List of public art in Cambridgeshire

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This is a list of public art in the Cambridgeshire county of 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.

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Jonas Webb High Street, Babraham, Cambridgeshire Late 19th centuryCarlo Marochetti Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade IIQ26616046 [1]

Cambridge

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William Pitt the Younger Pembroke College, Cambridge 1819Richard Westmacott Statue on pedestal
Bears Exterior of Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 1904Unknown SculpturesStone [2]

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Cambridge War Memorial Hills Road

52°11′42″N 0°07′52″E / 52.195065°N 0.131055°E / 52.195065; 0.131055
1922Robert Tait McKenzie Statue on pedestalBronze, brick and stone Grade II listedQ26558679 [3][4]
Guildhall Doors The Guildhall, Market Square 1933Laurence Bradshaw Doors with 10 relief panelsBronze [2]
Crocodile Wall of Mond Building, off Free School Lane 1933Eric Gill MotifIncised brickwork [2]

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Talos Guildhall Street, Cambridge c.1960, installed 1973Michael Ayrton Sculpture on pedestalBronze and stone [2]
Ceres - Goddess of Corn CB1, Mill Park 1962William Bloye SculptureBronze [4]
Kett's Oak Exterior of Kett House, corner of Station Rd. & Hills Rd. 1963Willi Soukop Bas-reliefSandstone [4]

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Four-Square (Walk Through) Churchill College, Cambridge 1966Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculptureBronze Q60786074 [5][6]
The Swimmers Mill Road by Parkside Swimming Pool 1966Betty Rea, completed by John W Mills Statue groupBronze [4][7]
Construction in Aluminium Outside Engineering Department, Trumpington St. 1967Kenneth Martin Abstract sculpture on pedestalAluminium and Portland stone [4]

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Two Forms (Divided Circle) Fellows' Garden, Clare College, Cambridge 1969Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculptureBronze237 x 234 x 54cm Q7858962 [8][2]

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Chauvinist Hills Road / Brooklands Road, Cambridge 1990Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureGranite [4]
Crystalline design Crystallographic Data Centre, Union Road 1992Eric Sorenson (architect) MosaicGlass [4]
A Pattern of Life Fellows' Garden, Christ's College 2001Tim Harrisson Abstract sculpturePortland limestone [2]
Earthbound: Plant Haddon Library & Sedgwick Museum 2003Antony Gormley SculptureCast iron A statue upside-down below ground with only the feet showing[2]
Flame Clare Hall, Herschel Road 2004Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureBronze [2]
DNA Double Helix Memorial Court, Clare College 2005Charles Jencks Abstract structureAluminium [2]
Confucius Clare College Avenue 2006Wu Wei-Shan SculptureBronze [2]
Grasshopper The Greshams, Gonville Place 2006Matthew Lane Sanderson SculptureSteel [4]
Two Elements Uniting to Form a Contract County Court Building, East Road 2006Colin Rose SculptureStainless steel [4]

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Between the Lines Fisher Square, Cambridge 2007Peter Randall-Page SculptureGranite glacial boulder178 x 214 x 180cm [9][2]

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The Corpus Clock Taylor Library, King's Parade 2008John Taylor and Matthew Lane Sanderson Clock with sculptureMetal sculpture [2]
Mother and Child Exterior of John Lewis, Downing Street 2008Sophie Dickens Carved sculptureWood [2]
Finback Front Court, Robinson College, Grange Road 2008Ben Barrell Abstract sculptureBronze resin [2][10]

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Charles Darwin Darwin Garden, Christ's College, Cambridge 2009Anthony Smith StatueBronze [2]
Ex Libris University Library, West Road 2009Harry Gray 14 postsBronze [2]
Reflective Editor Station Road 2011Douglas Allsop Abstract sculptureBlack granite [4]
Darwin New Court, Christ's College 2011Phillip King Abstract structureSteel [2]
Snowy Market Square 2012Gary Webb SculptureMetal Inspired by Snowy Farr[2]
Southern Shade Churchill College 2012Nigel Hall Abstract sculptureBronze [6]
Wander Station Place 2014Dryden Goodwin 100 Engraved platesSteelEach 123mm diameter [4][11]
Bird Stones Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge 2014Gordon Young Six monoliths and a benchStone and wood [4][12]
The Barnwell Sentence Kingsley Walk, off Newmarket Road 2014Lucy Skaer MosaicLava, stone and glass [4]
Slate Work South David Attenborough Building, Downing St., 2016Ackroyd & Harvey MosaicWelsh slate [2]
Flow James Dyson Building, Fen Causeway 2018Simon Tegala Abstract sculptureSteel with electronic screen [4]

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Cambridge Rules 1848 Parker's Piece 2018Alan Ward and Neville Gabie MonumentStone Marks the development of the Cambridge rules of football[13]
Hercules Meets Galatea Cambridge North railway station

52°13′26″N 0°09′26″E / 52.2239°N 0.1573°E / 52.2239; 0.1573 (Hercules Meets Galatea)
2021Matthew Darbyshire Sculpture [14]
Dunamis Academy House, 136 Hills Road

52°11′27″N 0°08′05″E / 52.1907°N 0.1346°E / 52.1907; 0.1346 (Dunamis)
2021Bushra Fakhoury Sculpture [15]
Danse Gwenedour City House, 126–130 Hills Road

