# List of public art in Somerset

* Districts of Somerset All unitary authorities
* 1 Somerset
* 2 North Somerset
* 3 Bath and North East Somerset
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This is a list of public art in the Somerset 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.
The ceremonial county of Somerset consists of three unitary authorities, Somerset (administered by Somerset Council), North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset.
Public art is art in any media that has been planned and executed with the intention of being staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all. Public art is significant within the art world, amongst curators, commissioning bodies and practitioners of public art, to whom it signifies a working practice of site specificity, community involvement and collaboration. Public art may include any art which is exhibited in a public space including publicly accessible buildings, but often it is not that simple. Rather, the relationship between the content and audience, what the art is saying and to whom, is just as important if not more important than its physical location.

## Bath and North East Somerset

Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES) is a unitary authority created on 1 April 1996, following the abolition of the County of Avon. It occupies an area of 220 square miles (570 km$^2$), two-thirds of which is green belt. BANES stretches from the outskirts of Bristol, south into the Mendip Hills and east to the southern Cotswold Hills and Wiltshire border. The city of Bath is the principal settlement in the district, but BANES also covers Keynsham, Midsomer Norton, Radstock and the Chew Valley. BANES has a population of 170,000, about half of whom live in Bath, making it 12 times more densely populated than the rest of the district.
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument | Lansdown Hill 51°25′53″N 2°23′58″W﻿ / ﻿51.431389°N 2.399444°W﻿ / 51.431389; -2.399444 | 1720 | | | Ashlar stone masonry, | 25 feet (8 m) high. | Grade II* listed building, scheduled monument | Q7526126 | |
| More images | Frederick, Prince of Wales | Queen Square, Bath | 1738 | John Wood, the Elder | Obelisk | Stone | 15m tall | Grade II* listed building | | Shortened after a gale in 1815. |
| More images | Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk | Royal Victoria Park, Bath 51°23′10″N 2°22′23″W﻿ / ﻿51.3862°N 2.3731°W﻿ / 51.3862; -2.3731 | 1837 | G.P. Manners (architect) | Obelisk | Stone | | Grade II* | Q1752215 | |
| More images | Edward VII | Parade Gardens, Bath | c.1911 | Newbury Abbot Trent | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & Portland stone | | Grade II | Q26673296 | |
| | Jupiter | Royal Victoria Park, Bath 51°23′10″N 2°22′23″W﻿ / ﻿51.3862°N 2.3731°W﻿ / 51.3862; -2.3731 | 1839 | John Osborne | | Bath Stone | Head 183 centimetres (72 in) high. Base and pedestal 600 centimetres (240 in) high. | | | |
| | Memorial to the 1968 flood | By the River Chew in Woollard 51°22′42″N 2°31′47″W﻿ / ﻿51.3784°N 2.5298°W﻿ / 51.3784; -2.5298 | | | | Stone, from destroyed bridge and plaque | | | | |
| | Sham Castle | Bathampton 51°22′57″N 2°20′15″W﻿ / ﻿51.3825°N 2.3375°W﻿ / 51.3825; -2.3375 | 1755 | Sanderson Miller | | Stone | | Grade II* listed building | Q7487351 | |
| | Medici lions | Royal Victoria Park, Bath 51°23′03″N 2°21′53″W﻿ / ﻿51.3843°N 2.3646°W﻿ / 51.3843; -2.3646 | | | | | | | | |
| More images | Rebecca Fountain | Beside Bath Abbey | 1859, erected 1861 | Rushton Walker of Bristol | Sculpture and fountain | Stone and marble | | Grade II | Q26674838 | |
| More images | Queen Victoria | Exterior of Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | c.1897 | Andrea Carlo Lucchesi | Sculpture and surround | Stone | | | | |
| | Fossil Tree milepost on National Cycle Route 24 | Near Radstock 51°17′50″N 2°25′29″W﻿ / ﻿51.2972°N 2.4247°W﻿ / 51.2972; -2.4247 | | John Mills | | | | | | |
| | Somerset coalfield | Radstock 51°17′37″N 2°26′55″W﻿ / ﻿51.2936°N 2.4485°W﻿ / 51.2936; -2.4485 | | | | | | | | |

