List of public art in Herefordshire

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.

Bromyard and district

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Weather vane [1]	Burley Gate junction of the A417 and A465 52°07′15″N2°35′44″W / 52.120849°N 2.595628°W / 52.120849; -2.595628	2014 (2014)		Sculpture	Steel				Q47012927
	The Time Tower	Bromyard Bypass 52°11′15″N2°30′26″W / 52.1873809°N 2.5073337°W / 52.1873809; -2.5073337	2000 (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 / 52.190430; -2.506879	2000 (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 / 52.1485; -2.5517	2005 (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 / 52.217324; -2.5064			Sculpture	wood				Q47456606

Golden Valley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	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 / 51.9522533; -2.8907934	2010 (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 / 51.994422; -2.733125		Steve Elsby	sculpture	wood				Q47472070	Details recorded by photographer [7]

Hereford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	h.Apple	The County Hospital, Hereford 52°03′30″N2°42′20″W / 52.05824°N 2.70553°W / 52.05824; -2.70553	2004 (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 / 52.055432; -2.70553			relief map					Q47472317
More images	The Woodpecker	Whitecross Road 52°03′26″N2°43′29″W / 52.05711°N 2.72477°W / 52.05711; -2.72477	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 / 52.05612; -2.71314	1864 (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 / 52.05658; -2.71502	2005 (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 / 52.05645; -2.71760	2006 (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 / 52.01266; -2.6012	2002 (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 / 52.056807; -2.70614			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 / 52.0627; -2.70306	2013 (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 / 52.05090; -2.71292	2006 (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 / 52.05378; -2.6846	2006 (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 / 52.04917; -2.71157	2009 (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 / 52.05649; -2.7149	2012 (2012)	Brian Alabaster	Sculpture	Bronze				Q47478641	[21]
	Sunflower	Franklin House, Hereford 52°03′29″N2°42′44″W / 52.057979°N 2.712284°W / 52.057979; -2.712284	1964 (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 / 52.054547; -2.715292	2011 (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 / 52.054347; -2.717042	2011 (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 / 52.05765; -2.708669	2018 (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 / 52.058525; -2.716303	2018 (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 / 52.056897; -2.719717			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 / 52.068631; -2.703656			sculpture					Q63167775
	Forever Flowers (Shifting Borders)	Eign Gate Underpass 52°03′23″N2°43′13″W / 52.056425°N 2.720361°W / 52.056425; -2.720361	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 / 52.058477; -2.715423	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 / 52.057401; -2.712207	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 / 52.057345; -2.713915	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 / 52.056293; -2.716085	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 / 52.056260; -2.714948	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 / 52.057009; -2.713280	2024	Estee Angeline	mural					Q130419079	Commissioned as part of the "Art + People + Place" programme [29]

Kington and district

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	British birds	Wapley Hill 52°15′16″N2°57′34″W / 52.254469°N 2.95958°W / 52.254469; -2.95958			Carved bench	wood				Q59348933	Bench a gift from friends of Miles Baddeley [30]

Ledbury and district

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Swallows Return [31]	Ledbury 52°01′44″N2°25′00″W / 52.028899°N 2.416805°W / 52.028899; -2.416805	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 / 52.036439; -2.423425			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.

Leominster and district

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Bullocks	Adjacent to Doctors' Surgery, Brockington Rd, Bodenham 52°09′16″N2°40′13″W / 52.1545331°N 2.6703266°W / 52.1545331; -2.6703266	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 / 52.226906; -2.738839	2014 (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 / 52.227036; -2.737989	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 / 52.227092; -2.738647	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 / 52.05824; -2.70553	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 / 52.228353; -2.735531	2010 (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 / 52.227894; -2.738681			photograph					Q59358879
	Drapery	Drapers Lane, Leominster 52°13′38″N2°44′18″W / 52.227172°N 2.738264°W / 52.227172; -2.738264			gate	metal				Q59386426
	Kingfisher	Pinsley Road, Leominster 52°13′43″N2°43′59″W / 52.228714°N 2.733136°W / 52.228714; -2.733136		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 / 52.159847; -2.7284477	2014 (2014)	Steve Elsby	sculpture	wood				Q59349307	[37]
More images	Lemster Ore and Ryeland sheep	Opposite Leominster Fire Station on Arkwright Close 52°13′47″N2°44′20″W / 52.22971°N 2.73891°W / 52.22971; -2.73891	2013	Artist Metalsmiths Claudia Petley and Paul Shepherd	sculpture	Steel					This sculpture represents a Ryeland sheep. A breed with huge influence on the history of Leominster. The breed was so highly valued during the 16th century that it was known as 'Lemster Ore': Leominster Gold. [38]

Ross-on-Wye and district

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Leaping Salmon	outside the Man of Ross pub, Wye Street 51°54′53″N2°35′10″W / 51.914741°N 2.586163°W / 51.914741; -2.586163		Walenty Pytel	Sculpture	Galvanized Steel				Q59558602
	Swans in Flight	Riverside Walk 51°54′58″N2°35′14″W / 51.916120°N 2.587329°W / 51.916120; -2.587329		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 / 51.928156; -2.512881		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 / 51.84011; -2.6375			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 / 52.05245; -2.71232			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 / 52.0067649; -2.6117739		Walenty Pytel	mural	Galvanised Steel				Q61743820

Weobley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Magpie	Broad Street, Weobley 52°09′33″N2°52′30″W / 52.1592°N 2.8749°W / 52.1592; -2.8749	2000 (2000) [39]	Walenty Pytel	Sculpture	metal				Q59562936	Commissioned after the village won the Calor Gas/ Daily Telegraph Great Britain Village of the Year in 1999. [40]
	Sheep	St Mary the Virgin, Pembridge, Herefordshire 52°13′09″N2°53′46″W / 52.219102°N 2.896202°W / 52.219102; -2.896202			Sculpture	metal

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    Portrait bench plaque description on Josie Pearson MBE

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    Portrait bench plaque description on Sir Edward Elgar

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