This is a list of public art in Wolverhampton , 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.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Equestrian statue of Prince Albert | Queen Square, Wolverhampton 52°35′09″N2°07′42″W / 52.585908°N 2.128333°W | 1866 | Thomas Thornycroft | Equestrian statue | Bronze | Grade II listed [1] | Wolverhampton City Council | Q26497548 | ||
More images | Allegorical Figures of Industry and Agriculture | NatWest Bank – Corner of Exchange Street – Queen Square, Wolverhampton 52°35′10″N2°07′44″W / 52.586035°N 2.128956°W | 1905 | Sculpture | Stone | 1 m high x 2 m wide, approx. | NatWest Bank | [2] | |||
More images | Scenes of Mining, Agriculture and Industry | Lloyds Bank – Queen Square and Dudley Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′09″N2°07′39″W / 52.585767°N 2.127479°W | 1878 | J A Chatwin | Relief panels | Stone | 3 panels: 50 cm high x 150 cm wide, approx | Grade II listed [3] | Lloyds Bank | [4] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | Iron Horse | Between platform 2 and 3 at Wolverhampton station, Wolverhampton 52°35′14″N2°07′08″W / 52.587329°N 2.118978°W | 1987 | Kevin Atherton | Sculpture | Painted steel | 1.8m high x 2.4m long | Network Rail | One of a series of 12 between Wolverhampton station and Birmingham New Street station [12] | |
More images | Signal Man | Premier Inn Wolverhampton City Centre Hotel, Wolverhampton 52°35′18″N2°07′12″W / 52.588437°N 2.119900°W | 2007 | Giles Penny | Sculpture | Premier Inn | [13] | |||
More images | Railcar | Broad Gauge Way apartments – Wolverhampton 52°35′19″N2°07′07″W / 52.588556°N 2.118603°W | 2007 | Mick Thacker | Sculpture | 500cm x 500 cm | Celebrates the history of Wolverhampton Low Level station. [14] Also known as Locomotion 2. [15] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Echelon with Concrete Pillars | University of Wolverhampton – School of Art and Design – Ring Road St Peter's, Wolverhampton 52°35′22″N2°07′42″W / 52.589317°N 2.128333°W | 1972 | Hubert Dalwood | Sculpture | Concrete | University of Wolverhampton | [16] | |||
Sculpture near the University of Wolverhampton School of Art | University of Wolverhampton – School of Art and Design – Ring Road St Peter's, Wolverhampton 52°35′22″N2°07′43″W / 52.589440°N 2.128677°W | 1970 | Sculpture | Concrete | University of Wolverhampton | |||||
More images | Gears sculpture | Small park between Ring Road St Patricks and Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton 52°35′20″N2°07′23″W / 52.588867°N 2.123001°W | 2012 | Sculpture | Steel | Wolverhampton City Council | One is near Little's Lane and one is near Wednesfield Road (first appears on Google Street Map view in October 2012) | |||
More images | Sarcophagus sculpture | Small park between Ring Road St Patricks and Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton 52°35′21″N2°07′23″W / 52.589134°N 2.123140°W | Sculpture | Stone | Wolverhampton City Council | Kind of looks like a Sarcophagus | ||||
More images | Ionic Order | Wednesfield Road and Ring Road St Patricks, Wolverhampton 52°35′18″N2°07′23″W / 52.588343°N 2.123059°W | 1991 | Hugh Tessier | Sculpture | Brick pedestal & Steel column | 500cm high approx | Wolverhampton City Council | Used to be on Pipers Row near the old Wolverhampton bus station before it was moved to this location [17] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | Billy Wright | The Molineux – Wolverhampton 52°35′24″N2°07′55″W / 52.590039°N 2.131878°W | 1996 | James Butler | Statue | Bronze | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. | [18] As of mid January 2017, the plaques below the statue have been damaged due to a car crash [19] | ||
More images | Stan Cullis | The Molineux – Wolverhampton 52°35′28″N2°07′51″W / 52.59111°N 2.1308°W | 2003 | James Butler | Statue | Bronze | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. | Former player and manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers from 1934 to 1964 [20] | ||
