This is a list of public art in Greater Manchester, England, split according to metropolitan district.
This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork that is only visible inside a museum.
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Two Forms (Divided Circle) 1969 | University of Bolton, Bolton | 1982 | Barbara Hepworth | 53°34′25″N 2°26′09″W / 53.57363°N 2.4357°W | [1] | |
Fred Dibnah | Bolton | 2008 | Jane Robbins | 53°34′45″N 2°25′49″W / 53.579297°N 2.430199°W | [2] |
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Memorial to Robert Peel | Bury | 1851 | Edward Hodges Baily | 53°35′37″N 2°17′52″W / 53.59369°N 2.29771°W | [3][4]: 250–253 | |
Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial | Bury | 1905 | Sir George Frampton | 53°35′19″N 2°18′04″W / 53.588608°N 2.301144°W | [4]: 256 [5] | |
Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial (First World War) | Gallipoli Gardens, Bury | 1922 | Edwin Lutyens | 53°35′32″N 2°17′55″W / 53.592234°N 2.298722°W | [6] | |
Tilted Vase | Ramsbottom | 1998 | Edward Allington | 53°38′56″N 2°19′07″W / 53.648947°N 2.318538°W | [4]: 264 [7] | |
Picnic Area | Burrs Country Park, Bury | 1998 | David Fryer | 53°36′35″N 2°18′22″W / 53.60965°N 2.306194°W | [8][4]: 242–243 | |
Nailing Home | Radcliffe | 1999 | Jack Wright | 53°33′52″N 2°20′01″W / 53.564544°N 2.333628°W | [4]: 262 [9][10] | |
From Northern Soul (Bury Neon) | Bury Interchange, Bury | 2011 | Ron Silliman | 53°35′27″N 2°17′49″W / 53.5908°N 2.297°W | [11] |
Manchester
editImage | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Robert Ascroft | Alexandra Park, Oldham | 1903 | F. W. Pomeroy | [61] | ||
Outside Inn | Main Street, Faiksworth | 1993 | Tim Shutter | 53.511264, -2.156218 | The artist |
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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George Leach Ashworth | Broadfield Park, Rochdale | 1878 | W. & T. Wills | [62] | ||
John Bright | Broadfield Park, Rochdale | 1891 | Hamo Thornycroft | 53°36′52″N 2°09′44″W / 53.6145°N 2.162291°W | [63] | |
Rochdale Cenotaph | The Esplanade, Rochdale | 1922 | Edwin Lutyens | 53°36′58″N 2°09′35″W / 53.616238°N 2.159743°W | [64] | |
Unity | The Esplanade, Rochdale | 1995 | Alec Peever | 53°36′55″N 2°09′40″W / 53.615337°N 2.16104°W | [65][4]: 323 |
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Queen Victoria | Peel Park, Salford | 1857 | Matthew Noble | 53°29′05″N 2°16′20″W / 53.484775°N 2.272133°W | [66] | |
Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial | Chapel Street/Oldfield Road, Salford | 1905 | Sir George Frampton | 53°28′59″N 2°15′51″W / 53.483031°N 2.264078°W | [67][4]: 176 |
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Richard Cobden | Stockport | 1886 | George Gammon Adams | 53°24′34″N 2°09′34″W / 53.409407°N 2.159418°W | [68] | |
The River of Life | Source of the River Mersey, Stockport | 1994 / 1996 | Mind Stockport / Alison Simpson | 53°24′51.84″N 2°9′22.68″W / 53.4144000°N 2.1563000°W | [69][70] |
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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The Family | Ashton-under-Lyne | 1995 | Paul Margetts | 53°29′22″N 2°05′30″W / 53.489321°N 2.091608°W | [71] |
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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James Prescott Joule | Worthington Park, Sale | 1905 | John Cassidy | [72][73] |
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Date | Sculptor / Designer | Coordinates | Source |
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Sir Francis Powell | Mesnes Park, Wigan | 1910 | Ernest Gillick | 53°33′06″N 2°38′07″W / 53.551694°N 2.635311°W | [74] |
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