List of public art in Derbyshire

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This is a partial list of public art in the Derbyshire 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.

Alfreton

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
War memorial Market Place

53°05′50″N 1°23′26″W / 53.097336°N 1.390496°W / 53.097336; -1.390496 		1927 William Aumonier Jnr War memorial Bronze statue on limestone pedestal c.3.5m high Grade II listed[1] Amber Valley Borough Council Unveiled by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, commanding officer of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).[2]


Ashbourne

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Shrovetide Hug Henmore Meadows, Ashbourne

53°26′39″N 1°56′55″W / 53.444251°N 1.948485°W / 53.444251; -1.948485 		2008 Neil Hawksworth Statue Steel 4.6m high Abstract statue of three players fighting for the ball during the traditional annual Shrovetide football game.[3]


Stones Island Carsington Water near Ashbourne

53°03′36″N 1°38′27″W / 53.0600354°N 1.6409255°W / 53.0600354; -1.6409255 		1991 Lewis Knight Sculpture Gritstone Severn Trent Water Designed in the tradition of Derbyshire hill-top monuments.[4]


Belper

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Flying Geese A6 roundabout by Morrisons

53°01′15″N 1°29′07″W / 53.020740°N 1.48539°W / 53.020740; -1.48539 		2000 Paul Margetts Sculpture Steel 5m high Belper Town Council Inspired by the birds on the River Derwent[5]


Sacrifice Belper Memorial Gardens

53°01′23″N 1°28′57″W / 53.023109°N 1.482485°W / 53.023109; -1.482485 		2019 Andy Mayers Sculpture Steel Belper Town Council The design is of the face of Jim Green, one of 14 Belper soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme[6]


Bolsover

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Venus Bolsover Castle

53°13′50″N 1°17′46″W / 53.230648°N 1.296048°W / 53.230648; -1.296048 		17th century Statue Stone English Heritage The main figure of the Venus fountain. Restored in 1999.[7]


Buxton

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
St Ann's Well The Crescent

53°15′32″N 1°54′51″W / 53.2588°N 1.9143°W / 53.2588; -1.9143 		1940 The bronze statue of St Ann and child is by Palliser Water fountain Bronze figures and ashlar gritstone c.3m high Grade II listed[8] High Peak Borough Council Inscriptions: A WELL OF LIVING WATERS
A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF EMELIE DOROTHY BOUNDS COUNCILLOR OF THIS BOROUGH


William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire George Street

53°15′31″N 1°54′57″W / 53.258609°N 1.915906°W / 53.258609; -1.915906 		2020 Denise Dutton Statue Bronze 2.3m high High Peak Borough Council Sponsor of The Crescent in the 1780s. Statue was erected to commemorate the completion of the refurbishment and reopening of the Crescent Hotel in 2020. Statue's benefactors: Bill and Sheila Barratt [9]



More images 		Winged Victory
War memorial 		The Slopes

53°15′30″N 1°54′50″W / 53.258257°N 1.913767°W / 53.258257; -1.913767 		1920 (1920) Louis Frederick Roslyn[10] War memorial Ashlar obelisk with bronze statue c.8m high Grade II listed[11] High Peak Borough Council Inscription:

PRO PATRIA
1914 + 1918
1939 + 1945


Castleton

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Bow and Arrow Visitor Centre on Buxton Road

53°20′35″N 1°46′40″W / 53.343110°N 1.777700°W / 53.343110; -1.777700 		2004 Sculpture Steel Peak District National Park Authority Pointing to Peveril Castle


Chesterfield

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Apple Between Chesterfield F.C.'s ground and Tesco

53°15′09″N 1°25′31″W / 53.252544°N 1.425170°W / 53.252544; -1.425170 		2011 Michael Johnson Sculpture Steel and bronze 5m high Chesterfield Borough Council The design reflects new growth, health and well-being. The bronze inlays are inspired by the town's origins, industries and communities.[12]


George Stephenson Chesterfield railway station

53°14′18″N 1°25′13″W / 53.23828°N 1.42015°W / 53.23828; -1.42015 		2005 Stephen Hicklin Statue Bronze c.2m tall Chesterfield Borough Council Inscribed on the base: "Discovery, Vision and Invention" in the centre, and "George Stephenson 1781-1848. Locomotion, the conquest over space and time" around the outside.[13]