More images | Sir Jack Hayward | The Molineux – Wolverhampton 52°35′22″N2°07′53″W / 52.589441°N 2.131415°W | 2018 | James Butler | Statue | Bronze | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. | Was the owner of Wolves for 17 years until 2007. [21] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | The Wheatsheaf | The Wheatsheaf – Tower Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′05″N2°07′31″W / 52.584689°N 2.125276°W | Sculpture | |||||||
More images | City Gateway | Either side of Stafford Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′20″N2°07′35″W / 52.589004°N 2.126327°W | 2008 | Julia Rowley | Sculpture | Stainless steel, glass & acrylic | 5 metres | Gateway East near Thornley Street. Gateway West near a University of Wolverhampton building [22] | ||
Sunbeam Car Panels | St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 52°34′47″N2°07′38″W / 52.57963°N 2.12734°W (approx) | 1995 | Steve Field, John McKenna | Relief sculpture | Bronze | 3m by 2m | St John's Retail Park | [23] | ||
More images | Historical Car and Motorcycle Company Logos | Railings of St John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 52°34′47″N2°07′34″W / 52.579655°N 2.126114°W | 1995 | Steve Field, John McKenna | Sculpture | Steel, with applied surface, silver/grey | Fence panels: Slight variations but one is 36cm high x 62 cm wide, another is 50cm diameter. Large panel:100cm diameter approx | St John's Retail Park | Logos for Guy, The Sunbeam, Clyno etc [24] | |
Out of the Darkness Cometh Light | Sainsbury's – St Mark's Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′02″N2°08′08″W / 52.583931°N 2.135516°W | 2014 | Planet Art (Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson) | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 8m | Sainsbury's | Stainless steel vase sculpture for the new Sainsbury's Raglan Street store [25] | ||
Horseley Fields horses | Corner of Horseley Fields and Corn Hill, Wolverhampton 52°35′08″N2°07′12″W / 52.58557815479327°N 2.119887769172608°W | Horse sculptures | On the corner of the Horseley Fields housing development |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Charles Pelham Villiers | West Park, Wolverhampton 52°35′23″N2°08′27″W / 52.58984°N 2.1408°W | 1878 | W.Theed the younger | Statue | Ashlar | Grade II listed [26] | Wolverhampton City Council | Q26497586 | MP for Wolverhampton for 63 years. The statue was moved from its original position in Snow Hill in 1931. | |
More images | Victorian Sewer | West Park, Wolverhampton 52°35′14″N2°08′19″W / 52.587238°N 2.138652°W | 1970s | Sculpture | Brick | Wolverhampton City Council | Built for a Wolverhampton Fiesta in the 1970s |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Lone Rider | Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton 52°34′33″N2°08′09″W / 52.575861°N 2.135798°W | 1996 | Steve Field | Sculpture | Hoptonwood limestone | Marks the site of the former AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann. [23] [27] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Reflective Metal Bridge | Wyrley and Essington Canal – Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′35″N2°06′05″W / 52.593075°N 2.101318°W | Sculpture | Steel | [28] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | Circle of Life | New Cross Hospital – Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′49″N2°05′48″W / 52.596936°N 2.096624°W | 1998 | Katie Chambers | Sculpture | Concrete & pebbles | Plinth: 57cm high x 3.5m diameter. Outer ring: 3m diameter. Inner cylinder: 60cm diameter x 32cm deep. Bed: 6.3m diameter. | Wolverhampton City Council | [29] | |
