List of public art in Wolverhampton

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.

Wolverhampton

City Centre

Queen Square

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Equestrian statue of Prince Albert	Queen Square, Wolverhampton 52°35′09″N 2°07′42″W / 52.585908°N 2.128333°W	1866	Thomas Thornycroft	Equestrian statue	Bronze		Grade II listed[1]	Wolverhampton City Council
More images	Allegorical Figures of Industry and Agriculture	NatWest Bank – Corner of Exchange Street – Queen Square, Wolverhampton 52°35′10″N 2°07′44″W / 52.586035°N 2.128956°W	1905		Sculpture	Stone	1m high x 2m wide approx.		NatWest Bank	[2]
More images	Scenes of Mining, Agriculture and Industry	Lloyds Bank – Queen Square and Dudley Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′09″N 2°07′39″W / 52.585767°N 2.127479°W	1878	J A Chatwin	Relief panels	Stone	3 panels: 50cm high x 150cm wide approx	Grade II listed[3]	Lloyds Bank	[4]

St Peter's Gardens

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Lady Wulfrun	St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton 52°35′13″N 2°07′43″W / 52.586807°N 2.128559°W	1974	Sir Charles Wheeler	Statue	Bronze			Wolverhampton City Council	Lady Wulfrun is regarded as the founder of Wolverhampton[5]
More images	Douglas Morris Harris	St Peter's Gardens, Wolverhampton 52°35′12″N 2°07′40″W / 52.586670°N 2.127679°W	1919	Robert Jackson Emerson	War memorial Bust	Bronze		Grade II listed[6]	Wolverhampton City Council	A bust of Able Seaman Harris who continued to record messages on the ship Floandi before he was hit and killed in 1917[7]
More images	Saxon Cross Shaft	St Peter's Gardens, Wolverhampton 52°35′12″N 2°07′42″W / 52.586716°N 2.128215°W	c. 850AD		Cross	Stone	4.2m high approx.		Wolverhampton City Council	The cross shaft is the oldest man-made object in Wolverhampton[8]
More images	Allegories of the Arts, Sciences and Industry	Wolverhampton Art Gallery – Lichfield Street and St Peter's Walk, Wolverhampton 52°35′13″N 2°07′38″W / 52.586833°N 2.127260°W	1883	J A Chatwin	Relief	Portland stone	Reliefs x 2: 2m x 8m. Reliefs x 2: 2m x 16m	Grade II* listed[9]	Wolverhampton City Council	[10]
More images	Allegorical Figures and Cartouche	University of Wolverhampton – Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′15″N 2°07′40″W / 52.587440°N 2.127700°W	1933	Col G. C. Lowbridge	Sculpture	Sandstone	1.8m high x 1.2m wide		University of Wolverhampton	[11]

Wolverhampton Station

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Iron Horse	Between platform 2 and 3 at Wolverhampton Station, Wolverhampton 52°35′14″N 2°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″N 2°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″N 2°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]

Ring Road

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Echelon with Concrete Pillars	University of Wolverhampton – School of Art and Design – Ring Road St Peter's, Wolverhampton 52°35′22″N 2°07′42″W / 52.589317°N 2.128333°W	1972	Hubert Dalwood	Sculpture	Concrete			University of Wolverhampton	[16]
More images	Gears sculpture	Small park between Ring Road St Patricks and Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton 52°35′20″N 2°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″N 2°07′23″W / 52.589134°N 2.123140°W			Sculpture	Stone			Wolverhampton City Council	Kind of looks like a Sarcophagus
	Ionic Order	Wednesfield Road and Ring Road St Patricks, Wolverhampton 52°35′18″N 2°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 Bus Station before it was moved to this location[17]

Other city centre areas

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The Wheatsheaf	The Wheatsheaf – Tower Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′05″N 2°07′31″W / 52.584689°N 2.125276°W			Sculpture
More images	City Gateway	Either side of Stafford Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′20″N 2°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[18]
	Sunbeam Car Panels	St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 52°34′47″N 2°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	[19]
More images	Historical Car and Motorcycle Company Logos	Railings of St John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 52°34′47″N 2°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[20]
More images	Billy Wright	The Molineux – Wolverhampton 52°35′24″N 2°07′55″W / 52.590039°N 2.131878°W	1996	James Butler	Statue	Bronze			Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.	[21]
	Out of the Darkness Cometh Light	Sainsbury's – St Mark's Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′02″N 2°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[22]

Blakenhall

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	The Lone Rider	Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton 52°34′33″N 2°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.[19][23]

