Nuneaton's Gold Belt
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| Gold Belt | |
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 The belt's right-hand end | |
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| Artist | Alisha Miller |
| Year | 2003 |
| Location | Nuneaton, England |
| 52°31′15″N 1°27′58″W / 52.52083°N 1.46611°W | |
The 'Gold Belt' is a public sculpture located in a walkway underneath the Vicarage Road bridge, Nuneaton, England. The walkway links Riversley Park and the George Eliot Memorial Gardens.[1]
The 'Gold Belt' was produced as a result of a project between local artist Alisha Miller, Warwickshire County Council and Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council in 2003.
The 'Gold Belt' represents a coal miner's leather belt. This reinforces a local connection through Nuneaton's mining heritage and also links to the Union Wool and Leather Factory that used to be located on the site of a supermarket close to Riversley Park.[1]
The work was inspired by the motto, "a good reputation is better than a belt of gold", of Edward Melly who donated the park to the people of Nuneaton in 1907.[2]