More images | Lettered Column | New Cross Hospital – Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′49″N2°05′39″W / 52.596965°N 2.094213°W | 2002 | Meic Watts | Sculpture | Granite blocks, steel | 5.2m high, with circumference of 2.8m at base | Wolverhampton City Council | [30] | |
More images | New Cross Column | New Cross Hospital – Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′48″N2°05′42″W / 52.596714°N 2.094863°W | 2002 | Sculpture | Granite blocks | Wolverhampton City Council |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | High Street entrance marker | Junction of Dudley Street and High Street, Bilston 52°33′52″N2°04′45″W / 52.564334°N 2.079195°W | 1999 | Kate Maddison of Chrysalis Arts | Sculpture | Steel, natural, gold and blue | 6.5m high | Wolverhampton City Council | The top of the spiral has two flying doves on it. [31] [32] | |
More images | Church Street entrance marker | Junction of Lichfield Street and Church Street, Bilston 52°33′58″N2°04′27″W / 52.566198°N 2.074051°W | 2004 | Kate Maddison of Chrysalis Arts | Sculpture | Steel | 7.5-metre column | Wolverhampton City Council | Has a gilded rising sun and a stainless steel mantle [32] | |
More images | Women's Work | Outside the Horse and Jockey, Church Street, Bilston 52°33′56″N2°04′35″W / 52.565688°N 2.076406°W | May 1998 | Rose Garrard | Sculpture | Bronze | Wolverhampton City Council | A female figure beside a pit-head gantry, commemorates the impoverished women working in the 19th century coal and iron industries of the Black Country. [33] Based on a 19th Century photograph of a pit bank wench or coal picker from Bilston [34] | ||
Amber the Fire Breather | back garden of Bilston Craft Gallery and Museum – Mount Pleasant, Bilston 52°34′05″N2°04′18″W / 52.568003°N 2.071568°W | 1994 | Graham Jones | Sculpture | Oak and sweet chestnut | 12m long | Wolverhampton City Council | [35] | ||
More images | Industrial Images | Job Centre Plus – Junction of Smith Street and High Street, Bilston 52°33′51″N2°04′47″W / 52.564262°N 2.079809°W | 1995 | John McKenna | Relief | Brick, red and buff, partially painted | 3m x 2.75m | Job Centre Plus | [36] Brick relief panel was depicting former Bilston Industry [37] | |
More images | Witness | Church Street bridge, Bilston 52°33′58″N2°04′32″W / 52.566021°N 2.075504°W | 1997 | Bettina Furnee | Sculpture | Cast iron | Wolverhampton City Council | Text composed using tape recordings from an oral history project looking back at the local steel industry which came to an end in the 1980s. On 14 panels. [38] [39] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | Hovering kestrel | Citadel Logistics Building on the Black Country Route, Bilston 52°34′07″N2°03′18″W / 52.568519°N 2.055003°W | 2009 | John McKenna | Sculpture | Stainless steel | Wolverhampton City Council | [40] | ||
More images | Steel Columns | next to footpath adjacent to Oxford Street Roundabout near Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′54″N2°04′16″W / 52.565072°N 2.071207°W | 1996 | Robert Koenig | Sculpture | Sweet Chestnut trunks, painted black, red, and yellow | Front row: 450cm high x 38cm diameter, middle row: 505cm high x 40cm diameter, back row: 560cm high x 45cm diameter | Wolverhampton City Council | [41] | |
More images | Steel Monoliths | Roundabout between Millfields Road, High Street, Wolverhampton Street and Coseley Road near Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N2°05′00″W / 52.563571°N 2.083344°W | 1996 | Miles Davis | Sculpture | Core-ten steel | Approximately 10m high | Wolverhampton City Council | [42] Sculpture consisting of 3 steel monoliths about 10 meters high to reflect Bilston’s engineering past. [43] | |
More images | Tower of Light | Adjacent to Bilston Football Club – Vulcan Roundabout – Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′56″N2°03′55″W / 52.565571°N 2.065191°W | 1998 | Eilis O'Connell | Sculpture | Stainless steel, glass and fibre optics | 16.5m high x 2m diameter at base | Wolverhampton City Council | [44] [45] | |