## North Somerset

North Somerset is a unitary authority which is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county of Somerset. Its administrative headquarters are located in the town hall of Weston-super-Mare, and has a resident population of 193,000 living in 85,000 households.
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | War memorial | Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare | 1922 | Alfred Drury | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | | Grade II | | Q26677665 | |
| More images | Silica | Big Lamp Junction, Weston-super-Mare 51°20′50″N 2°58′34″W﻿ / ﻿51.3471°N 2.9761°W﻿ / 51.3471; -2.9761 | 2006 | Wolfgang Buttress | | | 4 metres (13 ft) wide at the base. 30 metres (98 ft) high. | | North Somerset Council | | Lit by LEDs at night |
| More images | The Glassblower | Nailsea 51°26′03″N 2°45′14″W﻿ / ﻿51.4342°N 2.7540°W﻿ / 51.4342; -2.7540 | 2008 | Vanessa Marston | | Bronze | | | Nailsea Town Council | | |
| | Seafarer's Memorial | Portishead 51°29′41″N 2°46′24″W﻿ / ﻿51.4947°N 2.7733°W﻿ / 51.4947; -2.7733 | 2005 | | | Stone | | | | | |
| | Carved head | Leigh Woods 51°26′47″N 2°39′18″W﻿ / ﻿51.4464°N 2.6549°W﻿ / 51.4464; -2.6549 | | | | Stone | | | | | |
| | Full Fathom Five | Portishead 51°29′29″N 2°45′15″W﻿ / ﻿51.4915°N 2.7543°W﻿ / 51.4915; -2.7543 | | Michael Dan Archer | | Stone | | | | | 108 granite columns |

