DAY OUT: Cotswold Sculpture Park + Cirencester

 

If ever there is a case of a website selling an attraction short, then Cotswold Sculpture Park surely fits the bill. We wrongly assumed that our stop off there on the way to Cirencester would be brief, an hour tops perhaps, but we completely underestimated the scale of the place and sheer number of sculptures on display. We ended up staying nearly three hours and we could have stayed longer, we will certainly go back as the sculptures are for sale and change fairly regularly. And even if they were larger the same, it's a really nice environment with lots of lovely trees to shade you from the hot sun.

HOPE by Jenny Pickford - £1800

ORION by Damon Price - £3200

ORDILE by Damon Price - £1350

HUNTING BARN OWL by Clare Bigger - £3500

LIBRA by Julie Tanner - £5000

SINGULARITY by Jonty Hurwitz - £36,960

HIGH JUMP by Clare Bigger - £10,000

BOLT by Matt Duke - £6950

MOONSHADOW by Stacey Beaumont - £1750

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD by Teresa Wells - £18,425

JUMP by Mike Long - £3270

PEREGRINE by Paul Harvey - £1450

TAWNY OWL by Adam Binder - £7500

HYDRANGEA by David Murphy - £9600

SWAN by Adam Binder - £23,500

LOST IN A MOMENT by Julie Tanner - £3990

THE BIRDMAN by Alan MacKenzie - £635

EAGLE ON HARE by David Hartland - Not for Sale

THE WISH by Teresa Wells - £8835

REJUVANATION by Jonty Hurwitz - £26,400

SERENITY by Kaziah Burt - £4000

SPIRIT OF THE WIND by Julie Tanner - £3800

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WILLOW by Stewart Stockwell - £3900

TEARDROP by Richard Cresswell - £2750

SNACKTIME WITH A VIEW by Pete Rogers - £2600

CROUCHING WOMAN by Nicola Godden - £7950

BOXING HARES by Suzie Marsh - £2775

AGAPANTHUS by Jenny Pickford - £30,000

LISTEN TO THE FOREST by Brendan Murless - £3500

THE CALLING by Ian Edwards - £POA

CAT ON BALL by Paul Harvey - £950

FLOATING CUBE by Michael Haggiag - £9500

RED CLOUD SPHERE by David Murphy - £4000

SERENITY by Brendan Murless - £4500

NURTURE by Gary Boulton - £15,000

HOMAGE by Gary Boulton - £6500

MULBERRY by Stewart Stockwell - £1800

BORIS by Adam Binder - £250,000

RED KITE by Paul Harvey - £3000

THE EUCALYPTUS HAT by Jilly Sutton - £3000

BARN OWL LANDED by Paul Harvey - £1500

WINDS OF CHANGE by Brendon Murless - £6900

RED DEER STAG by Tanya Russell - £9870

OTTER by Ian Marlow - £2200

DRAGONFLY by Ed Hill - £3000

BIRD ON A BULLRUSH by Ed Hill - £350

MEADOW LEAF by Ruth Moilliet - £12500

RACER WOMAN by Beatrice Hoffman - £4500

ALLIUM by Jenny Pickford - £2800

BLUE OAK LEAF by David Murphy - £5700

HERON by Paul Harvey - £7950

RELEASE by David Watkinson - £10,800

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SWANS by Pippa Unwin - £6000

MYRTLE by No Time to Waste - £17,500

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AVIATOR by Richard Cresswell - £12,500

THE STORYTELLER by Pete Rogers - £1900

GOOSE GIRL by Marion Smith Girl - £7500  (Geese - £950)

THE ADVENTURERS CHECK OUT A NEW PLANET

by Pete Rogers - £3500

UNFURL by Jenny Pickford - £4200

KESTREL LANDING by Paul Hardy - £775

MIGRATE by Allan MacKenzie - £685

BUZZARD by Hayley Jones - £1385

CHEETAH by Marie Ackers - £7300

PEREGRINE by Clare Bigger - £3300

STOOP by Clare Bigger - £3500

RED BULL by Marie Ackers - £2800

STANLEY'S SHOES by Paul Pibworth - £19,200

SPRING APPLE by Hilary Cartmel - £4000

WATCH THE BIRDIE by Allan MacKenzie - £???

WHERE DRAGONS FLY by David Hartland - £Not for Sale

THE QUEEN by William Johnston - £760

After this, we headed of to Cirencester which was okay but nothing really special. We looked in a couple of shops and a couple of art galleries. The first one was a bit shit to be honest, but the second one was really good. We saw some artwork by Lisa Pang which we really liked and which was very colourful and eye catching, unfortunately it's not cheap.

There were quite a few other nice pictures in there too (Cotswold Contemporary Gallery) in the main square. We wandered aimlessly for a bit and then headed into The Kings Head, which was nice but perhaps not quite as plush as the website suggested.

We were quite thirsty and a little impatient, and after a while I went up to the bar and the lady behind it seemed genuinely surprised when I asked 'Do we order at the bar'... but it was hard to know whether we were supposed to wait for table servive or not. In the end we had a couple of Cokes and then headed home.