park, Manchester1913 John Cassidy 53°27′34″N2°13′42″W / 53.459522°N 2.228308°W / 53.459522; -2.228308 [39] [40]
Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Square, Manchester.jpg Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Square, Brazennose St, Manchester1919 George Grey Barnard 53°28′47″N2°14′50″W / 53.479669°N 2.24716°W / 53.479669; -2.24716 [41] [42] [15]
Manchester Cenotaph November 2014.jpg Manchester Cenotaph Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester1924 Edwin Lutyens 53°28′39″N2°14′38″W / 53.4776°N 2.2438°W / 53.4776; -2.2438 [43]
The pigeon feeder, Piccadilly Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 628225.jpg Messenger Of PeaceCooper Street, Manchester1986Barbara Pearson 53°28′43″N2°14′35″W / 53.478705°N 2.243047°W / 53.478705; -2.243047 [44] [45]
Robert Owen statue - Manchester - April 11 2005.jpg Robert Owen Balloon Street, Manchester1994 Gilbert Bayes 53°29′10″N2°14′28″W / 53.48613°N 2.24108°W / 53.48613; -2.24108 [46]
Life Cycle bicycle sculpture, Manchester (Geograph 2301580 by Thomas Nugent).jpg Life CycleDeansgate, Manchester 1995 George Wyllie 53°28′28″N2°15′06″W / 53.474351°N 2.251578°W / 53.474351; -2.251578 [47] [48]
Sculpture at Barbirolli Square in Manchester, England.jpg Ishinki TouchstoneBarbirolli Square, Manchester1996Kan Yasuda 53°28′33″N2°14′44″W / 53.475875°N 2.245557°W / 53.475875; -2.245557 [49] [50]
Tib Street Horn 4.jpg The Big Horn/Tib Street Horn Tib Street, Manchester1999David Kemp 53°28′58″N2°14′12″W / 53.482732°N 2.23663°W / 53.482732; -2.23663 [51] [52]
Barbirolli Bust Bridgewater Hall.jpg John Barbirolli Barbirolli Square, Manchester2000Byron Howard 53°28′32″N2°14′45″W / 53.475599°N 2.245858°W / 53.475599; -2.245858 [53] [54]
Alan Turing Memorial Closer.jpg Memorial to Alan Turing Sackville Gardens, Manchester2001Glyn Hughes 53°28′36.2″N2°14′9.7″W / 53.476722°N 2.236028°W / 53.476722; -2.236028 [55] [56]
The Tree of Remembrance - geograph.org.uk - 1567280.jpg Tree of Remembrance Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester2005Wolfgang and Heron 53°28′52″N2°14′16″W / 53.481108°N 2.237803°W / 53.481108; -2.237803 [57]
The B of the Bang, Manchester.JPG B of the Bang Beswick, Greater Manchester 2005–2009 Thomas Heatherwick 53°28′55″N2°11′46″W / 53.48194°N 2.19611°W / 53.48194; -2.19611
Fred stuck back together. (40809508363).jpg Friedrich Engels Tony Wilson Place, Manchesterc. 1970s, relocated 2017Relocated from Ukraine in 2017 by the artist Phil Collins. [58]
Peterloo People's History Museum, Manchester2018Axel Void [59]
Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst - December 2018 (3).jpg Rise up, Women , statue of Emmeline Pankhurst St Peter's Square, Manchester 2018 Hazel Reeves 53°28′40″N2°14′35″W / 53.47778°N 2.24306°W / 53.47778; -2.24306 [60]

Oldham

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
Robert Ascroft Alexandra Park, Oldham 1903 F. W. Pomeroy [61]
Depiction of pub snug. Outsideinn 1.jpg
Depiction of pub snug.
Outside InnMain Street, Faiksworth1993Tim Shutter53.511264, -2.156218The artist

Rochdale

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
George Leach Ashworth Broadfield Park, Rochdale 1878W. & T. Wills [62]
John Bright Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1702403.jpg John Bright Broadfield Park, Rochdale1891 Hamo Thornycroft 53°36′52″N2°09′44″W / 53.6145°N 2.162291°W / 53.6145; -2.162291 [63]
Town Hall and Cenotaph, Rochdale.jpg Rochdale Cenotaph The Esplanade, Rochdale1922 Edwin Lutyens 53°36′58″N2°09′35″W / 53.616238°N 2.159743°W / 53.616238; -2.159743 [64]
'Unity' - sculpture at Rochdale, Greater Manchester.jpg UnityThe Esplanade, Rochdale1995Alec Peever 53°36′55″N2°09′40″W / 53.615337°N 2.16104°W / 53.615337; -2.16104 [65] [4] :323

Salford

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
Queen Victoria and Salford Museum.jpg Queen Victoria Peel Park, Salford 1857 Matthew Noble 53°29′05″N2°16′20″W / 53.484775°N 2.272133°W / 53.484775; -2.272133 [66]
1386163 Lancashire Fusiliers Memorial-10.jpg Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War MemorialChapel Street/Oldfield Road, Salford 1905Sir George Frampton 53°28′59″N2°15′51″W / 53.483031°N 2.264078°W / 53.483031; -2.264078 [67] [4] :176

Stockport

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
Cobden's Statue - geograph.org.uk - 1306409.jpg Richard Cobden Stockport 1886 George Gammon Adams 53°24′34″N2°09′34″W / 53.409407°N 2.159418°W / 53.409407; -2.159418 [68]
Rivers meet, Stockport 6652.JPG The River of LifeSource of the River Mersey, Stockport1994 / 1996Mind Stockport / Alison Simpson 53°24′51.84″N2°9′22.68″W / 53.4144000°N 2.1563000°W / 53.4144000; -2.1563000 [69] [70]

Tameside

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
The Family - geograph.org.uk - 1033072.jpg The Family Ashton-under-Lyne 1995Paul Margetts 53°29′22″N2°05′30″W / 53.489321°N 2.091608°W / 53.489321; -2.091608 [71]

Trafford

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
Joule memorial, Sale.JPG James Prescott Joule Worthington Park, Sale 1905 John Cassidy [72] [73]

Wigan

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationDateSculptor / DesignerCoordinatesSource
Sir Francis Powell Wigan Statue.jpg Sir Francis Powell Mesnes Park, Wigan 1910 Ernest Gillick 53°33′06″N2°38′07″W / 53.551694°N 2.635311°W / 53.551694; -2.635311 [74]

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