This is a list of public art in the county of Herefordshire , 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.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Weather vane [1] | Burley Gate junction of the A417 and A465 52°07′15″N2°35′44″W / 52.120849°N 2.595628°W | 2014 | Sculpture | Steel | Q47012927 | ||||||
The Time Tower | Bromyard Bypass 52°11′15″N2°30′26″W / 52.1873809°N 2.5073337°W | 2000[2] | Phillip Bess & Diane Gorvin [3] | Sculpture | Wood | Q47012927 | [4] | ||||
Resting Sheep | Bromyard Heritage Centre 52°11′26″N2°30′25″W / 52.190430°N 2.506879°W | 2000 | Ann Campbell | Sculpture | Bronze | Lifesize | Bromyard and Winslow Town Council | Q47456415 | [4] | ||
Mappa Grundi | Stoke Lacy Village Hall 52°08′55″N2°33′06″W / 52.1485°N 2.5517°W | 2005 | Mark de la Torre | Sculpture | ceramic | h= 4m, w= 3m | Q47456445 | [5] | |||
Bear | Tilbury Plantation, Herefordshire, UK 52°13′02″N2°30′23″W / 52.217324°N 2.5064°W | Sculpture | wood | Q47456606 |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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The Obelisk | Adjacent to St John Kemble Chapel and Doctors' Surgery, Ewyas Harold 51°57′08″N2°53′27″W / 51.9522533°N 2.8907934°W | 2010 | Graeme Mitcheson | sculpture | sandstone | h=1.5m, w=1m, d=1m | Q47471919 | 8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire [6] | |||
Dragon | Kings Thorn to A49, Herefordshire, UK 51°59′40″N2°43′59″W / 51.994422°N 2.733125°W | Steve Elsby | sculpture | wood | Q47472070 | Details recorded by photographer [7] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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h.Apple | The County Hospital, Hereford 52°03′30″N2°42′20″W / 52.05824°N 2.70553°W | 2004 | Ian Berrill | sculpture | Steel | Q47472238 | Commissioned as part of h.Art Herefordshire Art Week 2004 according to the plaque adjacent to the sculpture | ||||
3d Map of Hereford | Hereford Cathedral 52°03′20″N2°42′20″W / 52.055432°N 2.70553°W | relief map | Q47472317 | ||||||||
More images | The Woodpecker | Whitecross Road 52°03′26″N2°43′29″W / 52.05711°N 2.72477°W | 1969 [8] | Walenty Pytel | sculpture | Q47472347 | Relocated in 2011 [8] | ||||
Kingfisher with Minnow | Whitecross Road HR4 0AG | 2019 | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | Kingfisher and minnow to commemorate 50 years since Sir Peter Scott unveiled Walenty’s woodpecker commissioned by Bulmer’s Cider. Venue The Cider Museum. | |||||
More images | Sir George Cornewall Lewis | Shire Hall, Hereford 52°03′22″N2°42′47″W / 52.05612°N 2.71314°W | 1864 | Carlo Marochetti | statue on pedestal | Q47472418 | [9] | ||||
Edward Elgar | Hereford Cathedral 52°03′24″N2°42′54″W / 52.05658°N 2.71502°W | 2005[10] | Jemma Pearson [10] | statue | Bronze [10] | Q47472878 | |||||
Eign Gate | All Saints Church, Hereford 52°03′23″N2°43′03″W / 52.05645°N 2.71760°W | 2006[11] | Adam Greenwell [11] | statue | Steel [12] | h= 6m [11] | Q47473218 | [13] | |||
Dan the bulldog | Bishops Meadows, Hereford 52°00′46″N2°36′04″W / 52.01266°N 2.6012°W | 2002[14] | John Tasker [14] | sculpture | wood | Q47474338 | |||||
More images | 4 Runner | Royal National College for the Blind | Walenty Pytel | Steel | Futuristic Runner | ||||||
Not known | Royal National College for the Blind 52°03′25″N2°42′22″W / 52.056807°N 2.70614°W | sculpture | wood | Royal National College for the Blind | Q47476767 | ||||||
Violette Szabo, Josie Pearson and Edward Elgar | Hereford Greenway 52°03′46″N2°42′11″W / 52.0627°N 2.70306°W | 2013 | sculpture | metal | Q47476804 | [15] | |||||
A Fish’s Eye View | King George’s Playing Field 52°03′03″N2°42′47″W / 52.05090°N 2.71292°W | 2006 | Chris Brammall | sculpture | metal | Q47477683 | [16] | ||||
