DESCRIPTION
![Redcar Penguins](https://teesvalleyarts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-8-penguins-return-to-redcar-seafront-265592701-1024x682.jpg)
installed 1994
each work: steel, concrete and polyurethane coating 1.05 m high approx x 66 wide approx
status: not listed
condition: good
condition details: paint erosion in parts; large cracks to largest work; dirty; scratched in some areas
Commissioned and owned by: langbaurgh borough council
custodian: Redcar and Cleveland Borough council
PMSA Record
Extract from the Public Monuments & Sculpture Association:
Nine penguins stand on the seafront esplanade. Seven birds seem lost and surround a signpost which gives directions to local places and to the South Pole. Another two stand looking out to sea, apparently having found their way.
Commissioned by the former council as a ‘jolly’ addition to the new signpost erected on the seafront esplande,(1) the penguins were made to Wiles’s designs by a company who specialise in making customised litter bins, bollards and street furniture.(2)
Gallery
![Redcar Penguins](https://i1.wp.com/teesvalleyarts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Redcar_Penguins_banner_WEB.jpg?ssl=1)
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