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This is a list of public art in the Cambridgeshire 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.

Babraham[edit]

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

More images 		Jonas Webb High Street, Babraham, Cambridgeshire Late 19th century Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q26616046 [1]

Cambridge[edit]

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

More images 		William Pitt the Younger Pembroke College, Cambridge 1819 Richard Westmacott Statue on pedestal
Bears Exterior of Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 1904 Unknown Sculptures Stone [2]

More images 		Cambridge War Memorial Hills Road

52°11′42″N 0°07′52″E / 52.195065°N 0.131055°E / 52.195065; 0.131055 		1922 Robert Tait McKenzie Statue on pedestal Bronze, brick and stone Grade II listed Q26558679 [3][4]
Guildhall Doors The Guildhall, Market Square 1933 Laurence Bradshaw Doors with 10 relief panels Bronze [2]
Crocodile Wall of Mond Building, off Free School Lane 1933 Eric Gill Motif Incised brickwork [2]

More images 		Talos Guildhall Street, Cambridge c.1960, installed 1973 Michael Ayrton Sculpture on pedestal Bronze and stone [2]
Ceres - Goddess of Corn CB1, Mill Park 1962 William Bloye Sculpture Bronze [4]
Kett's Oak Exterior of Kett House, corner of Station Rd. & Hills Rd. 1963 Willi Soukop Bas-relief Sandstone [4]

More images 		Four-Square (Walk Through) Churchill College, Cambridge 1966 Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculpture Bronze Q60786074 [5][6]
The Swimmers Mill Road by Parkside Swimming Pool 1966 Betty Rea, completed by John W Mills Statue group Bronze [4][7]
Construction in Aluminium Outside Engineering Department, Trumpington St. 1967 Kenneth Martin Abstract sculpture on pedestal Aluminium and Portland stone [4]

More images 		Two Forms (Divided Circle) Fellows' Garden, Clare College, Cambridge 1969 Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculpture Bronze 237 x 234 x 54cm Q7858962 [8][2]

More images 		Chauvinist Hills Road / Brooklands Road, Cambridge 1990 Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculpture Granite [4]
Crystalline design Crystallographic Data Centre, Union Road 1992 Eric Sorenson (architect) Mosaic Glass [4]
A Pattern of Life Fellows' Garden, Christ's College 2001 Tim Harrisson Abstract sculpture Portland limestone [2]
Earthbound: Plant Haddon Library & Sedgwick Museum 2003 Antony Gormley Sculpture Cast iron A statue upside-down below ground with only the feet showing[2]
Flame Clare Hall, Herschel Road 2004 Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculpture Bronze [2]
DNA Double Helix Memorial Court, Clare College 2005 Charles Jencks Abstract structure Aluminium [2]
Confucius Clare College Avenue 2006 Wu Wei-Shan Sculpture Bronze [2]
Grasshopper The Greshams, Gonville Place 2006 Matthew Lane Sanderson Sculpture Steel [4]
Two Elements Uniting to Form a Contract County Court Building, East Road 2006 Colin Rose Sculpture Stainless steel [4]

More images 		Between the Lines Fisher Square, Cambridge 2007 Peter Randall-Page Sculpture Granite glacial boulder 178 x 214 x 180cm [9][2]

More images 		The Corpus Clock Taylor Library, King's Parade 2008 John Taylor and Matthew Lane Sanderson Clock with sculpture Metal sculpture [2]
Mother and Child Exterior of John Lewis, Downing Street 2008 Sophie Dickens Carved sculpture Wood [2]
Finback Front Court, Robinson College, Grange Road 2008 Ben Barrell Abstract sculpture Bronze resin [2][10]