More images | Beth's Arch | Roundabout adjacent to Bilston firestation – Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′44″N2°04′59″W / 52.562183°N 2.082981°W | 1996 | Sarah Tombs | Sculpture | Steel, painted black and brown | 8m | Wolverhampton City Council | named after Elizabeth one of the Blast Furnaces located at the Steelworks that once stood nearby [46] [47] | |
More images | Black Country Route Special Features Project | Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N2°04′42″W / 52.563576°N 2.078437°W | 1993 | Richard Criddle | Sculpture | Fabricated steel, painted blue | Wolverhampton City Council | At least 7 sculptures along the route [48] [49] Wall relief (x4) in small gardens. [50] | ||
More images | Tower Panels | Morrisons, Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′50″N2°04′34″W / 52.563921°N 2.076137°W | 1995 | Steve Field | Panels | sheet steel against a background of plate glass | Four metal panels 4m high x 3m wide | Morrisons | Three panels on four sides, depicting work in a rolling mill, mining and an imaginative panel | |
Fire & Water | Bert Williams Leisure Centre, Nettlefolds Way, Bilston 52°33′47″N2°04′39″W / 52.563001°N 2.077436°W | Circling the Square | Lighting sculpture | coloured LED's, cast glass, stainless steel & photographic panels. | WV Active | It lights up at night [51] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Roll Down | Springvale Avenue 52°33′36″N2°05′18″W / 52.559911°N 2.088309°W | 1994 | Robert Erskine | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 10.5m high | The sculpture represents an ingot passing through a rolling mill. [52] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Night Swimmer | Wolverhampton Swimming & Fitness Centre – Planetary Road, Wednesfield 52°35′38″N2°05′33″W / 52.593889°N 2.092409°W | 2008 | Mark Renn & Mick Thacker | Sculpture | Steel | 4000m x 7000m | Wolverhampton City Council | [14] [53] | ||
Phoenix Trees | Bowman's Island, at junction with Wednesfield Way – Planetary Road, Wednesfield 52°35′40″N2°05′32″W / 52.594524°N 2.092284°W | 2001 | Steve Geliot | Sculpture | Oaks & cast metal, bronze coloured | Poles: 5m high | Wolverhampton City Council | [54] [55] | ||
More images | Past Present Future | Sainsbury's – Kenmare Way, Wednesfield 52°35′51″N2°05′09″W / 52.597598°N 2.085724°W approx | 2013 | Planet Art (Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson) | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 2 screens – both 7m x 4m | Wolverhampton City Council | [25] | |
More images | The Shoppers | Memorial Park, Rookery Street Wednesfield 52°35′55″N2°05′09″W / 52.59854°N 2.08576°W | 2015 | Ron Thompson and Julie Ward of Planet Art. | Sculpture | cast iron and granite | Wolverhampton City Council | |||
More images | The Bus Stop | Memorial Park, Rookery Street Wednesfield 52°35′55″N2°05′04″W / 52.59863°N 2.08433°W | 2015 | Ron Thompson and Julie Ward of Planet Art. | Sculpture | cast iron and granite | Wolverhampton City Council | |||
Wednesfield Mural | Bealeys Fold, Wednesfield (off the High Street) 52°36′00″N2°04′55″W / 52.599938°N 2.081944°W approx | 1960s | Mosaic mural | tiles | Wolverhampton City Council | Mural by local school [56] | ||||
More images | Saragarhi Memorial | Between Rookery Street and Well Lane, Wednesfield 52°35′55″N2°05′04″W / 52.59849°N 2.08439°W | 2021 | Luke Perry | Memorial statue | Bronze | 3m (10ft) tall | Wolverhampton City Council | A memorial to the Sikh Regiment was unveiled in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, in September 2021. The 3-metre (9.8 ft) statue by artist Luke Perry commemorates the Battle of Saragarhi. [57] [58] There is a clay Maquette for the Saragarhi Monument at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. |