This is a list of public art in Sandwell, in the West Midlands county of England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork in museums.
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Bear in a wood | T.C. Hayes - Sandon Road, Bearwood 52°28′37″N 1°58′10″W / 52.476933°N 1.969453°W |
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The Bearwood Tavern bears | The Bearwood Tavern - Bearwood Road, Bearwood 52°28′36″N 1°58′13″W / 52.476802°N 1.970158°W |
Sculpture | Bear sculptures on the turret of The Bear Tavern
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The Windswept Pages | Bearwood School, Bearwood Road, Bearwood 52°28′40″N 1°58′13″W / 52.47774°N 1.97017°W |
Natalie Perry, with pupils of the school | Sculpture | Steel | [1]
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John Tradescant | Shakespeare Garden - Lightwoods Park 52°28′21″N 1°58′15″W / 52.472494°N 1.970952°W |
2012 | Sculpture | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
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Wings and Scrubs | Lightwoods Park | 2020 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | chicken wire, steel | 4 metres (13 ft) | Carries the inscription "Thank you NHS & Care Workers".[2] It was in the park from May until September 2020.[3]
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Mary Macarthur | Mary Macarthur Gardens, Sydney Road and Lower High Street, Cradley Heath 52°28′14″N 2°05′17″W / 52.470664°N 2.088157°W |
2012 | Luke Perry | Statue | cast steel | 10 ft (3 metres) | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Named after the trade unionist who led the women chainmakers in a strike in 1910 [4][5]
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Cradley Column | Tesco Extra, High Street, Cradley Heath 52°28′21″N 2°04′54″W / 52.472405°N 2.081768°W |
2007 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | Metal | 26ft high | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | [6][3]
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Great Bridge Roundabout Lions | Roundabout on Great Western Way, Great Bridge 52°31′51″N 2°02′10″W / 52.530914°N 2.036022°W |
2002 | Lion statues | Marble | Sandwell Council | The lions were previously at the entrance to Sawyers Restaurant, before later being moved to Burnt Tree Island before Tony Roper gifted them to Sandwell Council in 2002. [7] The lions were given a makeover in 2012 to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
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Oldbury Ring | McDonald's, Halesowen Street, Oldbury 52°30′08″N 2°01′04″W / 52.502207°N 2.017672°W |
1993 | Doug Cocker | Sculpture | Stainless steel | outer diameter 3m, inner diameter 1.8m, depth 60cm, ribbons 3.5m long | McDonald's and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | [9]
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Furnace | Near Sainsbury's – Halesowen Street, Oldbury 52°30′12″N 2°01′01″W / 52.503291°N 2.016846°W |
Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network |
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The Peacock | Sandwell and Dudley railway station 52°30′32″N 2°00′42″W / 52.508924°N 2.011759°W |
Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network |
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Moontrap | Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station 52°30′06″N 1°58′50″W / 52.501759°N 1.980551°W |
2003 | Mick Thacker and Mark Renn | Public transport interchange | Laser-cut brushed stainless-steel | West Midlands Network | The sculpture is based upon the reflection of both the moon and Thomas Telford's Galton Bridge upon the canal below. When the bridge was built in 1829 it's single span of 151 feet was the highest in the world. Originally a road bridge, Galton Bridge is now restricted to use by pedestrians.
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Waiting for Halleys Comet? | St Paul's Road, Smethwick 52°29′57″N 1°58′38″W / 52.49921°N 1.977174°W |
1986 | Francis Gomila | Sculpture | Painted sheet metal | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | [10]
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The Galton Valley Canal Heritage Area | Small park near Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick 52°29′54″N 1°58′20″W / 52.498455°N 1.972319°W |
Sculpture | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
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Memorial to the Boulton and Watt Governor | Between Tollhouse Way and High Street, Smethwick 52°29′44″N 1°58′13″W / 52.495673°N 1.970350°W |
1985 | Francis Gomila | Sculpture | Steel, painted green and red | 5m high | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | A much enlarged version of the Boulton and Watt invention. Based on the design of a 1788 model and governor. [11]
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Lions of the Great War | High Street and Tollhouse Way, Smethwick 52°29′45″N 1°58′15″W / 52.495863°N 1.970812°W |
November 4, 2018 | Luke Perry | Statue | Bronze | 10ft high | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | A statue of a World War One Sikh soldier installed on the High Street opposite the Guru Nanak Gurdwara.
