List of public art in Greater Manchester

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This is a list of public art in Greater Manchester, England, organised by metropolitan district.

The list includes only works of public art that are accessible in outdoor public spaces. For example, it does not include artwork that is visible only inside a museum.

Greater Manchester shown in England
Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / designer Coordinates Source
Samuel Crompton Nelson Square, Bolton 1862 William Calder Marshall 53°34′46″N 2°24′41″W / 53.5795°N 2.4115°W / 53.5795; -2.4115 [1]
Samuel Taylor Chadwick Victoria Square, Bolton 1873 Charles Bell Birch 53°34′41″N 2°25′47″W / 53.5781°N 2.4296°W / 53.5781; -2.4296 [2]
Benjamin Disraeli Queen's Park, Bolton 1887 Thomas Rawcliffe 53°34′45″N 2°26′43″W / 53.5793°N 2.4454°W / 53.5793; -2.4454 [3]
John Fielding Queen's Park, Bolton 1896 J. Bowden 53°34′45″N 2°26′45″W / 53.5791°N 2.4459°W / 53.5791; -2.4459 [4]
James Dorrian Queen's Park, Bolton 1898 John Cassidy 53°34′46″N 2°26′42″W / 53.5794°N 2.4449°W / 53.5794; -2.4449 [5]
Benjamin Alfred Dobson Victoria Square, Bolton 1900 John Cassidy 53°34′43″N 2°25′47″W / 53.5787°N 2.4298°W / 53.5787; -2.4298 [6]
Bolton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Bolton 1928 A. J. Hope 53°34′42″N 2°25′47″W / 53.5784°N 2.4296°W / 53.5784; -2.4296 [7]
Two Forms (Divided Circle) 1969 University of Bolton 1982 Barbara Hepworth 53°34′25″N 2°26′09″W / 53.5736°N 2.4357°W / 53.5736; -2.4357 [8]
Fred Dibnah Oxford Street, Bolton 2008 Jane Robbins 53°34′45″N 2°25′49″W / 53.5793°N 2.4302°W / 53.5793; -2.4302 [9]

Bury

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / designer Coordinates Source
Memorial to Robert Peel Market Place, Bury 1851 Edward Hodges Baily 53°35′37″N 2°17′52″W / 53.5937°N 2.2977°W / 53.5937; -2.2977 [10][11]: 250–253 
Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial Whitehead Gardens, Bury 1905 Sir George Frampton 53°35′19″N 2°18′04″W / 53.5886°N 2.3011°W / 53.5886; -2.3011 [11]: 256 [12]
Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial (First World War) Gallipoli Gardens, Bury 1922 Edwin Lutyens 53°35′32″N 2°17′55″W / 53.5922°N 2.2987°W / 53.5922; -2.2987 [13]
Radcliffe Cenotaph Blackburn Street, Radcliffe 1922 Sydney March 53°33′45″N 2°19′41″W / 53.5625°N 2.3280°W / 53.5625; -2.3280 [14]
Bury War Memorial The Rock, Bury 1924 Sir Reginald Blomfield 53°35′38″N 2°17′51″W / 53.5938°N 2.2975°W / 53.5938; -2.2975 [15]
Tilted Vase Carr Street, Ramsbottom 1998 Edward Allington 53°38′56″N 2°19′07″W / 53.6489°N 2.3185°W / 53.6489; -2.3185 [11]: 264 [16]
Picnic Area Burrs Country Park 1998 David Fryer 53°36′35″N 2°18′22″W / 53.6097°N 2.3062°W / 53.6097; -2.3062 [17][11]: 242–243 
Nailing Home Smyrna Street /
Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe		 1999 Jack Wright 53°33′52″N 2°20′01″W / 53.5645°N 2.3336°W / 53.5645; -2.3336 [11]: 262 [18][19]
From Northern Soul (Bury Neon) Bury Interchange 2011 Ron Silliman 53°35′27″N 2°17′49″W / 53.5908°N 2.2970°W / 53.5908; -2.2970 [20]
Victoria Wood Library Gardens, Bury 2019 Graham Ibbeson 53°35′27″N 2°17′49″W / 53.5908°N 2.2970°W / 53.5908; -2.2970 [21]

