Art in the park: on Britain's sculpture trails

Another Place, Crosby Beach, Merseyside: One of 100 life-size, iron figures looking out to sea at Crosby Beach in Merseyside make up Antony Gormley's Another Place installation. Photograph: Jim Dyson/Getty Images Europe

Broomhill Art Hotel and Sculpture Garden, Devon: Keeping by Antonia Spowers, made of mild steel, copper and wire, is one of 300 sculptures by a variety of artists set in 10 acres of the modern hotel's grounds. Photograph: Broomhill Sculpture Gardens

Burghley House and Gardens, Lincolnshire: About 20 permanent pieces are sited around the lake, old open-air theatre and grounds of the house. Photograph: PR

Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, Gloucestershire: This is one of the oldest trails in England - a circular 3.5-mile walk through ancient forest. It starts with the iconic Place, a giant chair. Photograph: Paul Felix Photography/Alamy

Grizedale Forest Park, Cumbria: Bean An T-Visce (Woman of the Water) by Alannah Robins 1995, is one of about 80 sculptures spread out over 6,000 acres.
Photograph: Isobel Cameron/Forestry Commission

Grizedale Forest Park, Cumbria: Taking a Wall for a Walk by Andy Goldsworthy, 1990. Some pieces in the park have been there for many years, and have weathered and blended into the forest. Photograph: Grizedale Forest

Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland: Freya’s Cabin, Studio Weave. One of 22 sculptures scattered along a 27-mile forest trail around a lake. Photograph: David Williams/Kielder

Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland: Silvas Capitalis created by the American artisits SIMPARCH. Photograph: Michael Baister/Kielder

New Art Centre, Wiltshire: Anthony Caro, Millbank Steps, 2004, Corten steel. Other famous artists who have displayed works in these beautiful grounds include William Turnbull, Antony Gormley and Richard Deacon. Photograph: New Art Centre

Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, Cheshire: This crumbling monastery is a well-hidden retreat from the modern world, and has a sculpture trail set in 38 acres. Photograph: Don McPhee

The Pride of the Valley Sculpture Park, Surrey: Sculptor Jim Unsworth sits astride one of his three giant Elephants. There is an eclectic mix of more than 180 sculptures in the park. Photograph: Roger Bamber

Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Trunk and Butt by David Nash, 2010, is on exhibit at the park until February 2011.The park gives a perfect overview of 20th-century British sculpture and is set in lovely scenery.
Photograph: Jonty Wilde

Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Many internationally famous artists are displayed here, such as Elisabeth Frink, Barbara Hepworth, Antony Gormley and Henry Moore - pictured is Moore's bronze Draped Seated Woman. Photograph: David Mansell