[12] [13] [14] [15] The statue was vandalised after less than a week. [16] The memorial was cleaned up in time for the Armistice 100 commemorations.
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Smethwick War Memorial | Smethwick War Memorial at Victoria Park (near the High Street) 52°29′26″N 1°58′02″W / 52.490558°N 1.967229°W |
1920 | War Memorial | Granite and bronze | Grade II listed[17] | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
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Birmid Sculpture | Smethwick Heritage Centre, High Street, Smethwick 52°29′25″N 1°58′02″W / 52.490243°N 1.967108°W |
Sculpture | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | The outer sections have gone missing over the years.
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Birmingham Riots Memorial | Victoria Park, Smethwick 52°29′25″N 1°57′49″W / 52.490362°N 1.963607°W |
2012 | Infamous Arts | Three lampposts and a bench | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Commemorates the tragic deaths of Haroon Jahan, Shahzad Ali, and Abdul Musavir during the Birmingham Riots of 2011 [18][19]
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Brasshouse | Brasshouse Community Centre, Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick 52°30′02″N 1°58′11″W / 52.50053°N 1.96981°W |
Gwen Heeley and local school children | Sculpture | Brick | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
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Famous folk stories and fairy tales | Brasshouse Community Centre, Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick 52°30′01″N 1°58′12″W / 52.50041°N 1.97013°W |
2016 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | Steel | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Unveiled by Julie Walters. They depict Aladdin's Genie, Cinderella's slipper, The Wolf and The Boy among others. [20]
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The Strength of the Hijab | Will be on Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick 52°29′53″N 1°58′20″W / 52.49815°N 1.97215°W |
October 2023 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | Steel | 16ft high | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Will be a sculpture depicting Muslim women who are under-represented in the area.[21] Will be unveiled in October 2023 [22] It was expected to be in place by early November 2023.[23] Into 2024, it has not been installed to date, probably postponed.
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Tipton Slasher | Coronation Gardens - Tipton 52°31′40″N 2°04′15″W / 52.527687°N 2.0707°W |
1993 | Bill Haynes | Statue | Bronze | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Statue of the boxer William Perry
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Tipton Station archways | Tipton Station 52°31′50″N 2°03′57″W / 52.530458°N 2.065806°W |
West Midlands Network | One archway near the Owen Street station entrance depicting local industries. The other archway close to the car park and Robert Road depicting the life of William Perry, the Tipton Slasher
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The Caryatid Gateway | Wednesbury bus station 52°33′07″N 2°01′24″W / 52.552057°N 2.023394°W |
2004 | Steve Field and John Vaughan | Sculpture gateway | Stainless steel and limestone | West Midlands Network |
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Wednesbury reliefs | Exterior of Morrisons supermarket 52°33′03″N 2°01′20″W / 52.550959°N 2.022331°W |
2007 | Steve Field | Set of reliefs | steel | Morrisons | At least four
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Kiln | Morrisons supermarket 52°33′07″N 2°01′22″W / 52.551938°N 2.022847°W |
2007 | Steve Field | Sculpture | steel and cast glass | Morrisons |
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Wednesbury Parkway windmill | Wednesbury Parkway - Wednesbury 52°32′57″N 2°01′53″W / 52.549283°N 2.031462°W |
Windmill | West Midlands Network |
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Sleipnir | Overlooking Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop 52°32′54″N 2°01′38″W / 52.548351°N 2.02717°W |
1999 | Steve Field | Sculpture | West Midlands Network |
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The Patent Shaft Gates | Roundabout on Dudley Street, Wednesbury 52°33′07″N 2°01′29″W / 52.551932°N 2.024736°W |
2010 | Former gates | The gates were from the Patent Shaft and Axeltree Company. The gates were moved to the roundabout in 2010 to save them from the scrap yard. [24]
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Highfields sculpture | Memorial Gardens - West Bromwich 52°31′18″N 1°59′51″W / 52.521659°N 1.997634°W |
Daniel Cremin | Sculpture | Steel | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