Growth Hornsbridge roundabout

53°13′51″N 1°25′25″W / 53.23077°N 1.42368°W / 53.23077; -1.42368 		2014 Melanie Jackson Sculpture Steel c.8m tall and c.8m wide Chesterfield Borough Council Designed around the flower of the pomegranate tree (from the town's coat of arms) and the twisted form of the petals inspired by the town's twisted spire.[14]


James Haslam MP Outside the former NUM offices in Saltergate

53°14′16″N 1°26′11″W / 53.237767°N 1.436408°W / 53.237767; -1.436408 		1915 Statue Stone Grade II listed[15] Chesterfield Borough Council Inscription: "Erected by the Derbyshire Miners Association in memory of James Haslam MP. One of the founders of the association and its General Secretary from 1881 to 1913"


Mollusc Site of the former Markham & Co. works

53°14′13″N 1°25′03″W / 53.237036°N 1.417571°W / 53.237036; -1.417571 		2003 Liz Lemon Sculpture Stainless steel c.5m high x c.8m wide Design inspired by ammonite fossil and the shape of casings of the huge water-turbines once made at the Markham works.[16]


Poise (Wind Sculpture) West Bars

53°14′05″N 1°25′57″W / 53.234837°N 1.432518°W / 53.234837; -1.432518 		2002 Angela Conner Sculpture White onyx-marble dust and resin c.2.6m high and wide Royal Mail The disc is made up of six segments, which move freely in the wind.[17]


Rosewall Curved Reclining Form Future Walk, West Bars

53°14′06″N 1°26′06″W / 53.235093°N 1.434965°W / 53.235093; -1.434965 		1960–62 Dame Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Nebrasina limestone c.1m high and 2.3m wide Grade II listed[18] Chesterfield Borough Council Brought to Chesterfield in 1963 by the GPO (later Royal Mail). Bought by the town council in 2009 and moved onto a rectangular plinth set in a shallow tiled pool.[19]


A System of Support and Balance Outside the Chesterfield Magistrates Court

53°14′15″N 1°25′27″W / 53.237637°N 1.424081°W / 53.237637; -1.424081 		2004 Paul Lewthwaite Sculpture Steel and concrete 6.6m high Chesterfield Borough Council Inspired by the archways and columns around the town centre, on a base of piled books.[20]


Walking Together Site of the former Markham Colliery at Staveley

53°14′31″N 1°20′08″W / 53.241933°N 1.335663°W / 53.241933; -1.335663 		2013 Stephen Broadbent Memorial Steel Tribute to 106 miners who died in mining disasters at Markham Colliery in 1937, 1938 and 1973.[21]


William Harvey MP Outside the former NUM offices in Saltergate

53°14′16″N 1°26′11″W / 53.237767°N 1.436408°W / 53.237767; -1.436408 		1915 Statue Stone Grade II listed[22] Chesterfield Borough Council Inscription: "Erected by the Derbyshire Miners Association in memory of William Edward Harvey MP one of the founders of the association and an official from 1883 to 1914"


Derby

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Bonnie Prince Charlie Cathedral Green

52°55′30″N 1°28′34″W / 52.925067°N 1.476244°W / 52.925067; -1.476244 		1995 Anthony Stones Statue Bronze figure on a sandstone ashlar pedestal and base c.4.5m high Derby City Council Prince Charles Edward Stuart on horseback. Erected in 1995 to mark the 250th Anniversary of the Prince's occupation of Derby.[23]


"Boy and Goose" Sir Peter Hilton Memorial Garden

52°55′23″N 1°28′31″W / 52.922972°N 1.475180°W / 52.922972; -1.475180 		1926 (1926) Alexander Fisher Sculpture Bronze Originally known as "Boy and Gander" and in a fountain in the Market Place; moved to River Gardens in 1933; Council House from 1949; in store from 1971; restored 1977 then inside New Assembly Rooms, current location from 1996.[24][25]


"Boy and Ram" River Gardens

52°55′22″N 1°28′21″W / 52.922874°N 1.472568°W / 52.922874; -1.472568 		1963 Wilfred Edgar Dudeney Sculpture Bronze on granite base First installed in 1963 in the new Main Centre shopping precinct. Moved in 2005 to make way for the construction of Westfield.[26]