Manchester

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / designer Coordinates Source
Robert Peel Piccadilly Gardens 1853 William Calder Marshall 53°28′53″N 2°14′15″W / 53.4814°N 2.2375°W / 53.4814; -2.2375 [22][23]
John Dalton Chester Street 1855 William Theed 53°28′19″N 2°14′25″W / 53.4719°N 2.2404°W / 53.4719; -2.2404 [24][25]
Duke of Wellington Piccadilly Gardens 1856 Matthew Noble 53°28′51″N 2°14′09″W / 53.4809°N 2.2357°W / 53.4809; -2.2357 [26][27]
James Watt Piccadilly Gardens 1857 William Theed 53°28′53″N 2°14′12″W / 53.4813°N 2.2366°W / 53.4813; -2.2366 [28][29]
Albert Memorial Albert Square 1867 Statue Matthew Noble / Canopy Thomas Worthington 53°28′46″N 2°14′43″W / 53.4795°N 2.2452°W / 53.4795; -2.2452 [30][31][25]
Richard Cobden St Ann's Square 1867 Marshall Wood 53°28′52″N 2°14′45″W / 53.481°N 2.2457°W / 53.481; -2.2457 [32][33][25]
Oliver Cromwell Wythenshawe Hall 1875 Matthew Noble 53°24′17″N 2°16′36″W / 53.4048°N 2.2768°W / 53.4048; -2.2768 [34]
James Fraser Albert Square 1888 Thomas Woolner 53°28′48″N 2°14′42″W / 53.4799°N 2.2450°W / 53.4799; -2.2450 [35][36][25]
John Bright Albert Square 1891 Albert Bruce-Joy 53°28′47″N 2°14′42″W / 53.4797°N 2.2451°W / 53.4797; -2.2451 [37][38]
Oliver Heywood Albert Square 1894 Albert Bruce-Joy 53°28′45″N 2°14′43″W / 53.4793°N 2.2454°W / 53.4793; -2.2454 [39][40]
Queen Victoria Piccadilly Gardens 1901 Edward Onslow Ford 53°28′52″N 2°14′12″W / 53.4811°N 2.2366°W / 53.4811; -2.2366 [41][42]
William Gladstone Albert Square 1901 Mario Raggi 53°28′45″N 2°14′44″W / 53.4791°N 2.2455°W / 53.4791; -2.2455 [43][44][25]
Adrift St Peter's Square 1908 John Cassidy 53°28′41″N 2°14′37″W / 53.4781°N 2.2437°W / 53.4781; -2.2437 [45][46]
The Last Shot / South African War Memorial St Ann's Square 1908 Hamo Thornycroft 53°28′57″N 2°14′44″W / 53.4825°N 2.2455°W / 53.4825; -2.2455 [47][48][25]
Edward VII Whitworth Park 1913 John Cassidy 53°27′34″N 2°13′42″W / 53.4595°N 2.2283°W / 53.4595; -2.2283 [49][50]
Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Square, Brazennose Street 1919 George Grey Barnard 53°28′47″N 2°14′50″W / 53.4797°N 2.2472°W / 53.4797; -2.2472 [51][52][25]
Manchester Cenotaph Piccadilly Gardens 1924 Edwin Lutyens 53°28′39″N 2°14′38″W / 53.4776°N 2.2438°W / 53.4776; -2.2438 [53]
Messenger of Peace Cooper Street 1986–2018 Barbara Pearson 53°28′43″N 2°14′35″W / 53.4787°N 2.2430°W / 53.4787; -2.2430 [54][55][56]
Monument to Vimto Granby Row 1992 Kerry Morrison 53°28′31″N 2°14′04″W / 53.4753°N 2.2345°W / 53.4753; -2.2345 [57]
Robert Owen Balloon Street 1994 Gilbert Bayes 53°29′10″N 2°14′28″W / 53.4861°N 2.2411°W / 53.4861; -2.2411 [58]
Life Cycle Deansgate 1995 George Wyllie 53°28′28″N 2°15′06″W / 53.4744°N 2.2516°W / 53.4744; -2.2516 [59][60]
Ishinki Touchstone Barbirolli Square 1996 Kan Yasuda 53°28′33″N 2°14′44″W / 53.4759°N 2.2456°W / 53.4759; -2.2456 [61][62]
The Big Horn/Tib Street Horn Tib Street 1999 David Kemp 53°28′58″N 2°14′12″W / 53.4827°N 2.2367°W / 53.4827; -2.2367 [63][64]
John Barbirolli Barbirolli Square 2000 Byron Howard 53°28′32″N 2°14′45″W / 53.4756°N 2.2459°W / 53.4756; -2.2459 [65][66]
Memorial to Alan Turing Sackville Gardens 2001 Glyn Hughes 53°28′36″N 2°14′10″W / 53.4767°N 2.2360°W / 53.4767; -2.2360 [67][68]
Tree of Remembrance Piccadilly Gardens 2005 Wolfgang and Heron 53°28′52″N 2°14′16″W / 53.4811°N 2.2378°W / 53.4811; -2.2378 [69]
B of the Bang Beswick 2005–2009 Thomas Heatherwick 53°28′55″N 2°11′46″W / 53.4819°N 2.1961°W / 53.4819; -2.1961 [70]
Frédéric Chopin Deansgate 2011 Robert Sobociński 53°28′44″N 2°14′42″W / 53.4789°N 2.2450°W / 53.4789; -2.2450 [71]
Friedrich Engels Tony Wilson Place c. 1970s, relocated 2017 53°28′25″N 2°14′46″W / 53.4735°N 2.2462°W / 53.4735; -2.2462 Relocated from Ukraine in 2017 by the artist Phil Collins.[72]
Peterloo People's History Museum 2018 Axel Void 53°28′53″N 2°08′40″W / 53.4815°N 2.1444°W / 53.4815; -2.1444 [73]
Homeless Jesus St Ann's Church 2018 Timothy Schmalz 53°28′54″N 2°14′45″W / 53.4818°N 2.2458°W / 53.4818; -2.2458 [74]
Victory Over Blindness Piccadilly Approach, Manchester Piccadilly 2018 Johanna Domke-Guyot 53°28′40″N 2°13′53″W / 53.4779°N 2.2315°W / 53.4779; -2.2315 [75]
Rise up, Women, statue of Emmeline Pankhurst St Peter's Square 2018 Hazel Reeves 53°28′40″N 2°14′35″W / 53.4778°N 2.2431°W / 53.4778; -2.2431 [76]
Mahatma Gandhi Cathedral Yard 2019 Ram V. Sutar 53°29′05″N 2°14′44″W / 53.4848°N 2.2456°W / 53.4848; -2.2456 [77]
Tower of Light and Wall of Energy Lower Mosley Street 2022 Tonkin Liu 53°28′31″N 2°14′49″W / 53.4754°N 2.2469°W / 53.4754; -2.2469 [78]
The Glade of Light Victoria Street 2022 BCA Landscape and Smiling Wolf 53°29′09″N 2°14′41″W / 53.4857°N 2.2447°W / 53.4857; -2.2447 [79]

