List of public art in Dudley

This is a list of public art in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, 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.

Dudley

Duncan Edwards Way

Castle Gate Island

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Cannonballs	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′50″N 2°04′24″W / 52.513854°N 2.073348°W / 52.513854; -2.073348	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Concrete, covered in broken brick	1.2m diameter spheres		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures[1]
More images	Cannon	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N 2°04′25″W / 52.513746°N 2.073619°W / 52.513746; -2.073619	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Bronze	4m long x 3m diameter (mouth) x 3.57m high		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures[1]
More images	Crucible	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N 2°04′23″W / 52.513694°N 2.073038°W / 52.513694; -2.073038	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Bronze	3.2m x 1.8m x 2.9m high		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures[1]
More images	Plough	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N 2°04′23″W / 52.513611°N 2.073161°W / 52.513611; -2.073161	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Corten steel and wood	3.5m high x 2.4m wide x 2cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures[1]
More images	Heraldic lion	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N 2°04′24″W / 52.513617°N 2.073367°W / 52.513617; -2.073367	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Corten steel	2.7m high x 4m long x 3cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures[1]
More images	Ruined wall (2 blocks)	Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′50″N 2°04′24″W / 52.513785°N 2.073206°W / 52.513785; -2.073206	2001 (2001)	Andrew Burton	Sculpture	Ceramic blocks	first block 2.16m high x 4.4m long x 51cm deep; second block 2.75m high x 4.6m long x 51cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Part of the "Medieval Life" collection of sculptures[1]
More images	Premier Inn Dudley Town Centre sculpture	Premier Inn - Castle Gate Island, Dudley 52°30′49″N 2°04′19″W / 52.513626°N 2.072004°W / 52.513626; -2.072004	()		Sculpture				Premier Inn	It's on the Birmingham Road side of the hotel.
More images	James Whale memorial	Showcase Cinemas - Castlegate Way, Dudley 52°30′56″N 2°04′19″W / 52.515623°N 2.071857°W / 52.515623; -2.071857	2002 (2002)	Charles Hadcock	Sculpture				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Wolverton Road

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Living Fossil	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′41″N 2°04′28″W / 52.511493°N 2.074538°W / 52.511493; -2.074538	2000 (2000)	Natasha Carsberg	Sculpture	Painted steel			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	resembles a giant seed pod surmounted by a calyx and part of the stalk[2]
More images	Spiral Fossil	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′42″N 2°04′27″W / 52.511737°N 2.074174°W / 52.511737; -2.074174	2000 (2000)	Michael Konu	Sculpture	Kilkenny limestone			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	inspired by a gastropod fossil[3]
More images	Dawn of Time	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′39″N 2°04′32″W / 52.510866°N 2.075482°W / 52.510866; -2.075482	2001 (2001)	Michael Lyons	Sculpture	Steel painted yellow			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Suggests a sunrise[4]
More images	Standing Stone	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′43″N 2°04′26″W / 52.511983°N 2.073884°W / 52.511983; -2.073884	2000 (2000)	John Vaughan	Sculpture	Limestone			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	resembles two stylized, intertwined standing figures[5]
More images	Giant Hand	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass - Dudley 52°30′40″N 2°04′29″W / 52.511247°N 2.074808°W / 52.511247; -2.074808	2000 (2000)	Jonathan Mulvaney	Sculpture	Ferro-cement			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	large hand and wrist is lying on the grass, palm down[6]
More images	Fossil sculpture	between Wolverton Road and Southern By-Pass, Dudley 52°30′45″N 2°04′24″W / 52.512519°N 2.073358°W / 52.512519; -2.073358	()		Sculpture				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Flood Street Island

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Salamander Obelisk	Flood Street Island, Dudley 52°30′26″N 2°04′51″W / 52.507213°N 2.080823°W / 52.507213; -2.080823	2000 (2000)	Steve Field	Obelisk Sculpture	Filigree steel			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[7]

Cinder Bank Island

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Fire Tower	Cinder Bank Island, Dudley 52°30′00″N 2°05′26″W / 52.500001°N 2.090573°W / 52.500001; -2.090573	2000 (2000)	Phillip Bews & Diane Gorvin	Sculpture	Steel painted red	13cm diameter, 20m high, 1.3m wide (max.)		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Six steel tubes forming a circle are welded to a circular steel base.[8]
	Fires of Industry	Cinder Bank Island, Dudley 52°30′01″N 2°05′26″W / 52.500274°N 2.090692°W / 52.500274; -2.090692	2000 (2000)	Phillip Bews & Diane Gorvin	Sculpture	Steel painted red	20m long x 8m high x 31cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	3 steel wedges[9]
	Heroic Worker	Cinder Bank Island, Dudley 52°30′02″N 2°05′27″W / 52.500464°N 2.090956°W / 52.500464; -2.090956	2000 (2000)	Phillip Bews & Diane Gorvin	Statue	Bronze	3m high x 1.65m wide x 1.1m deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	bronze statue of a workman stands on a circle of bricks[10]

