Puffins public art trail looks set to include Withernsea

A PUBLIC art trail of large puffin sculptures is planned for East Yorkshire this year. The trail will run from Flamborough to Spurn Point. The Withernsea Memorial Gardens Trust have agreed to contribute 50% of the cost of a puffin with Withernsea Town Council agreeing to fund the other 50% subject to obtaining funding. The puffin would be sited on Memorial Gardens Trust land.

‘Puffins Galore!’ will include 40 of the colourful sculptures which stand at around a metre and a half high flying in to coastal and inland locations this spring. It is expected to launch in May 2022.

The trail is inspired by the popular Amy Johnson Moths and Larkin with Toads mass public art projects that ran in Hull. Each will be decorated differently to tell a different story of the East Coast. From local wildlife to green energy and climate change.

It is hoped that the puffins will help boost tourism across the East Yorkshire coastline.

An auction is then planned for the puffins in October which will see the puffins sold to the highest bidder to raise money for charity.

PUFFIN: An indicative artist’s designs

design by artist Leo Soph Welton