List of public art in Leeds

This is a list of public art in Leeds, including statues and other memorials. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, works in museums.

Armley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Untitled	Armley Park	c. 1897	Burmantofts Pottery	Plaque	Glazed terracotta	1m long	Grade II	Q26547555	[1][2]
	Untitled	Armley Park	c. 1897	Burmantofts Pottery	Plaque	Glazed terracotta	1m long	Grade II	Q26547552	[1][3]
More images	War memorial	Armley Park	1921	Sir Charles Nicholson	Cross on supporting pillars and a hexagonal base with plaques	Stone and bronze		Grade II	Q26547558	[4][5]

Chapeltown

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Reflections of Carnival Leeds West Indian Carnival	Savile Mount	2023	Rhian Kempadoo-Millar	Mural		13m × 9m	—	Q124700212	Unveiled 3 October 2023.[6]

City centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Leeds Patronising the Arts and Encouraging the Sciences	Leeds Town Hall	1858	John Thomas	Sculpture relief	Stone		Grade I		[1][7]
More images	Lions	Leeds Town Hall	1867	William Day Keyworth, Jnr.	4 statues	Portland stone		Grade I		[8][9]
More images	Leeds Rifles War Memorial	Outside Leeds Minster, Kirkgate	1921	Edwin Lutyens	Cross with bench and inserts	Portland stone and bronze		Grade II	Q26655868	[10][11]
More images	War memorial	The Headrow	1922	Henry Charles Fehr	Obelisk with 3 statues	Portland stone and bronze	7m tall	Grade II	Q26547390	Architect, Reginald Blomfield[12][13]
	Putto with Turkey	Leeds Civic Hall	c. 1933	Joseph Hermon Cawthra	Sculpture group	Stone		Grade II*		[1][14]
	Putto with Goat	Leeds Civic Hall	c. 1933	Joseph Hermon Cawthra	Sculpture group	Stone		Grade II*		[1][15]
More images	The Dortmund Drayman	Dortmund Square, The Headrow	1980	Arthur Shulze-Engels	Statue	Bronze				[16]
More images	Reclining Women: Elbow	Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow	1981	Henry Moore	Sculpture	Bronze			Q19759352	[16]
More images	Game of Boules	Bond Court	2000	Roger Burnett	4 figure statue group	Bronze				[16]
More images	Arthur Louis Aaron	Eastgate roundabout, Quarry Hill	2001	Graham Ibbeson	Sculpture group	Bronze				[17]
	The Holbeck Sheep	Marshall Street, Holbeck	2005	Antonia Stowe	Sculpture	Steel, felt and rope				[18]
	Sheaf Tree	Waterloo Street, Brewery Wharf	2005	Chris Knight	Sculpture	Steel				[18]
More images	Steeped Vessels	Brewery Wharf	2006	Ian Randall	Sculpture group	Bronze and stainless steel				[19][18]
More images	A Reflective Approach	Leeds Dock	2007	Kevin Atherton	Sculpture group	Steel and bronze				[18]
More images	Leeds Song Tunnel	Woodhouse Lane	2013	Adrian Riley	Text artwork	Steel				[20]
More images	Hibiscus Rising	Meadow Lane, Aire Park	2023	Yinka Shonibare	Sculpture	Fibreglass, metal & wood	9.5m tall		Q122463268	[21][22]

City Square

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	James Watt	Leeds City Square	1898	Henry Charles Fehr	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Grade II	Q26655856	[9][23]
More images	Edward, the Black Prince	Leeds City Square	1903	Thomas Brock	Equestrian statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Grade II*	Q17533834	[9][24]
More images	Walter Hook	City Square, Leeds	1903	F.W. Pomeroy	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Grade II	Q26655854	[9][25]
More images	Joseph Priestley	Leeds City Square	1903	Alfred Drury	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Grade II	Q26655864	[9][26]
More images	Evening	Leeds City Square	1903	Alfred Drury	4 Streetlamps on blocks	Bronze and granite		Grade II		[27][28]
More images	Morning	Leeds City Square	1903	Alfred Drury	4 Streetlamps on blocks	Bronze and granite		Grade II		[29][28]
More images	John Harrison	Leeds City Square	1903	Henry Charles Fehr	Statue on pedestal with plaque	Bronze and granite		Grade II	Q26655861	[1][30]

Elland Road

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Billy Bremner	Elland Road	1999	Frances Segelman	Statue on pedestal	Bronze				[31]
More images	Don Revie	Elland Road	2012	Graham Ibbeson	Statue on pedestal	Bronze	2.5m tall			[32]

Headingley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	War memorial	Otley Road / St Michaels Road, Headingley	1921	Sidney Kitson (architect)	Obelisk with panels	Portland stone and bronze		Grade II	Q26547665	[33][34]