Scotts Green Island

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Millennium (Pegasus)	Scotts Green Island, Dudley 52°30′09″N 2°06′18″W / 52.502602°N 2.104897°W / 52.502602; -2.104897	2001 (2001)	Andrew Logan	Sculpture	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[11]

Town Centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The Earl of Dudley	Castle Hill, Dudley 52°30′44″N 2°04′49″W / 52.512349°N 2.080289°W / 52.512349; -2.080289	1888 (1888)	C B Birch	Statue	Marble		Grade II listed[12]	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
More images	Green Man Entry	Castle Street, Dudley 52°30′44″N 2°04′51″W / 52.512147°N 2.080901°W / 52.512147; -2.080901	2014 (2014)	John McKenna	Sculpture	Cast bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	May have been a passageway to an old ale house [13][14]
More images	Apollo fountain	Coronation Gardens, Ednam Road, Dudley 52°30′46″N 2°05′00″W / 52.51277°N 2.08337°W / 52.51277; -2.08337	1939 (1939)	William Bloye	Statue / fountain	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[15]
More images	Duncan Edwards	Market Place, Dudley 52°30′35″N 2°04′52″W / 52.509664°N 2.080993°W / 52.509664; -2.080993	1999 (1999)	James Butler	Statue	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Was in temporary storage in 2014.[16] Re-dedicated in October 2015 [17]
More images	Drinking Fountain	Market Place, Dudley 52°30′37″N 2°04′57″W / 52.510383°N 2.082499°W / 52.510383; -2.082499	1867 (1867)	James Forsyth	Drinking fountain sculpture	Stone		Grade II* listed fountain.[18][19]	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
More images	Ben Boucher	Market Place, Dudley 52°30′37″N 2°04′57″W / 52.510241°N 2.082626°W / 52.510241; -2.082626	2015 (2015)	John McKenna and Steve Field	Statue	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	A stone bench where people can take selfies with the statue [20]
More images	Family Group	Near the footbridge - King Street, Dudley 52°30′34″N 2°04′51″W / 52.509454°N 2.080711°W / 52.509454; -2.080711	1969 (1969)	Edward Bainbridge Copnall	Sculpture	Oak	400cm high x 90cm wide x 90cm deep		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	depicts a man and woman back to back, with a child at their side, and supporting two children on their shoulders [21]
	Figure Group	Birdcage Walk, Dudley 52°30′40″N 2°04′51″W / 52.511055°N 2.080898°W / 52.511055; -2.080898	1963 (1963)	Edward Bainbridge Copnall	Frieze	fibreglass and powdered aluminium	240cm high x 800cm wide		Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Female figure and child represent Education and Family. Two male figures represent Mining and Chainmaking.[22]
More images	Long Entry	Alleyway - King Street to Market Place, Dudley 52°30′34″N 2°04′56″W / 52.509566°N 2.082218°W / 52.509566; -2.082218	1995 (1995)	Steve Field	sculpture	Painted Steel			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Set of arches over a passageway depicting scenes from Medieval life [23]
More images	Dudley Evolve Theatre stone sculpture	Dudley Evolve Theatre, The Broadway, Dudley 52°30′46″N 2°04′56″W / 52.51287°N 2.08212°W / 52.51287; -2.08212	2018 (2018)		Sculpture	Stone			Dudley College	Contains a quote by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) - 'You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water'.

Priory Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	People Group	Near a pond - Priory Park, Dudley 52°31′00″N 2°05′06″W / 52.516762°N 2.085127°W / 52.516762; -2.085127	1992 (1992)	Jonathan Mulvaney	Sculpture	Wood			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[24]
	Priory Monks mosaic	opposite Registry Office in Priory Park, Dudley 52°31′01″N 2°05′08″W / 52.516826°N 2.085641°W / 52.516826; -2.085641	1991 (1991)	Maggie Howarth	Mosaic	Slate			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[25]
More images	Medieval Tiles	Near the Priory Ruins - Priory Park, Dudley 52°30′56″N 2°05′06″W / 52.51545°N 2.084941°W / 52.51545; -2.084941	2012 (2012)	Company of Artisans	Floor tiles	Ceramic			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	A set of 12 tiled pavements. Installed between 2012-14[26]
More images	The Return of Dorothy Round	Near tennis courts in Priory Park, Dudley 52°31′03″N 2°05′15″W / 52.517495°N 2.087585°W / 52.517495; -2.087585	2013 (2013)	John McKenna	Statue	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[27][28]
More images	Decorative gateway	Corner of Priory Road and The Broadway, Priory Park, Dudley 52°30′55″N 2°05′12″W / 52.515255°N 2.086747°W / 52.515255; -2.086747	2013 (2013)	Steve Field	Gates sculpture				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	[28]

Black Country Living Museum

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	War memorial	Black Country Living Museum - Dudley 52°31′08″N 2°04′38″W / 52.518832°N 2.077156°W / 52.518832; -2.077156	1923 (1923)		War memorial statue	Bronze			Black Country Living Museum	Originally erected in 1923 at William Butler's Springfield Brewery in Wolverhampton.[29] Relocated here in 2010.