More images 		Charles Darwin Darwin Garden, Christ's College, Cambridge 2009 Anthony Smith Statue Bronze [2]
Ex Libris University Library, West Road 2009 Harry Gray 14 posts Bronze [2]
Reflective Editor Station Road 2011 Douglas Allsop Abstract sculpture Black granite [4]
Darwin New Court, Christ's College 2011 Phillip King Abstract structure Steel [2]
Snowy Market Square 2012 Gary Webb Sculpture Metal Inspired by Snowy Farr[2]
Southern Shade Churchill College 2012 Nigel Hall Abstract sculpture Bronze [6]
Wander Station Place 2014 Dryden Goodwin 100 Engraved plates Steel Each 123mm diameter [4][11]
Bird Stones Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge 2014 Gordon Young Six monoliths and a bench Stone and wood [4][12]
The Barnwell Sentence Kingsley Walk, off Newmarket Road 2014 Lucy Skaer Mosaic Lava, stone and glass [4]
Slate Work South David Attenborough Building, Downing St., 2016 Ackroyd & Harvey Mosaic Welsh slate [2]
Flow James Dyson Building, Fen Causeway 2018 Simon Tegala Abstract sculpture Steel with electronic screen [4]
Cambridge Rules 1848 Parker's Piece 2018 Alan Ward and Neville Gabie Monument Stone Marks the development of the Cambridge rules of football[13]
Hercules Meets Galatea Cambridge North railway station

52°13′26″N 0°09′26″E / 52.2239°N 0.1573°E / 52.2239; 0.1573 (Hercules Meets Galatea) 		2021 Matthew Darbyshire Sculpture [14]
Dunamis Academy House, 136 Hills Road

52°11′27″N 0°08′05″E / 52.1907°N 0.1346°E / 52.1907; 0.1346 (Dunamis) 		2021 Bushra Fakhoury Sculpture [15]
Danse Gwenedour City House, 126–130 Hills Road

52°11′29″N 0°08′03″E / 52.1915°N 0.1342°E / 52.1915; 0.1342 (Danse Gwenedour) 		2021 Bushra Fakhoury Sculpture [15]
Ariadne Wrapped Outside Cambridge railway station

52°11′39″N 0°08′14″E / 52.1943°N 0.1371°E / 52.1943; 0.1371 (True) 		2022 Gavin Turk Sculpture [16]
True King's College

52°12′14″N 0°06′57″E / 52.2039°N 0.1159°E / 52.2039; 0.1159 (True) 		2024 Antony Gormley Sculpture Corten steel 3.7 metres (12 ft) tall Dedicated to Alan Turing[17]

Clarkson Road[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Mathematical Gates Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1970 John Robinson Relief and gates Cast iron [6]
Creation Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1991 John Robinson Abstract sculpture Stainless steel [6]
Intuition Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1993 John Robinson Abstract sculpture Stainless steel [6][18]
Genesis Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1995 John Robinson Abstract sculpture Stainless steel [6][19]

Homerton Gardens[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Setting Out Homerton Gardens, Harrison Drive 2017 Harry Gray Abstract sculpture Bronze, stone and steel [4]
Made to Measure Homerton Gardens, Harrison Drive 2018 Harry Gray Abstract sculpture Bronze, Portland stone and limestone [4][20]

Lensfield Road[edit]

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

More images 		May Eternal Light Shine Upon Them Scott Polar Institute, Lensfield Road 1922 Kathleen Scott Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Modelled by A.W. Lawrence[21][4]

More images 		Robert Falcon Scott Scott Polar Institute 1934 Kathleen Scott Bust in niche Bronze [4]
Alchemy symbols & University coat of arms Exterior of Chemistry Building, Lensfield Road 1958 Mary Spencer Watson Bas-relief Stone [4]
Inukshuk Scott Polar Institute 1979 Unknown Sculpture Stone Sculpture from Baffin Island[4]
Husky Dog Memorial Scott Polar Institute 2009 David Cemmick Sculpture Bronze [4]
The Antarctic Monument Scott Polar Institute 2011 Oliver Barratt Abstract sculpture Oak [4]

