This is a list of public art in Nottingham , in Nottinghamshire , 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.
Central Nottingham
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
Sky Mirror
Nottingham Playhouse
2001
Anish Kapoor
Stainless steel [1]
52°57′14″N 1°09′23″W / 52.954°N 1.1565°W / 52.954; -1.1565
Statue of Captain Albert Ball VC
Nottingham Castle
1921
Henry Poole
Bronze [2] [3] [4] [5]
52°56′59″N 1°09′15″W / 52.94969°N 1.154144°W / 52.94969; -1.154144
Brian Clough
King Street/Queen Street junction
2008
Les Johnson
Bronze[6]
52°57′15″N 1°08′59″W / 52.954064°N 1.149742°W / 52.954064; -1.149742
Robin Hood
Outside Nottingham Castle
1952
James Woodford
Bronze[7] [4] [5]
52°56′58″N 1°09′17″W / 52.949424°N 1.154596°W / 52.949424; -1.154596
Axel
Bolero Square, National Ice Centre
2003
Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron
Steel[8]
52°57′08″N 1°08′26″W / 52.95229°N 1.140549°W / 52.95229; -1.140549
Sculpture Tree
Lace Market Square
2011
Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron
Bronze[9]
52°57′10″N 1°08′40″W / 52.952849°N 1.144571°W / 52.952849; -1.144571
Quartet
Chapel Bar
1986
Richard Perry
Bronze[10] [4]
52°57′16″N 1°09′15″W / 52.954356°N 1.154172°W / 52.954356; -1.154172
The Chorus Line
Junction of Maid Marian Way and Park Row
1999
Hilary Cartmel
Steel
52°57′13″N 1°09′17″W / 52.953594°N 1.154757°W / 52.953594; -1.154757
War Memorial
Nottingham High School
1920
Henry Poole
Bronze[11] [12]
52°57′44″N 1°09′32″W / 52.96231°N 1.15896°W / 52.96231; -1.15896
Feargus O'Connor
Nottingham Arboretum
1859
JB Robinson of Derby
Stone[13] [5]
52°57′40″N 1°09′22″W / 52.961211°N 1.156152°W / 52.961211; -1.156152
Flying Horse Signpost
St Peter's Gate
1993
Michael Johnson
Steel
52°57′08″N 1°08′57″W / 52.952261°N 1.149033°W / 52.952261; -1.149033
Houndsgate Signpost
Houndsgate
1993
Michael Johnson
Steel
52°57′07″N 1°08′58″W / 52.952083°N 1.149334°W / 52.952083; -1.149334
Samuel Morley
Nottingham Arboretum
1928
Joseph Else
Bronze and stone[14] [5]
53°02′58″N 1°09′20″W / 53.049483°N 1.155623°W / 53.049483; -1.155623
Entrance sculpture
Biocity
Richard Thornton
Steel
The invention of ibuprofen
Biocity
2011
Bruce Asbestos
Nottingham Council House
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
Nottingham Lions (right)
Nottingham Council House
1929
Joseph Else
Stone[15]
52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Nottingham Lions (left)
Nottingham Council House
1929
Joseph Else
Stone[15]
52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Frieze on Nottingham Council House
Nottingham Council House
1929
Joseph Else
Stone[15] [4]
52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Prosperity
Dome of Nottingham Council House
1929
James Woodford
Stone[16] [4]
52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Commerce
Dome of Nottingham Council House
1929
Joseph Else
Stone[16] [4]
52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Civic Law
Dome of Nottingham Council House
1929
Charles L J Doman
Stone[16] [4]
52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Knowledge
Dome of Nottingham Council House
1929
Ernest Webb
Stone[16] [4]
52°57′13″N 1°08′57″W / 52.953503°N 1.149262°W / 52.953503; -1.149262
Beeston
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
George the Beekeeper
High Road, Beeston
1987
Sioban Coppinger
Concrete and bronze[17]