Dudley Zoo

Brierley Hill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Briar Rose	Bank Street, Brierley Hill 52°29′01″N 2°07′17″W / 52.483687°N 2.121415°W / 52.483687; -2.121415			Sculpture				Centro
	Brierley Hill War Memorial	Church Street, Brierley Hill 52°28′42″N 2°07′32″W / 52.478385°N 2.125595°W / 52.478385; -2.125595	1926		War memorial	Marble, stone, brick, metal railings and cannon		Grade II	Dudley MBC
More images	John Northwood	Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Brierley Hill 52°28′57″N 2°06′46″W / 52.48259°N 2.11290°W / 52.48259; -2.11290	1999 (1999)	Anthony Stones	Statue	Bronze and glass	H 250 x W (?) x D (?) cm		Merry Hill Shopping Centre	A memorial statue of John Northwood (1836-1902), mounted on a pedestal of glass bricks, alluding to the importance of the local glass-making industry. Northwood is shown in contemporary Victorian dress, proudly holding up his reproduction of the Portland Vase to the light with both hands.[32]

Stourbridge

Stourbridge Town Centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Ryemarket sculpture	Ryemarket Shopping Centre, Stourbridge 52°27′21″N 2°08′44″W / 52.455834°N 2.145437°W / 52.455834; -2.145437			Sculpture				Ryemarket Shopping Centre
More images	Tesco Extra sculpture	Tesco Extra, Bath Road, Stourbridge 52°27′25″N 2°08′58″W / 52.457003°N 2.149448°W / 52.457003; -2.149448	2013 (2013)		Sculpture				Tesco

Mary Stevens Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Stourbridge War Memorial	Mary Stevens Park, Queen's Drive, Stourbridge 52°26′59″N 2°09′03″W / 52.449683°N 2.150775°W / 52.449683; -2.150775	1923 (1923)	Ernest Pickford	War Memorial				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	It was unveiled by the Earl of Coventry on 16 February 1923.[33]
More images	Major Frank Foley	Council House, Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge 52°26′58″N 2°09′09″W / 52.449547°N 2.152382°W / 52.449547; -2.152382	2018 (2018)	Andy De Comyn	Statue bench	Bronze			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	Unveiled by the Duke of Cambridge on the 18th September 2018 [34]

Stourbridge Interchange

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Glass blower	Stourbridge Interchange 52°27′22″N 2°08′33″W / 52.456198°N 2.142376°W / 52.456198; -2.142376		John McKenna	Statue	Bronze			Centro	Celebrates the great history of hands glass blown items throughout Stourbridge[35]
More images	Locomotives	Subway entrance to Stourbridge Interchange - Foster Street, Stourbridge 52°27′20″N 2°08′39″W / 52.455684°N 2.144065°W / 52.455684; -2.144065			Sculpture	Painted steel			Centro
	Cameo	Stourbridge bus interchange	1994 (1994)	Steve Field	Mosaics and anamorphic columns				Centro	Mosaics of a grey heron and a cockerel, based on cameo glass from nearby Broadfield House Glass Museum.[36]

Stourbridge Junction

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Stourbridge Junction Clock	Car Park - Stourbridge Junction Station 52°26′51″N 2°08′01″W / 52.447477°N 2.133608°W / 52.447477; -2.133608		Anuradha Patel	Clock Tower				Centro	[37]

Lye

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Industries of the Lye	High Street, Lye 52°27′27″N 2°06′53″W / 52.457377°N 2.114792°W / 52.457377; -2.114792	1989 (1989)	Steve Field	Mural					.[38] Removed 2010 (2010)
More images	Sir Cedric Hardwicke Memorial	Dudley Road, Lye 52°27′32″N 2°07′04″W / 52.458776°N 2.117764°W / 52.458776; -2.117764	2005 (2005)	Tim Tolkien	Sculpture	Steel			Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
More images	Lye War Memorial	Christ Church The Lye and Stambermill, High Street, Lye 52°27′27″N 2°06′51″W / 52.457408°N 2.114075°W / 52.457408; -2.114075	()		War memorial				Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Oldswinford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Old Cross crossroads	Furniture - Hagley Road, Oldswinford, Stourbridge 52°26′54″N 2°08′27″W / 52.448405°N 2.140874°W / 52.448405; -2.140874			Sculpture					Opposite the pub The Cross at Oldswinford.

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