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Coed Hills Sculpture Trail
www.coedhills.co.uk
Coed Hills Rural Artspace
St Hilary
Cowbridge
Vale of Glamorgan
CF71 7DP
Tel: +44 (0) 1446 774084
E: info@coedhills.co.uk

Coed Hills Rural Artspace is considered Wales’ leading arts centre for environmental practice, featuring an 80 acre woodland sculpture trail. Artworks include stone work, woven structures and land art by resident and visiting artists.

Visitors also have the opportunity to learn about ecological issues and sustainability. The art centre offers permaculture gardens, green woodwork facilities and various examples of sustainable building techniques, in addition to artists’ workshops, a gallery space and a metalworking forge.

The Sculpture Trail will be closed for a schedule of woodland management and improvements. There will be a phased reopening from Autumn 2010.

 

Forest Of Dean Sculpture Trail
www.forestofdean-sculpture.org.uk/
English and South Wales border
Speech House Road, Broadwell,
Coleford, Gloucestershire GL16 7EL
Tel: + 44 (0) 1594 833057
E: forestdean@googlemail.com

In 1984 sculptors were invited to visit the Royal Forest of Dean on the English and South Wales border to explore its trees, wildlife, industrial past and rich heritage. The outcome was the commissioning of both "permanent" and "ephemeral" works and the opening of the 3.5 mile Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail in 1986, a partnership between the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust and Forest Enterprise (the Forestry Commission). The trail includes works by Peter Randall-Page, Ian Hamilton Finlay and Cornelia Parker. More recent additions include works by Neville Gabie, Erika Tan and Annie Cattrell. A new work by David Cotterrell will be launched autumn 2010.

The trail is open dawn till dusk every day, beginning at Beechenhurst Lodge picnic site, near Speech House. Admission is free.

 

The Garden House: Sculpture Garden
www.simonwingett.com/sculptures
Erbistock
Nr Wrexham
LL13 0DL
Tel: + 44 (0) 1978 781149
E: art@simonwingett.com

The gardens of the Garden House are over 5-acres of rose avenues, shrub and herbaceous plantings, a parterre, large lily pond and sculpture garden which displays changing exhibitions of figurative sculpture. The gardens also house the National Collection of hydrangea with over 300 species and cultivars. A delightful Bed and Breakfast is located on the grounds.

Open from Easter through to the end of September on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 10-5pm, and Sundays 2-5pm. By appointment at all other times.

 

Margam Country Park Sculpture Trail
www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1325
Margam
Port Talbot
Wales, SA13 2TJ
Tel: +44 (0)1639 881635
E: margampark@npt.gov.uk

A large country park hosting a trail of bronzes, stone and wooden carvings and steel sculpture by a range of artists including Glynn Williams, Fred Watson, Elizabeth Frink, Barbara Hepworth and Vic Brailsford. The Margam Country Park is around 1000 acres of natural beauty and wildlife and also has a significant collection of historic buildings, including castle and abbey ruins.

The sculptures are administered by an independent trust called Sculpture at Margam.

Spring/Summer opening hours: April to September from 10am till 5pm daily. Autumn/Winter opening hours: September to March from 1 till 4.30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Wednesdays to Sundays from 10am till 4.30pm. Free of charge.

 

 

 

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Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, England and South Wales

Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, England and South Wales

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