Rotherwas Women | Holme Lacey Road, Hereford 52°03′14″N2°41′05″W / 52.05378°N 2.6846°W | 2006 | Bruce Williams | sculpture | sandblasted granite and steel | Q47478052 | Three works featuring Nora Foster, Debbie Gittoes and Sophie Dillon respectively [17] [18] | ||||
A Thousand Ghosts | King George V Playing Fields, Hereford 52°02′57″N2°42′42″W / 52.04917°N 2.71157°W | 2009 | Mariele Neudecker | sculpture | Wood, paint & steel | Q47478281 | Commissioned by Meadow Arts [19] | ||||
Special Air Service memorial | Stadlestone Circle (site of a previous SAS camp) | Fibreglass | Q47478437 | [20] | |||||||
Hereford Bull | High Town Hereford 52°03′23″N2°42′54″W / 52.05649°N 2.7149°W | 2012 | Brian Alabaster | Sculpture | Bronze | Q47478641 | [21] | ||||
Sunflower | Franklin House, Hereford 52°03′29″N2°42′44″W / 52.057979°N 2.712284°W | 1964[22] | Trevor Worton [23] | sculpture | iron | Q58838746 | |||||
Aspects of Hereford Cathedral | Cathedral Close, Hereford 52°03′16″N2°42′55″W / 52.054547°N 2.715292°W | 2011[24] | roundels | bronze | Q58838931 | ||||||
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree | Cathedral Close, Hereford 52°03′16″N2°43′01″W / 52.054347°N 2.717042°W | 2011[24] | Canon Sandy Elliot | mosaic | stone | Q58838743 | |||||
Hereford County Hospital [25] 52°03′28″N2°42′31″W / 52.05765°N 2.708669°W | 2018 | Paul Caton [25] | sculpture | wood | Wye Valley NHS Trust [26] | Q58839335 | |||||
Allan Leonard Lewis | The Old Market, Hereford 52°03′31″N2°42′59″W / 52.058525°N 2.716303°W | 2018 | Jemma Pearson [27] | sculpture | bronze [28] | Q61743798 | |||||
Swans | Riverside Courtyard of the Old General Hospital, Wye St, HR1 2NP | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | |||||||
King Offa | Bewell Street, Hereford 52°03′25″N2°43′11″W / 52.056897°N 2.719717°W | sculpture | Q61743838 | ||||||||
More images | Game Birds and Fish | Balcony Gwynne St HR4 9DG | Walenty Pytel | Galvanized Steel | |||||||
Ascari | Ascari Hereford | Walenty Pytel | |||||||||
Cat | Campbell Road, Hereford 52°04′07″N2°42′13″W / 52.068631°N 2.703656°W | sculpture | Q63167775 | ||||||||
Forever Flowers (Shifting Borders) | Eign Gate Underpass 52°03′23″N2°43′13″W / 52.056425°N 2.720361°W | 2024 | Graphic Rewilding | mural | Q130396529 | Commissioned as part of the "Art + People + Place" programme [29] | |||||
Cattles and Apples | Herdsman Pub, Widemarsh St 52°03′31″N2°42′56″W / 52.058477°N 2.715423°W | 2024 | Curtis Hylton | mural | Q130397303 | Commissioned as part of the "Art + People + Place" programme [29] | |||||
Our Wild Heart | Bastion Mews 52°03′27″N2°42′44″W / 52.057401°N 2.712207°W | 2024 | Emmeline North | mural | Q130397316 | Commissioned as part of the "Art + People + Place" programme [29] | |||||
Forget Me Not | Butchers Passage 52°03′26″N2°42′50″W / 52.057345°N 2.713915°W | 2024 | SNIK | mural | Q130397503 | Commissioned as part of the "Art + People + Place" programme [29] | |||||
The People's Patch | Capuchin Lane 52°03′23″N2°42′58″W / 52.056293°N 2.716085°W | 2024 | Dermot Clarke | mural | Q130418983 | Commissioned as part of the "Art + People + Place" programme [29] | |||||
Tom | Booth Hall Passage 52°03′23″N2°42′54″W / 52.056260°N 2.714948°W | 2024 | Gemma Flowers | mural | Commissioned as part of the "Art + People + Place" programme [29] | ||||||
Every Corner Holds a Memory | Union Passage 52°03′25″N2°42′48″W / 52.057009°N 2.713280°W | 2024 | Estee Angeline | mural | Q130419079 | Commissioned as part of the "Art + People + Place" programme [29] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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British birds | Wapley Hill 52°15′16″N2°57′34″W / 52.254469°N 2.95958°W | Carved bench | wood | Q59348933 | Bench a gift from friends of Miles Baddeley [30] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Swallows Return [31] | Ledbury 52°01′44″N2°25′00″W / 52.028899°N 2.416805°W | 2016 [31] | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | Q59348946 | |||||