Heath Town

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Reflective Metal Bridge	Wyrley and Essington Canal – Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′35″N 2°06′05″W / 52.593075°N 2.101318°W			Sculpture	Steel				[24]

New Cross Hospital

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Circle of Life	New Cross Hospital – Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′49″N 2°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	[25]
	Lettered Column	New Cross Hospital – Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′49″N 2°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	[26]
	New Cross Column	New Cross Hospital – Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′48″N 2°05′42″W / 52.596714°N 2.094863°W	2002		Sculpture	Granite blocks			Wolverhampton City Council

Bilston

Town Centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	High Street entrance marker	Junction of Dudley Street and High Street, Bilston 52°33′52″N 2°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.[27][28]
	Church Street entrance marker	Junction of Lichfield Street and Church Street, Bilston 52°33′58″N 2°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[28]
	Amber the Fire Breather	back garden of Bilston Craft Gallery and Museum – Mount Pleasant, Bilston 52°34′05″N 2°04′18″W / 52.568003°N 2.071568°W	1994	Graham Jones	Sculpture	Oak and sweet chestnut	12m long		Wolverhampton City Council	[29]
	Industrial Images	Job Centre Plus – Junction of Smith Street and High Street, Bilston 52°33′51″N 2°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	[30] Brick relief panel was depicting former Bilston Industry[31]

Black Country Route

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Hovering kestrel	Citadel Logistics Building on the Black Country Route, Bilston 52°34′07″N 2°03′18″W / 52.568519°N 2.055003°W	2009	John McKenna	Sculpture	Stainless steel			Wolverhampton City Council	[32]
More images	Steel Columns	next to footpath adjacent to Oxford Street Roundabout near Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′54″N 2°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	[33]
	Untitled (Three Steel Monoliths)	Roundabout between Millfields Road, High Street, Wolverhampton Street and Coseley Road near Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N 2°05′00″W / 52.563571°N 2.083344°W	1996	Miles Davis	Sculpture	Core-ten steel	Approximately 10m high		Wolverhampton City Council	[34]
	Enshrined Pressure	Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N 2°04′42″W / 52.563576°N 2.078437°W	1993	Richard Criddle	Sculpture	Fabricated steel, painted blue			Wolverhampton City Council	[35]
	Glory Hole	Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N 2°04′43″W / 52.563542°N 2.078582°W	1993	Richard Criddle	Sculpture	Fabricated steel, painted blue			Wolverhampton City Council	[35]
	Tools of the Trade	Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N 2°04′43″W / 52.56351°N 2.078728°W	1993	Richard Criddle	Sculpture	Fabricated steel, painted blue			Wolverhampton City Council	[35]
	Breadwinner	Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′49″N 2°04′44″W / 52.563474°N 2.078872°W	1993	Richard Criddle	Sculpture	Fabricated steel, painted blue			Wolverhampton City Council	[35]
	Tower of light	Adjacent to Bilston Football Club – Vulcan Roundabout – Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′56″N 2°03′55″W / 52.565571°N 2.065191°W	1998	Ellis O'Connell	Sculpture	Stainless steel	16.5m high x 2m diameter at base		Wolverhampton City Council	[36]
More images	Beth's Arch	Roundabout adjacent to Bilston firestation – Black Country Route, Bilston 52°33′44″N 2°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[37][38]

Wednesfield

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Night Swimmer	Wolverhampton Swimming & Fitness Centre – Planetary Road, Wednesfield 52°35′38″N 2°05′33″W / 52.593889°N 2.092409°W	2008	Mark Renn & Mick Thacker	Sculpture	Steel	4000m x 7000m		Wolverhampton City Council	[14][39]
	Phoenix Trees	Bowman's Island, at junction with Wednesfield Way – Planetary Road, Wednesfield 52°35′40″N 2°05′32″W / 52.594524°N 2.092284°W	2001	Steve Geliot	Sculpture	Oaks & cast metal, bronze coloured	Poles: 5m high		Wolverhampton City Council	[40][41]
More images	Past Present Future	Sainsbury's – Kenmare Way, Wednesfield 52°35′51″N 2°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	[22]
	Wednesfield Mural	Bealeys Fold, Wednesfield (off the High Street) 52°36′00″N 2°04′55″W / 52.599938°N 2.081944°W approx	1960s		Mosaic mural	tiles			Wolverhampton City Council	Mural by local school[42]

References

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15. "Locomotion 2". Art Map Wolverhampton.
16. "Echelon with Concrete Pillars". Art Map Wolverhampton.
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18. "City Gateway". Julia Rowley Glass.
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37. "Beth's Arch". Art Map Wolverhampton.
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40. "5 Tree-lined Avenue". Art Map Wolverhampton.
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