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This is a list of public art in Dorset, in England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Bournemouth

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Bournemouth - A History of Shaping the Future Lansdowne Road

50°43′24″N 1°52′03″W / 50.723246°N 1.867461°W / 50.723246; -1.867461 (Bournemouth - A History of Shaping the Future)
February 2016 Rick Walker Mural 15 metres (49 ft) × 13 metres (43 ft)
A Life Lost to AIDS in Dorset.jpg A Life Lost to AIDS in Dorset Pier Approach

50°43′01″N 1°52′34″W / 50.716817°N 1.876021°W / 50.716817; -1.876021 (A Life Lost to AIDS in Dorset)
Tiles Tile designs created by students of Secondary Schools in Bournemouth and Poole during HIV/AIDS awareness workshops run by DAMSET (Dorset AIDS Memorial Schools Educational Trust).
Lewis Tregonwell.jpg Statue of Lewis Tregonwell and Christopher Crabb Creeke Exeter Road

50°43′01″N 1°52′40″W / 50.716819°N 1.877876°W / 50.716819; -1.877876 (Lewis Tregonwell)
1999 Jonathan Sells Statue Stone 3' x 2'6" x 7'6" Depicts founder of Bournemouth Lewis Tregonwell (standing, holding a bucket and spade) and architect/surveyor Christopher Crabb Creeke (seated on a lavatory in reference to his post of Inspector of Nuisances). Tregonwell also holds the names of three Victoria Cross recipients from Bournemouth.
Mosaic, Exeter Road - geograph.org.uk - 1506293.jpg Mosaic Exeter Road

50°43′09″N 1°52′49″W / 50.7191°N 1.8803°W / 50.7191; -1.8803 (Mosaic)
1996 After Aubrey Beardsley Mural Mosaic tile Mosaic based on a design by Aubrey Beardsley, who lived in a house "Muriel" which previously stood here.
Jon Egging Memorial, Bournemouth (01).jpg Blue Skies Jon Egging memorial East Cliff

50°43′05″N 1°52′00″W / 50.7180°N 1.8666°W / 50.7180; -1.8666 (Blue Skies Jon Egging memorial)
2012 Tim Ward Glass, stainless steel 5 metres (16 ft) Memorial to Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging, killed in a crash following a display at Bournemouth Air Festival. The memorial was moved to its current location in 2017 following a landslip.

Bovington

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Tank Museum, Bovington (6062374158).jpg Royal Tank Regiment Memorial (replica) Bovington Tank Museum

50°41′42″N 2°14′33″W / 50.6949°N 2.2424°W / 50.6949; -2.2424 (Royal Tank Regiment Memorial (replica))
Vivien Mallock after George Henry Paulin Resin Resin cast of the Royal Tank Regiment Memorial in Whitehall, London.

Christchurch

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Christchurch. Dorset (4793658802).jpg Christchurch Priory Commemorative Sculpture Christchurch Priory

50°43′53″N 1°46′25″W / 50.7313°N 1.7737°W / 50.7313; -1.7737 (Christchurch Priory Commemorative Sculpture)
1994 Jonathan Sells Sculpture Stone Sculpture commemorating Ranulf Flambard, who began building the priory in 1094.

Lyme Regis

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Mary Anning statue.jpg Statue of Mary Anning Black Ven

50°43′31″N 2°55′49″W / 50.725256°N 2.930395°W / 50.725256; -2.930395 (Statue of Mary Anning)
May 2022 Denise Dutton Statue Bronze Statue of paleontologist Mary Anning. Crowdfunded by a campaign "Mary Anning Rocks", started by Dorset schoolgirl Evie Swire.

Poole

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Baden-Powell sculpture on Poole Quay (8778).jpg Statue of Robert Baden-Powell The Quay

50°42′43″N 1°59′09″W / 50.71195°N 1.98592°W / 50.71195; -1.98592 (Statue of Robert Baden-Powell)
2008 David Annand Statue Bronze Depicts Robert Baden-Powell facing Brownsea Island, site of the first Scout camp.

Weymouth and Osmington

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Osmington White Horse 2013-09-05.jpg Osmington White Horse Osmington Hill, Osmington

50°39′27″N 2°24′16″W / 50.65741°N 2.40438°W / 50.65741; -2.40438 (Osmington White Horse)
1808 Hill figure Chalk Scheduled monument The rider is George III.
Queen Victoria's Statue and St.John's Church, Weymouth (25423236260).jpg Statue of Queen Victoria Outside St John's Church, The Esplanade, Weymouth

50°37′07″N 2°27′03″W / 50.6187°N 2.4507°W / 50.6187; -2.4507 (Statue of Queen Victoria, Weymouth)
1902 George Blackall Simonds Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone 7 metres (23 ft) tall Grade II
Weymouth - War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 953596.jpg Weymouth Cenotaph The Esplanade, Weymouth

50°37′01″N 2°27′05″W / 50.6170°N 2.4513°W / 50.6170; -2.4513 (Weymouth Cenotaph)
1921 Francis William Doyle Jones Cenotaph Portland stone 5.3 metres (17 ft) tall Grade II

Portland

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Dorset was once considered for a hill figure of Marilyn Monroe, but the figure was never made.

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