Oldham

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / designer Coordinates Source
John Platt Alexandra Park 1878, relocated to park in 1924 David Watson Stevenson 53°32′06″N 2°06′18″W / 53.5349°N 2.1051°W / 53.5349; -2.1051 [80]
Robert Ascroft Alexandra Park 1903 F. W. Pomeroy 53°32′03″N 2°06′10″W / 53.5342°N 2.1028°W / 53.5342; -2.1028 [81]
Oldham War Memorial Church Street, Oldham 1923 Thomas Taylor 53°32′32″N 2°06′40″W / 53.5422°N 2.1112°W / 53.5422; -2.1112 [82]
Crompton War Memorial High Street,
Shaw and Crompton		 1923 Richard Reginald Goulden 53°34′31″N 2°05′46″W / 53.5752°N 2.0960°W / 53.5752; -2.0960 [83]
Stanton Moor sandstone depiction of pub snug Outside Inn Main Street, Failsworth 1993 Tim Shutter 53°30′41″N 2°09′22″W / 53.5113°N 2.1562°W / 53.5113; -2.1562 [84]
Oldham Owls Old Town Hall 2017 Benedict Phillips 53°32′28″N 2°06′41″W / 53.5411°N 2.1113°W / 53.5411; -2.1113 [85]
Annie Kenney Old Town Hall 2018 Denise Dutton 53°32′31″N 2°06′39″W / 53.5420°N 2.1108°W / 53.5420; -2.1108 [86]