52°55′39″N 1°12′51″W / 52.927602°N 1.214272°W / 52.927602; -1.214272
Water Head
The Square, Beeston
1989
Paul Mason
Concrete[18]
52°55′36″N 1°12′57″W / 52.926561°N 1.215882°W / 52.926561; -1.215882
Hope (Boer War Memorial)
Broadgate Park
1904
Arthur George Marshall
Stone[19] [20]
52°55′42″N 1°12′37″W / 52.928465°N 1.210165°W / 52.928465; -1.210165
Jesse Boot memorial
University of Nottingham
1934
Charles L J Doman
Stone[21] [5]
52°56′07″N 1°11′37″W / 52.935401°N 1.193553°W / 52.935401; -1.193553
University of Nottingham
2003
Michael Dan Archer
Stone
52°56′21″N 1°12′12″W / 52.939183°N 1.203375°W / 52.939183; -1.203375
Beeston Canal Wall Panels
2006
Hilary Cartmel
Stainless steel, bronze, Mosaic
The Green Man
Dovecote Lane Recreation Ground
Stan Bullard
Wood
52°55′15″N 1°12′54″W / 52.920748°N 1.215065°W / 52.920748; -1.215065
Clifton
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
Erasmus Darwin's Mammoth
Nottingham Trent University
Kim James
Steel
52°54′36″N 1°11′14″W / 52.910118°N 1.187178°W / 52.910118; -1.187178
unknown
Nobel Road
unknown
Steel
52°53′59″N 1°11′28″W / 52.899787°N 1.191241°W / 52.899787; -1.191241
Lenton
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
Aspire
University of Nottingham
2008
Ken Shuttleworth
Steel[22]
52°57′04″N 1°11′04″W / 52.9512°N 1.1844°W / 52.9512; -1.1844
Healing Energy
Queen's Medical Centre
2008
Hilary Cartmel
Steel
52°56′34″N 1°10′58″W / 52.942698°N 1.182703°W / 52.942698; -1.182703
The Circle of Life
Queen's Medical Centre
2011
Ann Vrielinck
Bronze
unknown
Queen's Medical Centre
????
Unknown
Concrete
52°56′40″N 1°11′12″W / 52.944523°N 1.186538°W / 52.944523; -1.186538
Lenton Priory Pillars
Lenton Priory
2018
Adrian Riley
Steel
52°56′38″N 1°10′45″W / 52.94395046628495°N 1.1790816302020957°W / 52.94395046628495; -1.1790816302020957
Meadows
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
Queen Victoria
Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment
1905
Albert Toft
Stone[23] [24] [5]
52°56′05″N 1°08′30″W / 52.934678°N 1.141641°W / 52.934678; -1.141641
City War Memorial, Nottingham
Memorial Gardens, Victoria Embankment
1927
T Wallis Gordon
Stone[23] [25]
52°56′05″N 1°08′30″W / 52.934678°N 1.141641°W / 52.934678; -1.141641
Sneinton
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
Sneinton Dragon
Junction of Manvers Street and Sneinton Hermitage
2006
Robert Stubley
Steel[10]
52°56′56″N 1°07′59″W / 52.9490°N 1.1330°W / 52.9490; -1.1330
Calvary
St. Stephen's Church, Sneinton
1920
Cecil G Hare[26]
Cast iron
52°57′05″N 1°07′54″W / 52.9514°N 1.1318°W / 52.9514; -1.1318
Bendigo
On the roof of the former Bendigo Pub, on Sneinton Hermitage
Unknown
From a model by Jack Mann[5]
Concrete
52°56′59″N 1°07′42″W / 52.9498°N 1.1282°W / 52.9498; -1.1282
William Booth
Outside his birthplace on Notintone Place in Sneinton
unknown
unknown
Bronze
52°57′08″N 1°07′55″W / 52.9522°N 1.1319°W / 52.9522; -1.1319
West Bridgford
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
Heron
Lady Bay
Wolfgang Buttress
Steel
52°56′19″N 1°06′42″W / 52.938503°N 1.111657°W / 52.938503; -1.111657
Wilford
Image
Title / individual commemorated
Location
Date
Artist
Material
Coordinates
Robert Juckes Clifton
Wilford Toll Bridge
1883
William Philip Smith[5]
Stone
52°56′17″N 1°09′15″W / 52.938003°N 1.154074°W / 52.938003; -1.154074
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