# List of public art in Newcastle upon Tyne

This is a list of public art in Newcastle upon Tyne, including statues, busts 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, artworks in museums.

## City centre

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Grey's Monument | Monument Metro Station / Grey Street | 1838 | Edward Hodges Baily | John and Benjamin Green | 40 m (130 ft) Doric column & Portland stone statue | Grade 1 | Q5608058 | |
| More images | George Stephenson | Junction of Westgate Road and Neville Street | 1862 | John Graham Lough | — | Bronze statue on an octagonal pedestal and a base with four seated figures representing aspects of Stephenson's life and work | Grade II* | Q17552653 | |
| More images | Drinking Fountain | Bigg Market | 1894 | Charles Errington | — | 5 m (16 ft) high x 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide fountain in red sandstone with brass fittings | Grade II | Q26605963 | Erected by the Band of Hope Union in memory of Dr JH Rutherford. |
| More images | Queen Victoria | St Nicholas Square | Unveiled 1903 | Alfred Gilbert | — | Seated bronze statue on a granite pedestal | Grade II* | Q17552291 | |
| More images | William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong | Barras Bridge, outside the Great North Museum: Hancock | 1905-6 | Hamo Thornycroft | William Henry Knowles | Bronze statue with a sandstone screen wall, steps and relief panels | Grade II | Q26586754 | |
| More images | Queen Victoria | Grounds of the Royal Victoria Infirmary | 1906 | George Frampton | — | Marble statue and stone pedestal | Grade II* | Q17552314 | |
| More images | Alderman Sir Charles Frederick Hamond | Leazes Park | 1908 | | — | Bronze bust on a stone plinth | — | | |
| More images | South African War Memorial | Haymarket Hub | 1908 | Thomas Eyre Macklin | — | Bronze winged victory figure on a hexagonal stone obelisk and square base with a figure representing Northumbria | Grade II* | Q17552334 | |
| More images | Royal Tank Regiment War Memorial | Adjacent to church of St Thomas the Martyr, Haymarket | c.1920 | J.Reid | — | Bronze sculpture of St George and the dragon on a Portland stone pedestal with granite steps & stone seating | Grade II | Q26637887 | |
| More images | Newcastle & District War memorial | Eldon Square | 1923 | Charles Leonard Hartwell | Cackett and Burns | Pedestal with bronze sculpture of St George and the dragon | Grade II* | Q26409308 | |
| More images | Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial, The Response | Barras Bridge, north of Church of St Thomas the Martyr | 1923 | William Goscombe John | — | Granite monument with bronze high relief figures and low relief carvings | Grade I | Q17552582 | Parts cast at the A.B. Burton foundry at Thames Ditton; stonemasons, William Kirpatrick Ltd. |
| | Parsons' Polygon | Corner of Blackett St. and West Blackett Place | 1985 | David Hamilton | — | Brick & fired tiles on a 3 m (9.8 ft) high x 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) wide hexagonal structure with a sloping roof decorated as a tribute to Charles Algernon Parsons | — | | Serves as a ventilation shaft for Monument Metro Station |
| More images | Black Rhinoceros | Great North Museum: Hancock | 1991 | Christine Hill | — | Concrete statue | — | | |
| More images | Burma War Memorial | Churchyard of St Thomas the Martyr, Haymarket | 1991 | Nick Whitmore | — | Stone pedestal with bronze bas-relief | — | Q83187704 | |
| More images | The DNA Spiral | Times Square | 2000 | Charles Jencks | — | 4.5 m (15 ft) tall galvanised steel sculpture | — | | |
| More images | Basil Hume | St Mary's Cathedral, Clayton Street | 2002 | Nigel Boonham | — | 3 m (9.8 ft) high bronze statue on a sandstone plinth | — | | |
| More images | Man with Potential Selves | Grainger Street | 2003 | Sean Henry | — | Set of three painted statues | — | | |
| More images | Ellipsis Eclipses | Newgate Street | 2005 | Danny Lane | — | 12 m (39 ft) tall glass and stainless steel sculpture | — | | |
| More images | Ever Changing | Junction of Bath Lane and Westgate Road | 2005 | Eilis O'Connell | — | 6 m (20 ft) high inverted stainless steel cone sculpture | — | | |

## Civic Centre

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation |
| More images | The River God Tyne | Newcastle Civic Centre | 1968 | David Wynne | George Kenyon | Wall mounted bronze statue | Grade II* |
| More images | Swans in Flight | Newcastle Civic Centre | 1968 | David Wynne | George Kenyon | Bronze statues | Grade II* |
| | Seahorse Heads | Top of Civic Centre tower | 1968 | JRM McCheyne | George Kenyon | 12 cast bronze seahorse heads, each 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) high x 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) wide | Grade II* |

## St James' Park

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| More images | Jackie Milburn | South-east corner of St. James' Park | 1991 | Susanna Robinson | — | Bronze statue | — | The statue was located elsewhere prior to 2012. |
| More images | Bobby Robson | South-west corner of St. James' Park | 2012 | Tom Maley | — | Bronze statue | — | |
| More images | Alan Shearer | Barrack Road | 2016 | Tom Maley | — | Bronze statue | — | |

## Quayside

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | John Wesley Memorial Fountain | Quayside | 1891 | — | — | Pink & grey granite obelisk with a grey plinth | Grade II | Q26275654 | |
| More images | Siren | Sandyford Steps, Quayside | 1995 | André Wallace | — | Bronze statue of a female torso on a steel column | — | | |
| More images | River God | Sandgate | 1996 | André Wallace | — | Bronze statue of a male torso on an 8.7 m (29 ft) steel column | — | | Companion piece to Siren by the same artist. |
| More images | The Blacksmith's Needle | St Ann's Wharf, Quayside | 1996 | Stephen Lunn and members of the British Association of Blacksmith Artists | — | Forged iron column, 5 m (16 ft) high x 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) diameter | — | | |
| | Rudder | Keelman Square | 1996 | Andrew Burton | — | 3.8 m (12 ft) high x 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) wide x 90 cm (35 in) deep, Bronze sculpture | — | | |
| | Column and Steps | Keelman Square | 1996 | Andrew Burton | — | 4.5 m (15 ft) tall steel column, of 40 cm (16 in) diameter, topped with an abstract motif and with geometrical pieces at its base. | — | | |
| More images | Swirle Pavilion | St Ann's Wharf, Quayside | 1996 | Raf Fulcher | — | Stone, metal and concrete 9.5 m (31 ft) high folly consisting of a 10 m (33 ft) diameter open circular chamber below a gilded orb. | — | | |
| | River Tyne | Retaining wall by Wesley Memorial Fountain, Quayside | 1996 | Neil Talbot | — | 30 m (98 ft) long x 3 m (9.8 ft) high sandstone carving | — | | |