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Anamorphic Portico | West Bromwich Bus Station - West Bromwich 52°31′02″N 1°59′42″W / 52.517356°N 1.995069°W |
2002 | Steve Field | Sculpture | Stainless steel & mosaic | West Midlands Network | [25]
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Feature Steelwork | West Bromwich Bus Station - West Bromwich 52°31′04″N 1°59′45″W / 52.517869°N 1.995831°W |
2002 | Steve Field | Sculpture | steel and fibreglass | West Midlands Network | [26]
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I am the King of the Castle | High Street, West Bromwich 52°31′08″N 1°59′39″W / 52.518769°N 1.994194°W |
January 30, 1990 | Laura Ford | Sculpture | Bronze | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Originally outside the Queen's Square Shopping Centre, it was removed to be restored in 2012. It was relocated to the bottom end of the High Street [27]
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Cross in Hand | Wesley Methodist Church, High Street, West Bromwich 52°31′09″N 1°59′41″W / 52.519185°N 1.994811°W |
October 1989 | Chris Dunseath | Sculpture | Bronze | approx 160 x 150 x 80cm overall | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Moved from Duchess Parade in 2012, and relocated outside the Wesley Methodist Church on the High Street in 2013 [28] [29]
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The Eagle | Kings Square Shopping Centre, West Bromwich Ringway, West Bromwich 52°31′00″N 1°59′37″W / 52.516622°N 1.993638°W |
January 2015 | Secal Laser Ltd and Fitzgerald Contractors Ltd | Sculpture | Steel | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | [30]
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The Celebration | New Square, West Bromwich 52°31′10″N 1°59′30″W / 52.519444°N 1.991695°W |
May 21, 2019 | Graham Ibbeson | Statue | Bronze | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Statue of the trio of former West Bromwich Albion players Cyrille Regis MBE, Brendon Batson and Laurie Cunningham, known as The Three Degrees [31]
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Bust of Phil Lynott | New Square, West Bromwich 52°31′09″N 1°59′31″W / 52.51924262319291°N 1.991854351503165°W |
August 20, 2021 | Luke Perry | Statue | Bronze | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Statue unveiled on what would have been Phil's 72nd birthday, was a member of Thin Lizzy.[32]
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Holly Wood Nature Reserve gate | Holly Wood Nature Reserve, Whitecrest Road, Great Barr 52°32′54″N 1°55′32″W / 52.548281°N 1.925456°W |
2012 | Tim Tolkien | Gate | Steel | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Includes designs by pupils at the neighbouring Whitecrest School
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Aspire | The Hawthorns station – Halfords Lane, West Bromwich 52°30′20″N 1°57′58″W / 52.505581°N 1.966089°W |
Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network |
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Tony 'Bomber' Brown | Outside The East Stand, The Hawthorns - West Bromwich Albion 52°30′34″N 1°57′45″W / 52.509464°N 1.962423°W |
November 6, 2014 | Jonathan Wylder | Statue | Bronze | West Bromwich Albion | The statue was unveiled on the 6th November 2014 in honour of West Bromwich Albion's record goal scorer Tony 'Bomber' Brown.[33][34][35]
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Sandwell Valley bridge murals | Sandwell Valley RSPB reserve 52°32′04″N 1°56′53″W / 52.534377°N 1.948144°W |
2014 | Murals |
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Sandwell Valley gates | Sandwell Valley RSPB reserve 52°32′08″N 1°56′53″W / 52.5354314°N 1.9479439°W |
Tim Tolkien | Gates | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
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Sot's Hole Bluebell | Sot's Hole Local Nature Reserve 52°31′39″N 1°59′05″W / 52.52755°N 1.98486°W |
Tim Tolkien | Sculpture | Steel | Q18983010 | [36]
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Sot's Hole gate | Sot's Hole Local Nature Reserve 52°31′38″N 1°59′05″W / 52.52720°N 1.98466°W |
Tim Tolkien | Gate | Steel | Q18983100 | [36]
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War Memorial | Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich 52°31′17″N 1°59′06″W / 52.521316°N 1.984899°W |
1920 | War Memorial | Bronze statue | Grade II listed[37] | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
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Voyage | Walsall Road, Stone Cross 52°32′43″N 1°59′01″W / 52.54517°N 1.98373°W |
2002 | Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | Was at Bearwood Bus Station until 2016 as the Bearwood Interchange, before it was moved to Stone Cross, West Bromwich as the Stone Cross Interchange.
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