Madingley Road[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Pulse Institute of Astromomy, Madingley Road 1996 John Robinson Abstract sculpture Stainless steel [6]
Promethus Institute of Astromomy, Madingley Road 2004 James Atkinson Abstract sculpture Painted aluminium [6]
Tree of Life: Encounter The Woolf Institute, Madingley Road 2018 Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculpture Marble 3m tall [6][22]

Sidgwick Site[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Span Sidgwick Avenue 1967 Phillip King Abstract sculpture Steel [2]
Bigger Bite Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site 2010 Nigel Hall Abstract sculpture Bronze [2]
A Local History Pavement, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site 2013 Edmund de Waal 3 vitrines filled with porcelain items Various [2]
Daze IV Sidgwick Site 2014 Antony Gormley Sculpture Cast iron [2]

Ely[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Eel Trail Outside Oliver Cromwell's House

52°23′56″N 0°15′33″E / 52.3989°N 0.2591°E / 52.3989; 0.2591 (Eel Trail) 		2004 Elizabeth Jane Grosse Bench — Bench inscribed with a recipe for roast eel as used by Elizabeth Cromwell.[23]
Eel Trail Babylon Gallery, Waterside

52°23′45″N 0°16′15″E / 52.3959°N 0.2707°E / 52.3959; 0.2707 (Eel Trail) 		2004 Elizabeth Jane Grosse Sculpture Glass — Glass pieces depicting phases of an eel's lifecycle[23]
Eel Trail Outside the Maltings

52°23′43″N 0°16′10″E / 52.3954°N 0.2694°E / 52.3954; 0.2694 (Eel Trail) 		2004 Elizabeth Jane Grosse Sculpture Stainless steel — Eight glaives as used for hunting eels, arranged in an octagon mirroring the tower of Ely Cathedral[23]
Eel Trail Jubilee Gardens

52°23′42″N 0°16′03″E / 52.3951°N 0.2675°E / 52.3951; 0.2675 (Eel Trail) 		2004 Elizabeth Jane Grosse Mosaic Ceramic — Eel mosaic, made from pieces of pottery found during a Time Team excavation[23]
Eel Trail Cherry Hill Park 2004 Elizabeth Jane Grosse Sculpture Willow 9 metres (30 ft) long, 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall — Hive woven from willow, as used to catch eels[23]
Eel sculpture Jubilee Gardens

52°23′41″N 0°16′05″E / 52.3948°N 0.2680°E / 52.3948; 0.2680 (Eel sculpture) 		2006 Pete Baker Sculpture Steel 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall — Gift of Ely Rotary Club marking centenary of Rotary International[23][24]
Sluice Outside the Maltings

52°23′42″N 0°16′10″E / 52.3951°N 0.2695°E / 52.3951; 0.2695 (Sluice) 		2007 Lulu Quinn Light and video installation — The video screens and lighting change based on live water level data from the Environment Agency.[23][25]

Fordham[edit]

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

More images 		Fordham War Memorial Fordham, Cambridgeshire 1921 Edward Lutyens & George Frampton Statue of Saint George on pillar Stone Grade II Q26616619 [26][27]

Peterborough[edit]

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

More images 		Pearl Assurance War Memorial Pearl Assurance offices, Peterborough 1919 George Frampton Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II* Q62132803 Erected in London in 1921, relocated to Peterborough in 1991[28][29]
Power Rhythm Parnwell, Peterborough

52°35.8532′N 0°12.5177′W / 52.5975533°N 0.2086283°W / 52.5975533; -0.2086283 		2000 Robert Erskine Sculpture Stainless steel 16m high Commissioned by Peterborough Environment City Trust to celebrate the millennium.[30]

Ramsey[edit]

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

More images 		War memorial Ramsey 1921 F.W. Pomeroy Statue on column Stone Grade II Q26459919 [31][32]

St Ives[edit]

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

More images 		Statue of Oliver Cromwell Market Hill, St Ives 1901 F.W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal and steps Bronze and Portland stone Grade II Q22917664 [33]

References[edit]

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