Will you take the Art Trail Challenge?

There are a number of public art sculptures and subway murals dotted around West Swindon. They’re an important and unique feature of the area’s cultural make up.

Can you find them all? …On foot of course!  Follow the map above, starting at the Link Centre, to track down the following:

1. 1. Subway mural under Tewkesbury Way towards Rowton Heath Way.
      A Walk on the Wild Side, 2025, subway mural commissioned by West Swindon Parish Council by Jaksta Art.
      Sponsored by GLL, the mural celebrates the range of sports and leisure activities available at the nearby Link Centre.
   2. Subway mural under Whitehill Way towards Shaw Ridge
      Mindset, Motivation, Movement, 2025, subway mural commissioned by West Swindon Parish Council by Jaksta Art.
   3. Sculpture of Diana Dors (outside the Shaw Ridge leisure complex). 1991, Artist: John Clinch
      Diana Dors was born in Old Town, Swindon and spent her early childhood there. The statue, entitled ‘Diana Dors – Film Star’ depicts her in a slinky evening gown and stole as she appeared when starring on the silver screen in the 1956 crime drama Yield To The Night. The statue was commissioned by Thamesdown (now Swindon) Borough Council.  It was unveiled in 1991 by the film producer, David Puttnam.
   4. Sculpture: How the Mighty Fall, 1989, Artist: Tim Sandys-Renton
      The sculpture sits on the Shaw Ridge Linear Park and represents what a future viewer might regard as an archaeological artefact from the twentieth century.
   5. Sculpture: White Horse Pacified, 1987. Artist: Julie Livsey.
      The sculpture can be found in the park off Cartwright Drive (opposite Worlidge Drive) and was completed during an international artist exchange between Swindon and Lisbon, Portugal. The work is an interpretation of the famous chalk cut white horses surrounding Swindon.
   6. Subway Mural under Roughmoor Way
      A Bear’s Picnic, 2025, subway mural commissioned by West Swindon Parish Council by Ed Poster
      Located near Brookfield School, the mural features the artist’s distinctive style and incorporates the location of the subway near an old orchard.
   7. Sculpture: Hey Diddle Diddle (Outside 2 Spencer Close), 1992, Artist: Vega Bermejo
      This sculpture is almost in the front gardens of the residential properties.  Look closely and spot items from the nursery rhyme.
   8. Sculpture: Nexus, 1986. Artist: Hideo Furuta.
      Located in Freshbrook Centre, this sculpture sites on railway sleepers its title suggest ‘a connection or series of connections linking two or more things.’
   9. Subway Mural under Great Western Way (off Bodium Drive)
      A Walk Through Nature, 2025, subway mural commissioned by West Swindon Parish Council by Jenna Fox
      The artist describes her work as “an immersive space making a huge landscape that connects the housing estate to the woods via a subway.”
   10. Sculpture: The Watchers, 1982, Artist: Carleton Attwood.
       At Toothill Village Centre, The Watchers was one of Carleton Attwood’s final works and due to his ill-health was largely completed by sculptor Pat Elmore.
   11. Sculpture: Looking to the Future, 1985, Artist: Jon Buck
       When you get back to the Link Centre, this sculpture is located at the pond to the southern side, off Ashington Way. Funding came, in part, from the housing developer’s contributions as West Swindon was built out.