Mabgate

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	ECHOES	Corner of Mabgate and Argyle Road	2023	Add Fuel	Mural		10m × 9m	—	Q124691518	[35][36]

Otley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Thomas Chippendale	Otley	1987	Graham Ibbeson	Statue on pedestal	Bronze				[37]

Woodhouse

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Robert Peel	Woodhouse Moor	1852	William Behnes	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Grade II	Q26655833	Relocated from Victoria Square in 1937[9][38]
More images	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	Woodhouse Moor	1854, erected 1858	Carlo Marochetti	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Grade II	Q26656015	[9][39]
More images	Peter Fairbairn	Woodhouse Square	1868	Matthew Noble	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Grade II	Q26547184	[9][40]
More images	Henry Rowland Marsden	Woodhouse Moor	1878	John Throp	Statue on pedestal with plaques	Stone and marble		Grade II	Q26547177	[41]
More images	Memorial to Queen Victoria	Woodhouse Moor	1903	George Frampton	Seated statue on column with figures and frieze	Bronze and Portland stone		Grade II*	Q15979175	[1][9][42][43]

References

1. Dorcas Taylor and Samantha Sportun (1998). Leeds: patronising the arts and encouraging the sciences, published in Monuments and the Millennium Proceedings of a Joint Conference Organised by English Heritage and the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation. English Heritage. ISBN 1873936974.
2. Historic England. "Armley Park plaque approximately 40 metres west of fountain (1256007)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
3. Historic England. "Armley Park plaque approximately 40 metres east of fountain (1256004)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
4. Historic England. "War Memorial in Armley Park (1256010)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
5. "War Memorials Register: Armley". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
6. "Leeds: Giant mural celebrates West Indian Carnival". BBC News. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
7. Historic England. "Town Hall, Leeds (1255772)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
8. "Statues and Inscriptions: Discovering Leeds Town Hall". Leeds City Council. 25 March 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
9. Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0-356-17609-6.
10. Historic England. "North Boundary Wall and Steps, North West Gate and Piers, War Memorial and East Bar Stone (1375049)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
11. "War Memorials Register: Leeds Rifles Memorial Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
12. Historic England. "War Memorial (1255832)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
13. "War Memorials Register: Leeds". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
14. "Model for Leeds Civic Hall Sculpture: Putto with Turkey". Art UK. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
15. "Model for Leeds Civic Hall Sculpture:Putto with Goat". Art UK. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
16. "The silent observers". BBC Leeds Local. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
17. "The Arthur Aaron Statue". Leeds Civic Trust. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
18. Ali Turner (14 October 2017). "The Waterfront Art Trail". Leeds List. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
19. "Steeped Vessels". Statues-Hither & Thither. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
20. http://www.songtunnel.info/ ^{[bare URL]}
21. "Leeds: First look at David Oluwale memorial sculpture". BBC News. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
22. Tom Airey (24 November 2023). "Leeds: David Oluwale flower sculpture unveiled in city centre". BBC News. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
23. Historic England. "Statue of James Watt (1375034)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
24. Historic England. "Statue of the Black Prince (1375045)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
25. Historic England. "Statue of Dean Hook (1375032)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
26. Historic England. "Statue of Joseph Priestley (1375043)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
27. Historic England. "Four lamp posts: 'Even' (1255575)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
28. Susan Beattie (1983). The New Sculpture. Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art / Yale University Press. ISBN 0300033591.
29. Historic England. "Four lamp posts: 'Morn' (1375012)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
30. Historic England. "Statue of John Harrison (1375039)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
31. "Sculptor restores Wee Billy". Leeds United. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
32. "Don Revie statue unveiled 40 years after FA Cup victory". BBC. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
33. Historic England. "War Memorial (1256122)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
34. "War Memorials Register: Men of Headingley WW1". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
35. Foster, Wes (9 March 2023). Echoes, A New Mural in Collaboration with Add Fuel. East Street Arts. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
36. "Add Fuel a Portuguese visual artist and illustrator Diogo Machado, has spent over a week painting a incredible 10m x 9m mural titled 'ECHOES' on the gable-end of a former pub in Mabgate, Leeds". Dailymotion. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
37. "Thomas Chippendale". Statues-Hither & Thither. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
38. Historic England. "Statue of Robert Peel, Leeds (1375010)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
39. Historic England. "Statue of Duke of Wellington on south-east corner of Woodhouse Moor (1375204)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
40. Historic England. "Statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn (1255605)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
41. Historic England. "Statue of HR Marsden (1255598)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
42. Historic England. "Memorial to Queen Victoria (1255642)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
43. "Statue of Queen Victoria 1906". Yale Centre for British Art. Retrieved 13 February 2021.