Great Yarmouth public art trail

Great Yarmouth is going through of period of unprecedented investment and regeneration with a range of interventions, schemes and projects bringing about positive change and building on the towns unique character, heritage, and culture. This includes the new library and university centre in The Place, the new covered market, landscaping and reviving the medieval town centre together with wholesale improvements to the public realm of the town's Market Place and beyond.

As part of this programme of investment and regeneration, Great Yarmouth Borough Council commissioned and installed a new and exciting public art trail. The trail has 11 sculptures - focusing on themes of maritime and medieval history, arts heritage, seaside, transport and energy, and is designed to create a rich and involving experience for locals and visitors. The trail also features a 12th piece of art - a unique section of tiled paving outside Christchurch created by Great Yarmouth's Reprezent Project to reflect the cultural impact of the town's Portuguese community. It is the only piece of traditional Portuguese pavement art (Calçada Portuguesa) in the country.

The £330,000 trail was entirely funded by the government via Town Deal finance, with the money being ring-fenced for use only on the artworks. The council also secured an additional £50,000 of government Future High Streets funding to commission Yarn with Ernie in the Market Place.

The council worked with organisations including the Royal Society of Sculptors and Norfolk and Suffolk Art Forums, to invite submissions before councillors, officers and representatives from The Arts Council and Historic England, selected the artworks from a total of 98 put forward.

You can find an interactive map and information about each of the artworks on our Uncovering Yarmouth website; a list of sculptures is also available for those using assistive technology who may experience accessibility issues with the website.