52°11′29″N 0°08′03″E / 52.1915°N 0.1342°E / 52.1915; 0.1342 (Danse Gwenedour)
2021Bushra Fakhoury Sculpture [15]
Ariadne Wrapped Outside Cambridge railway station

52°11′39″N 0°08′14″E / 52.1943°N 0.1371°E / 52.1943; 0.1371 (True)
2022Gavin Turk Sculpture [16]
True King's College

52°12′14″N 0°06′57″E / 52.2039°N 0.1159°E / 52.2039; 0.1159 (True)
2024Antony Gormley SculptureCorten steel3.7 metres (12 ft) tall Dedicated to Alan Turing[17]

Clarkson Road

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Mathematical Gates Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1970John Robinson Relief and gatesCast iron [6]
Creation Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1991John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6]
Intuition Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1993John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6][18]
Genesis Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1995John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6][19]

Homerton Gardens

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Setting Out Homerton Gardens, Harrison Drive 2017Harry Gray Abstract sculptureBronze, stone and steel [4]
Made to Measure Homerton Gardens, Harrison Drive 2018Harry Gray Abstract sculptureBronze, Portland stone and limestone [4][20]

Lensfield Road

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May Eternal Light Shine Upon Them Scott Polar Institute, Lensfield Road 1922Kathleen Scott Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Modelled by A.W. Lawrence[21][4]

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Robert Falcon Scott Scott Polar Institute 1934Kathleen Scott Bust in nicheBronze [4]

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Alchemy symbols & University coat of arms Exterior of Chemistry Building, Lensfield Road 1958Mary Spencer Watson Bas-reliefStone [4]
Inuksuk Scott Polar Institute 1979Axangayu Shaa SculptureStone Sculpture from Baffin Island[4]
Husky Dog Memorial Scott Polar Institute 2009David Cemmick SculptureBronze [4]
The Antarctic Monument Scott Polar Institute 2011Oliver Barratt Abstract sculptureOak [4]

Madingley Road

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Pulse Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road 1996John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6]
Promethus Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road 2004James Atkinson Abstract sculpturePainted aluminium [6]
Tree of Life: Encounter The Woolf Institute, Madingley Road 2018Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureMarble3m tall [6][22]

Sidgwick Site

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Span Sidgwick Avenue 1967Phillip King Abstract sculptureSteel [2]
Bigger Bite Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site 2010Nigel Hall Abstract sculptureBronze [2]
A Local History Pavement, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site 2013Edmund de Waal 3 vitrines filled with porcelain itemsVarious [2]
Daze IV Sidgwick Site 2014Antony Gormley SculptureCast iron [2]

Ely

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Eel Trail Outside Oliver Cromwell's House

52°23′56″N 0°15′33″E / 52.3989°N 0.2591°E / 52.3989; 0.2591 (Eel Trail)
2004Elizabeth Jane Grosse Bench Bench inscribed with a recipe for roast eel as used by Elizabeth Cromwell.[23]
Eel Trail Babylon Gallery, Waterside

52°23′45″N 0°16′15″E / 52.3959°N 0.2707°E / 52.3959; 0.2707 (Eel Trail)
2004Elizabeth Jane Grosse SculptureGlass Glass pieces depicting phases of an eel's lifecycle[23]
Eel Trail Outside the Maltings

52°23′43″N 0°16′10″E / 52.3954°N 0.2694°E / 52.3954; 0.2694 (Eel Trail)
2004Elizabeth Jane Grosse SculptureStainless steel Eight glaives as used for hunting eels, arranged in an octagon mirroring the tower of Ely Cathedral[23]
Eel Trail Jubilee Gardens

52°23′42″N 0°16′03″E / 52.3951°N 0.2675°E / 52.3951; 0.2675 (Eel Trail)
2004Elizabeth Jane Grosse MosaicCeramic Eel mosaic, made from pieces of pottery found during a Time Team excavation[23]
Eel Trail Cherry Hill Park 2004Elizabeth Jane Grosse SculptureWillow9 metres (30 ft) long, 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall Hive woven from willow, as used to catch eels[23]
Eel sculpture Jubilee Gardens

52°23′41″N 0°16′05″E / 52.3948°N 0.2680°E / 52.3948; 0.2680 (Eel sculpture)
2006Pete Baker SculptureSteel3 metres (9.8 ft) tall Gift of Ely Rotary Club marking centenary of Rotary International[23][24]
Sluice Outside the Maltings

52°23′42″N 0°16′10″E / 52.3951°N 0.2695°E / 52.3951; 0.2695 (Sluice)
2007Lulu Quinn Light and video installation The video screens and lighting change based on live water level data from the Environment Agency.[23][25]

Fordham

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Fordham War Memorial Fordham, Cambridgeshire 1921Edward Lutyens & George Frampton Statue of Saint George on pillarStone Grade IIQ26616619 [26][27]

Peterborough

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Pearl Assurance War Memorial Pearl Assurance offices, Peterborough 1919George Frampton Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade II*Q62132803 Erected in London in 1921, relocated to Peterborough in 1991[28][29]
Power Rhythm Parnwell, Peterborough

52°35.8532′N 0°12.5177′W / 52.5975533°N 0.2086283°W / 52.5975533; -0.2086283
2000Robert Erskine SculptureStainless steel16m high Commissioned by Peterborough Environment City Trust to celebrate the millennium.[30]

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