Rochdale

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / designer Coordinates Source
George Leach Ashworth Broadfield Park, Rochdale 1878 W. & T. Wills 53°36′48″N 2°09′36″W / 53.6134°N 2.1601°W / 53.6134; -2.1601 [87]
John Bright Broadfield Park, Rochdale 1891 Hamo Thornycroft 53°36′52″N 2°09′44″W / 53.6145°N 2.162291°W / 53.6145; -2.162291 [88]
Dialect Writers' Memorial Broadfield Park, Rochdale 1900 John Cassidy and Edward Sykes 53°36′53″N 2°09′41″W / 53.6147°N 2.1615°W / 53.6147; -2.1615 [89]
Rochdale Cenotaph The Esplanade, Rochdale 1922 Edwin Lutyens 53°36′58″N 2°09′35″W / 53.616238°N 2.159743°W / 53.616238; -2.159743 [90]
Unity The Esplanade, Rochdale 1995 Alec Peever 53°36′55″N 2°09′40″W / 53.615337°N 2.16104°W / 53.615337; -2.16104 [91][11]: 323 
Gracie Fields Rochdale Town Hall 2016 Sean Hedges-Quinn 53°36′59″N 2°09′29″W / 53.61640°N 2.15812°W / 53.61640; -2.15812 [92]
Rochdale Olympics Nelson Street, Rochdale 2002 Adrian Moakes 53°36′57″N 2°09′19″W / 53.61587°N 2.15535°W / 53.61587; -2.15535 [93]

Salford

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / designer Coordinates Source
Queen Victoria Peel Park 1857 Matthew Noble 53°29′05″N 2°16′20″W / 53.484775°N 2.272133°W / 53.484775; -2.272133 [94]
Joseph Brotherton Peel Park 1858 Matthew Noble 53°29′16″N 2°16′15″W / 53.48777°N 2.27083°W / 53.48777; -2.27083 [95]
Prince Albert The Crescent, Salford 1864 Robinson and Cottam 53°29′06″N 2°16′20″W / 53.48492°N 2.2722°W / 53.48492; -2.2722 [96]
Flood Obelisk Peel Park 1867 Bradshaw and Gass 53°29′16″N 2°16′15″W / 53.48777°N 2.27083°W / 53.48777; -2.27083 [97]
Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial Chapel Street / Oldfield Road 1905 Sir George Frampton 53°28′59″N 2°15′51″W / 53.483031°N 2.264078°W / 53.483031; -2.264078 [98][11]: 176 
Untitled University of Salford 1966 William Mitchell 53°29′18″N 2°16′45″W / 53.48833°N 2.27916°W / 53.48833; -2.27916 [99]
Monument to the Third Millennium Peel Park 2000 Adrian Moakes 53°29′14″N 2°16′13″W / 53.48722°N 2.27017°W / 53.48722; -2.27017 [100]
Fabric of Nature Peel Park 2000 Julia Hilton 53°29′15″N 2°16′13″W / 53.48740°N 2.27017°W / 53.48740; -2.27017 [101]
Salford Firsts Bexley Square, Salford 2021 Emma Rodgers 53°29′15″N 2°16′13″W / 53.48740°N 2.27017°W / 53.48740; -2.27017 [102]

Stockport

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / designer Coordinates Source
Richard Cobden St Peter's Square, Stockport 1886 George Gammon Adams 53°24′34″N 2°09′34″W / 53.4094°N 2.1594°W / 53.4094; -2.1594 [103]
Heaton Chapel and
Heaton Moor War Memorial		 Heaton Moor Road,
Heaton Moor		 1921 J. Henry Sellers and John Cassidy 53°25′20″N 2°11′07″W / 53.4222°N 2.1854°W / 53.4222; -2.1854 [104]
BHS Murals Deanery Way, Stockport 1978 Henry and Joyce Collins 53°24′43″N 2°09′36″W / 53.4119°N 2.1600°W / 53.4119; -2.1600 [105]
The River of Life Source of the River Mersey, Stockport 1994 / 1996 Mind Stockport / Alison Simpson 53°24′52″N 2°09′23″W / 53.4144°N 2.1563°W / 53.4144; -2.1563 [106][107]
Memorial to James Conway Wellington Road South, Stockport 2017 Luke Perry 53°24′19″N 2°09′30″W / 53.4053°N 2.1583°W / 53.4053; -2.1583 [108]
Merseyway Mural Merseyway Shopping Centre, Stockport 2024 Caitlin Atherton 53°24′38″N 2°09′35″W / 53.4105°N 2.1597°W / 53.4105; -2.1597 [109]
Stockport Interchange Mural Stockport Interchange 2025 Caitlin Atherton 53°24′31″N 2°09′48″W / 53.4086°N 2.1634°W / 53.4086; -2.1634 [110]