The people associated with the Master's House, St Katherine's Hospital | Ledbury 52°02′11″N2°25′24″W / 52.036439°N 2.423425°W | Sculpture | Stone | Q59349159 | |||||||
Garden fountain of water birds | Canwood Gallery,Checkley, HR1 4NF | 1970s | Walenty Pytel | Welded Steel | A welded steel garden fountain of water birds. |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Bullocks | Adjacent to Doctors' Surgery, Brockington Rd, Bodenham 52°09′16″N2°40′13″W / 52.1545331°N 2.6703266°W | 2010 | Graeme Mitcheson | sculpture | sandstone | h 800mm, w 1500mm, d 1000mm | Q59357553 | 8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire [6] | |||
Orchards | Corn St, Leominster 52°13′37″N2°44′20″W / 52.226906°N 2.738839°W | 2014 | Jericho Aceron & Ryan Midgeley | mural | painting | Q59357989 | Special thanks given to Leominster Town Cadets, Earl Mortimer College, Leominster in Bloom, Roger Midgeley | ||||
Various | Corn Square, Leominster 52°13′37″N2°44′17″W / 52.227036°N 2.737989°W | 2006 (approx [32] | clock | various | Q59358151 | The 'ducking stool' is a reference to Jenny Pipes | |||||
Laundry | Butcher Row, Leominster 52°13′38″N2°44′19″W / 52.227092°N 2.738647°W | 2017 | sculpture | Q59358344 | Part of Leominster in Bloom [33] | ||||||
Gardening | The Grange, Leominster 52°03′30″N2°42′20″W / 52.05824°N 2.70553°W | 2006 | sculpture | Q59358459 | Part of Leominster in Bloom [34] | ||||||
Building | High Street, Leominster 52°13′42″N2°44′08″W / 52.228353°N 2.735531°W | 2010 | sculpture | metal | Q59358511 | Depicts Grange Court at its original location in Leominster. [35] [36] | |||||
Leominster | Morris Mews, Leominster 52°13′40″N2°44′19″W / 52.227894°N 2.738681°W | photograph | Q59358879 | ||||||||
Drapery | Drapers Lane, Leominster 52°13′38″N2°44′18″W / 52.227172°N 2.738264°W | gate | metal | Q59386426 | |||||||
Kingfisher | Pinsley Road, Leominster 52°13′43″N2°43′59″W / 52.228714°N 2.733136°W | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | metal | Q59386469 | Kingfisher arch (not gate) entrance to wildflower meadow in the Grange grounds unveiled by Monty Don. | |||||
The Gruffalo Trail | Queen's Wood Country Park, Herefordshire 52°09′35″N2°43′42″W / 52.159847°N 2.7284477°W | 2014 | Steve Elsby | sculpture | wood | Q59349307 | [37] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Leaping Salmon | outside the Man of Ross pub, Wye Street 51°54′53″N2°35′10″W / 51.914741°N 2.586163°W | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | Q59558602 | ||||||
Swans in Flight | Riverside Walk 51°54′58″N2°35′14″W / 51.916120°N 2.587329°W | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | Q59558607 | ||||||
Ducks in Flight | Riverside Walk | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | |||||||
Cormorants | near South Herefordshre Golf Club 51°55′41″N2°30′46″W / 51.928156°N 2.512881°W | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | metal | Q59562241 | ||||||
Bird Mounted on Turbine | near South Herefordshre Golf Club | Walenty Pytel | Bird on abstract base on turbine overlooking the lake. | ||||||||
Abstract Vulture on Column | near South Herefordshre Golf Club | Walenty Pytel | A welded steel sculpture of a vulture on a steel column. A Garden sculpture | ||||||||
Wildlife | Symonds Yat East, Herefordshire 51°50′24″N2°38′15″W / 51.84011°N 2.6375°W | Sculpture | wood | Q59562580 | |||||||
More images | Stag's Head | Symonds Yat East | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | Welded steel Stag's heads. The pair were commissioned for a county house's gate posts in England another is in England and the fourth is now in the South of Spain. | |||||
