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This is a list of public art in Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, 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.

Central Nottingham[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Sky Mirror Nottingham Playhouse 2001 Anish Kapoor Stainless steel[1] 52°57′14″N 1°09′23″W / 52.954°N 1.1565°W / 52.954; -1.1565
Statue of Captain Albert Ball VC Nottingham Castle 1921 Henry Poole Bronze[2][3][4][5] 52°56′59″N 1°09′15″W / 52.94969°N 1.154144°W / 52.94969; -1.154144
Brian Clough King Street/Queen Street junction 2008 Les Johnson Bronze[6] 52°57′15″N 1°08′59″W / 52.954064°N 1.149742°W / 52.954064; -1.149742
Robin Hood Outside Nottingham Castle 1952 James Woodford Bronze[7][4][5] 52°56′58″N 1°09′17″W / 52.949424°N 1.154596°W / 52.949424; -1.154596
Axel Bolero Square, National Ice Centre 2003 Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Steel[8] 52°57′08″N 1°08′26″W / 52.95229°N 1.140549°W / 52.95229; -1.140549
Sculpture Tree Lace Market Square 2011 Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Bronze[9] 52°57′10″N 1°08′40″W / 52.952849°N 1.144571°W / 52.952849; -1.144571
Quartet Chapel Bar 1986 Richard Perry Bronze[10][4] 52°57′16″N 1°09′15″W / 52.954356°N 1.154172°W / 52.954356; -1.154172
The Chorus Line Junction of Maid Marian Way and Park Row 1999 Hilary Cartmel Steel 52°57′13″N 1°09′17″W / 52.953594°N 1.154757°W / 52.953594; -1.154757
War Memorial Nottingham High School 1920 Henry Poole Bronze[11][12] 52°57′44″N 1°09′32″W / 52.96231°N 1.15896°W / 52.96231; -1.15896
Feargus O'Connor Nottingham Arboretum 1859 JB Robinson of Derby Stone[13][5] 52°57′40″N 1°09′22″W / 52.961211°N 1.156152°W / 52.961211; -1.156152
Flying Horse Signpost St Peter's Gate 1993 Michael Johnson Steel 52°57′08″N 1°08′57″W / 52.952261°N 1.149033°W / 52.952261; -1.149033
Houndsgate Signpost Houndsgate 1993 Michael Johnson Steel 52°57′07″N 1°08′58″W / 52.952083°N 1.149334°W / 52.952083; -1.149334
Samuel Morley Nottingham Arboretum 1928 Joseph Else Bronze and stone[14][5] 53°02′58″N 1°09′20″W / 53.049483°N 1.155623°W / 53.049483; -1.155623
Entrance sculpture Biocity Richard Thornton Steel
The invention of ibuprofen Biocity 2011 Bruce Asbestos

Nottingham Council House[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Nottingham Lions (right) Nottingham Council House 1929 Joseph Else Stone[15] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Nottingham Lions (left) Nottingham Council House 1929 Joseph Else Stone[15] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Frieze on Nottingham Council House Nottingham Council House 1929 Joseph Else Stone[15][4] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Prosperity Dome of Nottingham Council House 1929 James Woodford Stone[16][4] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Commerce Dome of Nottingham Council House 1929 Joseph Else Stone[16][4] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Civic Law Dome of Nottingham Council House 1929 Charles L J Doman Stone[16][4] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Knowledge Dome of Nottingham Council House 1929 Ernest Webb Stone[16][4] 52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262

Beeston[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
George the Beekeeper High Road, Beeston 1987 Sioban Coppinger Concrete and bronze[17] 52°55′39″N 1°12′51″W / 52.927602°N 1.214272°W / 52.927602; -1.214272
Water Head The Square, Beeston 1989 Paul Mason Concrete[18] 52°55′36″N 1°12′57″W / 52.926561°N 1.215882°W / 52.926561; -1.215882
Hope (Boer War Memorial) Broadgate Park 1904 Arthur George Marshall Stone[19][20] 52°55′42″N 1°12′37″W / 52.928465°N 1.210165°W / 52.928465; -1.210165
Jesse Boot memorial University of Nottingham 1934 Charles L J Doman Stone[21][5] 52°56′07″N 1°11′37″W / 52.935401°N 1.193553°W / 52.935401; -1.193553
University of Nottingham 2003 Michael Dan Archer Stone 52°56′21″N 1°12′12″W / 52.939183°N 1.203375°W / 52.939183; -1.203375
Beeston Canal Wall Panels 2006 Hilary Cartmel Stainless steel, bronze, Mosaic
The Green Man Dovecote Lane Recreation Ground Stan Bullard Wood 52°55′15″N 1°12′54″W / 52.920748°N 1.215065°W / 52.920748; -1.215065

Clifton[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Erasmus Darwin's Mammoth Nottingham Trent University Kim James Steel 52°54′36″N 1°11′14″W / 52.910118°N 1.187178°W / 52.910118; -1.187178
unknown Nobel Road unknown Steel 52°53′59″N 1°11′28″W / 52.899787°N 1.191241°W / 52.899787; -1.191241

Lenton[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Aspire University of Nottingham 2008 Ken Shuttleworth Steel[22] 52°57′04″N 1°11′04″W / 52.9512°N 1.1844°W / 52.9512; -1.1844
Healing Energy Queen's Medical Centre 2008 Hilary Cartmel Steel 52°56′34″N 1°10′58″W / 52.942698°N 1.182703°W / 52.942698; -1.182703
The Circle of Life Queen's Medical Centre 2011 Ann Vrielinck Bronze
unknown Queen's Medical Centre ???? Unknown Concrete 52°56′40″N 1°11′12″W / 52.944523°N 1.186538°W / 52.944523; -1.186538
Lenton Priory Pillars Lenton Priory 2018 Adrian Riley Steel 52°56′38″N 1°10′45″W / 52.94395046628495°N 1.1790816302020957°W / 52.94395046628495; -1.1790816302020957

Meadows[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment 1905 Albert Toft Stone[23][24][5] 52°56′05″N 1°08′30″W / 52.934678°N 1.141641°W / 52.934678; -1.141641
City War Memorial, Nottingham Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment 1927 T Wallis Gordon Stone[23][25] 52°56′05″N 1°08′30″W / 52.934678°N 1.141641°W / 52.934678; -1.141641

Sneinton[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Sneinton Dragon Junction of Manvers Street and Sneinton Hermitage 2006 Robert Stubley Steel[10] 52°56′56″N 1°07′59″W / 52.9490°N 1.1330°W / 52.9490; -1.1330
Calvary St. Stephen's Church, Sneinton 1920 Cecil G Hare[26] Cast iron 52°57′05″N 1°07′54″W / 52.9514°N 1.1318°W / 52.9514; -1.1318
Bendigo On the roof of the former Bendigo Pub, on Sneinton Hermitage Unknown From a model by Jack Mann[5] Concrete 52°56′59″N 1°07′42″W / 52.9498°N 1.1282°W / 52.9498; -1.1282
William Booth Outside his birthplace on Notintone Place in Sneinton unknown unknown Bronze 52°57′08″N 1°07′55″W / 52.9522°N 1.1319°W / 52.9522; -1.1319

West Bridgford[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Heron Lady Bay Wolfgang Buttress Steel 52°56′19″N 1°06′42″W / 52.938503°N 1.111657°W / 52.938503; -1.111657

Wilford[edit]

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Artist Material Coordinates
Robert Juckes Clifton Wilford Toll Bridge 1883 William Philip Smith[5] Stone 52°56′17″N 1°09′15″W / 52.938003°N 1.154074°W / 52.938003; -1.154074

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