There are three broad areas where street art can currently be found in the city.
- The Baltic Triangle. I have previously posted about the art in the area and you can read about it here
- The eastern end of area between London Road and Islington.
- Oldham Place, which is located off Roscoe Street, between Mount Pleasant and Leece Street.
In this, the first of two posts, I will focus on the area around London Road. The streets here are rarely vivid by tourists to the city. It is a good half an hours walk from the waterside at Pier Head. It is an area undergoing development and many of the art pieces on Dover Street are to be found on the wooden hoardings that surround a construction site. It is likely therefore that they won’t be around for very long, illustrating perfectly the temporary nature of much street art.
The majority of the works in this area were created as part of the Contrast Mural Festival which was held in the city in the spring of 2018.
London Road
The side of Lord Warden public house and the area adjacent is where you will find these two works.
Bayhorse Lane
Constance Street
Both Burnon and Emily Gray also have works in the Baltic Triangle on Greenland Street and New Bird Street respectively.
Gildart Street
Dover Street
The message here is catch it while you can. All the art is surrounding a construction site.