Gate Post Armorial Bust Lion Walenty Pytel | Symonds Yat East | 1980 | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | ||||||
More images | Gate Post Sculpture Stag's Head by Walenty Pytel | Symonds Yat East | 1980 | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | Galvanized Steel | |||||
Tom Spring | Fownhope, Herefordshire 52°03′09″N2°42′44″W / 52.05245°N 2.71232°W | monument | stone | Q47473918 | |||||||
Core of the Community Apples | Fownhope Medical Centre HR1 4PZ 52°00′24″N2°36′42″W / 52.0067649°N 2.6117739°W | Walenty Pytel | mural | Galvanised Steel | Q61743820 |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Magpie | Broad Street, Weobley 52°09′33″N2°52′30″W / 52.1592°N 2.8749°W | 2000[38] | Walenty Pytel | Sculpture | metal | Q59562936 | Commissioned after the village won the Calor Gas/ Daily Telegraph Great Britain Village of the Year in 1999. [39] | |||
Sheep | St Mary the Virgin, Pembridge, Herefordshire 52°13′09″N2°53′46″W / 52.219102°N 2.896202°W | Sculpture | metal |
Hereford is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is situated on the banks of the River Wye and is situated 16 miles (26 km) east of the border with Wales, 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Gloucester and 24 miles (39 km) south-west of Worcester. With a population of 53,112 in 2021, it is the largest settlement in Herefordshire.
The River Wye is the fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some 250 kilometres from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn Estuary. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales. The Wye Valley is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Wye is important for nature conservation and recreation, but is affected by pollution.
Leominster is a market town in Herefordshire, England; it is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is 12 miles north of Hereford and 7 miles south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of 11,700, Leominster is the largest of the five towns in the county; the others being Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington.
Herefordshire is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire and Powys to the west. The city of Hereford is the largest settlement and the county town.
The River Lugg rises near Llangynllo in Powys, Wales. From its source, it flows through the border town of Presteigne and then into Herefordshire, England. It meets its main tributary, the River Arrow, to the south of Leominster, then flows into the River Wye downstream of Hereford at Mordiford, around 63 miles (101 km) from its source. Its name comes from a Welsh root, and means "bright stream".
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South Herefordshire was one of nine local government districts of the English county of Hereford and Worcester from 1974 to 1998.
Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
North Herefordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Ellie Chowns of the Green Party of England and Wales. It is the first Green seat in the West Midlands region.
Angela Conner FRSS is an English sculptor who works in London. Conner has exhibited internationally and has large scale sculptures in public and private collections around the world.
Wye Valley NHS Trust was established in 2011 by a merger of Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust with Herefordshire PCT community services and Herefordshire Council’s Adult Social Care services. It runs Hereford County Hospital, Bromyard Community Hospital, Leominster Community Hospital and Ross Community Hospital, in Herefordshire, England.
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