## Somerset (district)

A new unitary authority, Somerset Council, replaced Somerset County Council and the non-metropolitan districts of Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, and South Somerset on 1 April 2023.
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Admiral Robert Blake | Bridgwater 51°07′42″N 3°00′14″W﻿ / ﻿51.1282°N 3.0039°W﻿ / 51.1282; -3.0039 | 1898 | F. W. Pomeroy | Statue on pedestal | Bronze, limestone and granite | | Grade II* | Bridgwater Town Council | Q30625603 | |
| More images | Willow Man | 51°09′02″N 2°58′52″W﻿ / ﻿51.15046°N 2.9812°W﻿ / 51.15046; -2.9812 | 2000 | Serena de la Hey | Sculpture | Black maul willow withies over steel frame. | 40 feet (12 m) high. | | | Q2899308 | Burnt down in 2001 and rebuilt. |
| More images | Somerset Space Walk | Bridgwater and Taunton Canal 51°03′45″N 2°59′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.0626°N 2.9888°W﻿ / 51.0626; -2.9888 | 1997 | Pip Youngman | Sculpture | | 22-kilometre (14-mile) long | | | Q7559907 | |
| | West Country Carnival | Bridgwater 51°07′42″N 3°00′14″W﻿ / ﻿51.1284°N 3.0039°W﻿ / 51.1284; -3.0039 | 2005 | | Statue on pedestal | Bronze | | | | | |
| More images | Alfred the Great | Athelney 51°03′33″N 2°56′05″W﻿ / ﻿51.0593°N 2.9346°W﻿ / 51.0593; -2.9346 | 1801 | Sir John Slade, 1st Baronet | Obelisk | Stone | | Grade II listed building | | Q26468579 | Site of Athelney Abbey. |
| | | West bank of the Parrett Estuary, a mile from the village of Combwich 51°09′42″N 3°02′54″W﻿ / ﻿51.1617°N 3.0482°W﻿ / 51.1617; -3.0482 | 1996 | | Sculpture | Wood | | | | | |
| More images | War memorial | St. Cuthberts Parish Church, Wells | c.1920 | | Lantern cross with plaques | Stone & bronze | 4m tall | Grade II listed building | | Q26663082 | |
| | Adam and Eve | Bishop's Palace, Wells 51°12′33″N 2°38′32″W﻿ / ﻿51.209111°N 2.642105°W﻿ / 51.209111; -2.642105 | | E. J. Clack | Sculpture | Wood | | | | | |
| | The Weight of Our Sins | Bishop's Palace, Wells 51°12′33″N 2°38′32″W﻿ / ﻿51.209111°N 2.642105°W﻿ / 51.209111; -2.642105 | 2010 | Josefina de Vasconcellos | Sculpture group | Bronze | | | | | |
| More images | Four Symbols of the Evangelists | Approach to the North Porch of Wells Cathedral | 1992-93 | Mary Spencer Watson | Four sculptures | Purbeck stone | | | | | |
| More images | Admiral Hood Monument | Compton Dundon 51°06′05″N 2°43′17″W﻿ / ﻿51.101356°N 2.721306°W﻿ / 51.101356; -2.721306 | 1831 | Henry Goodridge | Tuscan column | Ashlar | 110 feet (33.5 m) high | Grade II* listed building | | Q4683688 | |
| | Romulus and Remus | Pen Hill 51°14′19″N 2°37′02″W﻿ / ﻿51.2385°N 2.6173°W﻿ / 51.2385; -2.6173 | 1946 | Gaetano Celestra | Neoclassical folly | Concrete and plaster over an iron armature | 12 feet (4 m) high | Grade II listed building | | | |
| | Celebration | Site of West Mendip Hospital, Horrington 51°09′32″N 2°42′02″W﻿ / ﻿51.1589°N 2.7006°W﻿ / 51.1589; -2.7006 | 2005 | James Blunt | Sculpture group | | | | | | |
| More images | Mells War Memorial | Mells 51°14′26″N 2°23′22″W﻿ / ﻿51.240429°N 2.389446°W﻿ / 51.240429; -2.389446 | 1921 | Sir Edwin Lutyens | War memorial | Purbeck marble | | Grade II* listed building | | Q17552180 | |
| | Industria Virtute Et Labore | Yeovil | | | | | | | | | |
| More images | Burton Pynsent Monument | Curry Rivel 51°01′18″N 2°53′21″W﻿ / ﻿51.021667°N 2.889167°W﻿ / 51.021667; -2.889167 | 1767 | Capability Brown | | Portland Stone | 140 feet (43 m) high | Grade I listed building | | Q5000900 | |
| | | Dillington House | | | | | | | | | |
| More images | King Alfred's Tower | Brewham 51°06′54″N 2°21′54″W﻿ / ﻿51.115°N 2.365°W﻿ / 51.115; -2.365 | 1769-1772 | | | | 49 metres (161 ft) high | Grade I listed building | | Q7884143 | |
| | Ball and Whirl | Fore Street, Chard 50°52′22″N 2°57′49″W﻿ / ﻿50.8728°N 2.9635°W﻿ / 50.8728; -2.9635 | 1991 | Neville Gabie | | Bronze | | | | | |
| | Jack The Treacle Eater | Barwick 50°55′32″N 2°37′23″W﻿ / ﻿50.9256°N 2.6231°W﻿ / 50.9256; -2.6231 | c. 1920s | | | Stone | | | South Somerset District Council | | |
| | Fish Tower | Barwick 50°55′49″N 2°37′38″W﻿ / ﻿50.9304°N 2.6273°W﻿ / 50.9304; -2.6273 | c. 1920s | | | | | | South Somerset District Council | | |
| | Cone | Barwick 50°55′26″N 2°37′56″W﻿ / ﻿50.9238°N 2.6321°W﻿ / 50.9238; -2.6321 | c. 1920s | | | | 75 feet (23 m) high | | South Somerset District Council | | |
| More images | Wellington Monument | Blackdown Hills 50°56′53″N 3°13′45″W﻿ / ﻿50.9480°N 3.2293°W﻿ / 50.9480; -3.2293 | 1854 | Thomas Lee | Triangular tower | Calcareous Grit | 80 feet (24 m) wide at the base and 53.34 metres (175.0 ft) high. | Grade II* listed building | | Q7981443 | |
| | Queen Victoria Memorial Fountain | Vivary Park, Taunton 51°00′27″N 3°05′47″W﻿ / ﻿51.0074°N 3.0964°W﻿ / 51.0074; -3.0964 | 1907 | | | | | | | Q26565782 | Made by the Saracen Foundry of Glasgow. |
| More images | Queen Anne | Wellington Square, Minehead | 1791 | Francis Bird | Statue & surround | Carrara marble | | Grade II* listed building | | Q17555996 | Moved to current site in 1893. |
| More images | The Ancient Mariner | Watchet 51°10′56″N 3°19′45″W﻿ / ﻿51.182084°N 3.329038°W﻿ / 51.182084; -3.329038 | 2003 | Alan Herriot | Statue on pedestal | | 7 feet (2.1 m) high | | Watchet Market House Museum Society | | |
| More images | The Hand That Holds The Map | Minehead 51°12′36″N 3°28′24″W﻿ / ﻿51.2099°N 3.4733°W﻿ / 51.2099; -3.4733 | 2001 | Owen Cunningham | Sculpture | Steel and welded galvanised iron | 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and 3 metres (9.8 ft) wide | | | | Start of the South West Coast Path. |
| | John Short | Watchet 51°10′56″N 3°19′45″W﻿ / ﻿51.182084°N 3.329038°W﻿ / 51.182084; -3.329038 | 2008 | Alan Herriot | Statue | Bronze | | | Watchet Market House Museum Society | | |
| | Memorial to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland | Selworthy 51°13′02″N 3°33′50″W﻿ / ﻿51.2172°N 3.5639°W﻿ / 51.2172; -3.5639 | | | | Wood | 7 metres (23 ft) high | | | | |
| More images | Caratacus Stone | Exmoor 51°05′26″N 3°35′12″W﻿ / ﻿51.0905°N 3.5867°W﻿ / 51.0905; -3.5867 | Possible 6th century | | Monolith | Stone | | Ancient monument | | Q1035420 | |
| | Fishing | Wimbleball Lake 51°04′00″N 3°28′00″W﻿ / ﻿51.0666°N 3.4666°W﻿ / 51.0666; -3.4666 | | | Sculpture | Wicker | | | | | |