This gallery page contains photographs of a few sculptures and other public artworks that I’ve encountered while walking around Cambridge.
Cambridge Rules Sculpture
Four stones engraved with the original 1848 rules of football, much as adopted by the Football Association in 1863, in multiple languages. There are five more stones that have been sent to football-loving countries around the world.
Location: Parker’s Piece
Date visited: 8th June and 5th July 2021
Details: Cambridge Rules Sculpture (City Council), Cambridge Rules 1848
Snowy Farr Sculpture
Memorial to Walter ‘Snowy’ Farr, a charity collector who fundraised in the Market Square, often with live animals. Depicts a cat and mice.
Location: Market Square
Date visited: 12th August 2021
Details: Snowy Farr Sculpture (City Council)
Sun and Sands
King’s College Chapel and St John’s College Bridge of Sighs carved out of sand, which were on display from from 10th July 2021 to 30th August 2021.
Location: Grand Arcade, at opposite ends on the ground floor
Date visited: 12th August 2021
Mill Road Bridge Children’s Artwork
Three children’s artworks by two local primary schools and a nursery, unveiled at the 2019 Mill Road Winter Fair.
- “Save Our Planet” by St Matthew’s Primary School (one copy either side)
- Trains by Brunswick Nursery
- Trains and rainbow by St Philip’s Primary School
Location: Mill Road railway bridge to the east (Romsey) side of the central murals
Date visited: 12th August 2021
Details: Govia Thameslink press release
Romsey Railway Heritage Sculpture
This commemorates the Romsey district’s railway heritage. It takes the form of a double letter ‘R’ in the style of railway tracks. The front ‘sleepers’ are bronze plaques engraved with station and destination names significant to local people.
Location: On the corner of Mill Road and Sedgwick Street (west side)
Date visited: 31st December 2021
Details: Romsey Railway Heritage Sculpture (City Council)
Hercules Meets Galatea
This depicts an encounter between two Greco-Roman characters.
Location: In the plaza in front of Cambridge North Station
Date visited: 2nd June 2022
Details: Commission Projects – Cambridge North