Here's why this new statue has appeared in Leeds city centre

Legs Walking depicts several limbs cast in bronzeplaceholder image
Legs Walking depicts several limbs cast in bronze

There's a new addition to the street scene on City Square.

Local artist Kenneth Armitage's 'Legs Walking' sculpture has returned to Leeds and is now on display outside the Mill Hill Chapel.

It previously stood in the waterfront area, and is now owned by a private collector who has donated it back to the city on a temporary basis.

The statue is five metres high and complements another Armitage piece, Both Arms, which stands in Millennium Square.

In 2016, a centenary exhibition was held to celebrate the sculptor's birth, and the idea of arranging for Legs Walking, which was commissioned in 2001, to return to public view was first proposed.

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