List of public art in Greater Manchester

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

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

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	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	Bolton	2008	Jane Robbins	53°34′45″N2°25′49″W / 53.579297°N 2.430199°W / 53.579297; -2.430199	[2]

Bury

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	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' South African War Memorial	Bury	1905	Sir George Frampton	53°35′19″N2°18′04″W / 53.588608°N 2.301144°W / 53.588608; -2.301144	[4] : 256  [5]
	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]
	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]
	Picnic Area	Burrs Country Park, Bury	1998	David Fryer	53°36′35″N2°18′22″W / 53.60965°N 2.306194°W / 53.60965; -2.306194	[8] [4] : 242–243
	Nailing Home	Radcliffe	1999	Jack 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)	Bury Interchange, Bury	2011	Ron Silliman	53°35′27″N2°17′49″W / 53.5908°N 2.297°W / 53.5908; -2.297	[11]

Manchester

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	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]
	John Dalton	Chester Street, Manchester	1855	William Theed	53°28′19″N2°14′26″W / 53.471889°N 2.240447°W / 53.471889; -2.240447	[14] [15]
	Duke of Wellington	Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester	1856	Matthew Noble	53°28′51″N2°14′08″W / 53.480879°N 2.235674°W / 53.480879; -2.235674	[16] [17]
	James Watt	Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester	1857	William Theed	53°28′53″N2°14′12″W / 53.481261°N 2.23664°W / 53.481261; -2.23664	[18] [19]
	Albert Memorial	Albert Square, Manchester	1867	Statue 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]
	Richard Cobden	St Ann's Square, Manchester	1867	Marshall Wood	53°28′55″N2°14′45″W / 53.481919°N 2.245718°W / 53.481919; -2.245718	[22] [23] [15]
	Oliver Cromwell	Wythenshawe Hall, Manchester	1875	Matthew Noble	53°24′17″N2°16′37″W / 53.404783°N 2.276823°W / 53.404783; -2.276823	[24]
	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	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	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	Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester	1901	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 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	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]
	The Last Shot / South African War Memorial	St Ann's Square, Manchester	1908	Hamo Thornycroft	53°28′57″N2°14′44″W / 53.482523°N 2.24548°W / 53.482523; -2.24548	[37] [38] [15]
	Edward VII	Whitworth Park, Manchester	1913	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, Brazennose St, Manchester	1919	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	Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester	1924	Edwin Lutyens	53°28′39″N2°14′38″W / 53.4776°N 2.2438°W / 53.4776; -2.2438	[43]
	Messenger Of Peace	Cooper Street, Manchester	1986 - 2018	Barbara Pearson	53°28′43″N2°14′35″W / 53.478705°N 2.243047°W / 53.478705; -2.243047	[44] [45] [46]
	Robert Owen	Balloon Street, Manchester	1994	Gilbert Bayes	53°29′10″N2°14′28″W / 53.48613°N 2.24108°W / 53.48613; -2.24108	[47]
	Life Cycle	Deansgate, Manchester	1995	George Wyllie	53°28′28″N2°15′06″W / 53.474351°N 2.251578°W / 53.474351; -2.251578	[48] [49]
	Ishinki Touchstone	Barbirolli Square, Manchester	1996	Kan Yasuda	53°28′33″N2°14′44″W / 53.475875°N 2.245557°W / 53.475875; -2.245557	[50] [51]
	The Big Horn/Tib Street Horn	Tib Street, Manchester	1999	David Kemp	53°28′58″N2°14′12″W / 53.482732°N 2.23663°W / 53.482732; -2.23663	[52] [53]
	John Barbirolli	Barbirolli Square, Manchester	2000	Byron Howard	53°28′32″N2°14′45″W / 53.475599°N 2.245858°W / 53.475599; -2.245858	[54] [55]
	Memorial to Alan Turing	Sackville Gardens, Manchester	2001	Glyn Hughes	53°28′36.2″N2°14′9.7″W / 53.476722°N 2.236028°W / 53.476722; -2.236028	[56] [57]
	Tree of Remembrance	Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester	2005	Wolfgang and Heron	53°28′52″N2°14′16″W / 53.481108°N 2.237803°W / 53.481108; -2.237803	[58]
	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
	Friedrich Engels	Tony Wilson Place, Manchester	c. 1970s, relocated 2017			Relocated from Ukraine in 2017 by the artist Phil Collins. [59]
	Peterloo	People's History Museum, Manchester	2018	Axel Void		[60]
	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	[61]

Oldham

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	Robert Ascroft	Alexandra Park, Oldham	1903	F. W. Pomeroy		[62]
Depiction of pub snug.	Outside Inn	Main Street, Faiksworth	1993	Tim Shutter	53.511264, -2.156218	The artist

Rochdale

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	George Leach Ashworth	Broadfield Park, Rochdale	1878	W. & T. Wills		[63]
	John Bright	Broadfield Park, Rochdale	1891	Hamo Thornycroft	53°36′52″N2°09′44″W / 53.6145°N 2.162291°W / 53.6145; -2.162291	[64]
	Rochdale Cenotaph	The Esplanade, Rochdale	1922	Edwin Lutyens	53°36′58″N2°09′35″W / 53.616238°N 2.159743°W / 53.616238; -2.159743	[65]
	Unity	The Esplanade, Rochdale	1995	Alec Peever	53°36′55″N2°09′40″W / 53.615337°N 2.16104°W / 53.615337; -2.16104	[66] [4] : 323

Salford

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	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	[67]
	Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial	Chapel Street/Oldfield Road, Salford	1905	Sir George Frampton	53°28′59″N2°15′51″W / 53.483031°N 2.264078°W / 53.483031; -2.264078	[68] [4] : 176

Stockport

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	Richard Cobden	Stockport	1886	George Gammon Adams	53°24′34″N2°09′34″W / 53.409407°N 2.159418°W / 53.409407; -2.159418	[69]
	The River of Life	Source of the River Mersey, Stockport	1994 / 1996	Mind Stockport / Alison Simpson	53°24′51.84″N2°9′22.68″W / 53.4144000°N 2.1563000°W / 53.4144000; -2.1563000	[70] [71]

Tameside

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	The Family	Ashton-under-Lyne	1995	Paul Margetts	53°29′22″N2°05′30″W / 53.489321°N 2.091608°W / 53.489321; -2.091608	[72]

Trafford

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	James Prescott Joule	Worthington Park, Sale	1905	John Cassidy		[73] [74]

Wigan

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor / Designer	Coordinates	Source
	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	[75]

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