Tameside

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / designer Coordinates Source
Hugh Mason Trafalgar Square,
Ashton-under-Lyne		 1887 Joseph Swynnerton 53°28′47″N 2°06′30″W / 53.4798°N 2.1083°W / 53.4798; -2.1083 [111]
Stalybridge War Memorial Trinity Street, Stalybridge c. 1921 Ferdinand Blundstone 53°29′02″N 2°03′24″W / 53.4838°N 2.0566°W / 53.4838; -2.0566 [112]
Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne 1922 Percy Howard 53°27′54″N 2°05′16″W / 53.4649°N 2.0879°W / 53.4649; -2.0879 [113]
The Family Market Square,
Ashton-under-Lyne		 1995 Paul Margetts 53°29′21″N 2°05′30″W / 53.4893°N 2.0916°W / 53.4893; -2.0916 [114]
Colonel Duckenfield King Street, Dukinfield 1996 Escar UK Bronze 53°27′10″N 2°02′52″W / 53.4528°N 2.0479°W / 53.4528; -2.0479 [115]
Ashton Munitions Explosion Memorial Stamford Street West,
Ashton-under-Lyne		 2002 Paul Margetts 53°29′05″N 2°06′08″W / 53.4848°N 2.1023°W / 53.4848; -2.1023 [116]
Pull the Plug, Ring the Change Market Street, Hyde 2002 Stephen Broadbent 53°27′03″N 2°04′47″W / 53.4508°N 2.0797°W / 53.4508; -2.0797 [117]
The Ashton Town Centre Monument George Street,
Ashton-under-Lyne		 2002 Michael Johnson 53°29′16″N 2°05′29″W / 53.4878°N 2.0914°W / 53.4878; -2.0914 [118]
L. S. Lowry Stalybridge Road,
Mottram in Longdendale		 2005 Escar UK Bronze
and John Cox		 53°27′28″N 2°00′41″W / 53.4577°N 2.0115°W / 53.4577; -2.0115 [119]
Jack Judge Trinity Street, Stalybridge 2005 Escar UK Bronze
and John Cox		 53°28′58″N 2°03′22″W / 53.4829°N 2.0561°W / 53.4829; -2.0561 [120]
Tipping the Denton Linney Market Street, Denton 2005 Escar UK Bronze
and John Cox		 53°27′18″N 2°06′52″W / 53.4550°N 2.1145°W / 53.4550; -2.1145 [121]
The Ashton Market Trader
– 'Uncle John' the Pieman		 Bow Street, Denton 2008 Escar UK Bronze
and John Cox		 53°29′20″N 2°05′31″W / 53.4888°N 2.0920°W / 53.4888; -2.0920 [122]
Coal Miner Market Street,
Ashton-under-Lyne		 2008 Peter Walker 53°29′16″N 2°05′33″W / 53.4878°N 2.0925°W / 53.4878; -2.0925 [123]
Street Urchin – Boy, Hand to Nose Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne 2008 Castle Fine Arts Foundry and Peter Walker 53°29′18″N 2°05′37″W / 53.4883°N 2.0936°W / 53.4883; -2.0936 [124]
Street Urchin – Boy, Peekaboo [125]
Street Urchin – Girl, Peekaboo Market Street,
Ashton-under-Lyne		 [126]






 Lord Sheldon Way Statues Lord Sheldon Way,
Ashton-under-Lyne		 2008 Peter Walker [127]
Tameside's World Cup Heroes
Geoff Hurst, Jimmy Armfield,
Simone Perrotta		 Richmond Street,
Ashton-under-Lyne		 2010 Castle Fine Arts Foundry and Andy Edwards 53°29′39″N 2°06′40″W / 53.4942°N 2.1111°W / 53.4942; -2.1111 [128]

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