More images 		Brian Clough and Peter Taylor Unity Plaza, Pride Park Stadium

52°54′55″N 1°26′59″W / 52.915189°N 1.449661°W / 52.915189; -1.449661 		2008 (2008) Andrew Edwards Statue Bronze 9 feet (2.7 m) (height) Derby County Football Club Clough and Taylor are shown holding the League Championship trophy which they won while managing Derby County F.C. in 1972. Unveiled on 27 August 2010.[27]


"The Derby Ram" East Street and Albion Street

52°55′17″N 1°28′27″W / 52.921290°N 1.474300°W / 52.921290; -1.474300 		1995 Michael Pegler Sculpture Millstone grit 2m x 2.4cm x 1.7m Inspired by the ancient ballad about the mythical creature The Derby Ram.[28]


Derby War Memorial Market Place

52°55′25″N 1°28′35″W / 52.923499°N 1.476458°W / 52.923499; -1.476458 		1923 Arthur George Walker War Memorial Bronze figure on a sandstone pedestal c.4m high Derby City Council Erected in 1923 opposite the Guildhall.[29]


Florence Nightingale In front of the former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site on London Road

52°54′43″N 1°28′14″W / 52.912057°N 1.470546°W / 52.912057; -1.470546 		1914 Countess Feodora Gleichen Statue Stone c.4.2m high Grade II listed[30] Derby City Council Inscription: "FIAT LVX" meaning let there be light.


"Florentine Boar" Derby Arboretum

52°54′52″N 1°28′22″W / 52.914540°N 1.472900°W / 52.914540; -1.472900 		2005 Alex Paxton Sculpture Bronze on stone plinth Derby City Council Nicknamed Charlie by its creator. Replaced William John Coffee's original ‘Florentine Boar’ from 1806 and installed in the park when it was opened in 1840 but destroyed in 1941 by a World War II bomb.[31]


Sir Henry Royce Riverside Gardens

52°53′15″N 1°27′47″W / 52.887628°N 1.463034°W / 52.887628; -1.463034 		1921 Derwent Wood Statue Bronze on a stone plinth Grade II listed[32] Derby City Council Moved from Derby Arboretum in 1972.


Michael Thomas Bass Wardwick

52°55′23″N 1°28′50″W / 52.922933°N 1.480508°W / 52.922933; -1.480508 		1885 Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue Bronze Grade II listed[33] Derby City Council Inscription: "Michael Thomas Bass MP for Derby 1848 to 1888"


Queen Victoria Former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site on London Road

52°54′56″N 1°28′05″W / 52.9155306°N 1.468056°W / 52.9155306; -1.468056 		1906 Charles Bell Birch Statue Bronze on a granite pedestal Grade II listed[34] Derby City Council Unveiled by King Edward VII in 1906.



Glossop

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Glossop Cenotaph Norfolk Square

53°26′36″N 1°57′00″W / 53.4434156°N 1.9501061°W / 53.4434156; -1.9501061 		1921 Vernon March War memorial Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal c.5m high Grade II listed[35] High Peak Borough Council Winged Victory figure. Unveiled by Fracis Edward, Lord Howard in 1922.[36]


Howard Lion Glossop railway station

53°26′39″N 1°56′55″W / 53.444251°N 1.948485°W / 53.444251; -1.948485 		1847 Statue Stone The Howard Lion (named after Lord Howard) stands above Glossop Central station, designed by Hadfield and Weightman, completed in 1847.[37]


Matlock Bath

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes

More images 		War Memorial North Parade

53°07′18″N 1°33′34″W / 53.121700°N 1.559565°W / 53.121700; -1.559565 		1921 (1921) War memorial Derbyshire Dales District Council The war memorial was unveiled on 21 May 1921 [38]


Sir Richard Arkwright Masson Mills Shopping Village

53°06′46″N 1°33′43″W / 53.112840°N 1.561829°W / 53.112840; -1.561829 		Statue Bronze Masson Mills Shopping Village


Swadlincote

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Don't Worry Son Town centre DE11 9FQ

52°46′18″N 1°33′20″W / 52.771659°N 1.555527°W / 52.771659; -1.555527 		2011 Ray Londsdale Sculpture Steel Inscription of miner's words: Don't worry son, it's just a hole in the ground where you'll find your roots.[39]


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