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Gromit Unleashed 3
ArtistVarious designers
Year2025 (2025)
MediumDecorated fibreglass statues
LocationBristol
OwnerWallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal and Aardman Animations
Preceded byBristol Unicornfest
Websitegromitunleashed.org.uk

Gromit Unleashed 3 is a public charity art trail Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal and Aardman Animations.[1] It is the third in the series of the Gromit Unleashed trails, including 52 fibregalss sculptures of Gromit, Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Feathers McGraw, and Norbot.

Background

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Gromit

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Gromit is a dog belonging to an eccentric inventor, Wallace, in a series of claymation films produced by Aardman Animations, based in Spike Island, Bristol. Three of the films in the Wallace and Gromit film series have won Academy Awards: The Wrong Trousers,[2] A Close Shave[3] and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.[4] The second feature film - Vengeance Most Fowl - was nominated for an academy award. [5]

Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal

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The aim of Gromit Unleashed is to fundraise for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal. Founded in 1995, the charity raises funds for paediatric medical equipment at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and St. Michael's Hospital. In collaboration with Aardman, it uses the characters Wallace and Gromit as mascots for the charity.[6]

List of Sculptures

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Gromit

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Name Trail Location Designer Sponsor
Aladdin [7] St Nicholas Market Rachel Bennett St Nick's Market Traders
Austentatious The Kendleshire, Coalpit Heath Agrumi The Kendleshire
Beagle 3 Aerospace Bristol Tim Sutcliffe Rolls-Royce plc
Bobby Dazzler Victoria Rooms Lizzie Tucker Howden
Casperis Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Lily Goodwin Giles Woodward
Cuckoo! Gardiner Haskins Interiors, Straight Street Marnie Maurri Gardiner Haskins Interiors
Edelweiss CrossFit Henleaze Jenny Urquhart CrossFit Henleaze
Emerald Bristol Bus & Coach Station Angus First Bus
Gromit Woody Cribbs Causeway Pixar / Henel, Rachel, Lily Aardman LDC
Hotdog TOUT's, Cleeve Emily Twomey TOUT's - Passionate About Food
Love, Actually Cabot Circus Richard Curtis, Sarah Matthews Cabot Circus
Marigold Ikea Bristol Sofia Barton IKEA Bristol, Eastgate Shopping Centre
Mowgli The Rose & Crown Pucklechurch Lindsay Cameron The Rose & Crown Pucklechurch
Oceana Narrow Quay Jess Perrin VWV
Once Upon a Time Beaufort Arms, Hawkesbury Upton Freya Hartas Beaufort Arms Ltd
Phileas Dogg M Shed Dave Bain Giles Woodward
Pinewoof Victoria Square, Clifton Village Josh and Aimee Williams Bristol City Council Fostering Service
Poppy Puxton Park DreamWorks / Helen Javes Puxton Park, Hewish
Ringmaster Bristol Children's Hospital Tozer Signs The Hitchings and Milner Family
Rosebud AJ Homes, Winterbourne Tanith Gould AJ Homes
Scone With The Wind Storysmith, North Street, Southville Jessica Smith Jeremy Gumbley
The Birds Brabazon, Patchway Hannah Bone Brabazon
The Bristol Barker Clifton Suspension Bridge, Leigh Woods side Paper Walls Nutricia
The Great Gatsby CJ Hole, Whiteladies Road Handsome Vintage CJ Hole
The Secret Keeper St Mary Centre, Thornbury Hannah McVicar Peer Real Estate Group Limited
Treasured Island St Mary Redcliffe Laura Hallet S&W
Walk the Lime Wai Yee Hong, Eastgate Road Katie Wallis Wai Yee Hong
Yellow Submarine Cribbs Causeway Paul McCartney & Emily Golden The Wave

Wallace

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Name Trail Location Designer Sponsor
Fisherman's Friend West Country Water Park, Frampton Cotterell Elaine Carr West Country Water Park
Mr Darcy Clifton Observatory Rhiannon Southwell The Banfield, Burgess & Maddock Families
Robin Hood: Prince of Cheese College Green Mister Hope Bristol City Centre BID
Rooster Booster Hargreaves Lansdown, Anchor Road Peter Lord / Rachel Bennett Hargreaves Lansdown
The Big Friendly Wallace The New Inn Blagdon Laurie Stansfield Yeo Valley Organic
The T.E.A.minator Willlow Brook, Bradley Stoke Peski Studio Willow Brook
Wallace Aurelius Cheddar Gorge and Caves Mawford Arts Cheddar Gorge and Caves
Wallace Goes to Hollywood John Wesley's New Room, Broadmead Rosalyn Burroughs Broadmead BID

Feathers McGraw

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Name Trail Location Designer Sponsor
El Plumas WWT Slimbridge Jorge R. Gutierrez WWT Slimbridge
Frostbite Cabot Circus Dave Polonowski Cabot Circus
King of Diamonds Thunderbolt Square Emily Golden Albert Goodman
Nemesis Ashton Gate Stadium Adam Stothard Pattersons
Predator Valentine Bridge, Temple Quay Puppet Place Redcliffe and Temple BID
Super Ply Guy Ashton Court Merlin Crossingham TPAAS Limited
Toucan Tango Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, Wraxhall Nick Park & Amy Timms Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
Wednesday Bristol Temple Meads railway station Ruth Broadway Burges Salmon

Norbot

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Name Trail Location Designer Sponsor
Astrognome We The Curious Nick Park Renishaw
Gnarlybot Quakers Friars Gav Strange Cabot Circus
Jolly Roger Underfall Yard Paula Bowles Natracare
Norbot Freemasons' Hall Bridget Phelan Bristol Masons
Spellbound Victoria Park, Windmill Hill Emily Ketteringham Barcan + Kirby
Star Catcher Kingswood Park, Kingswood Oliver Jeffers Dick Lovett
Sweet and Tidy Warmley Waiting Room, Warmley Simon Tozer Global Furniture Alliance

Shaun the Sheep

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Name Trail Location Designer Sponsor
Wooly Capers Aardman Animations Mark Bell Aardman

References

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  1. ^ https://www.grandappeal.org.uk/gromit-unleashed/trails/gromit-unleashed-3/
  2. ^ "The 66th academy Awards (1994) Nominees and winners". The academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 21 March 1994. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  3. ^ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 25 March 1996. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  4. ^ "The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 March 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. ^ "The 97th Academy Awards (2025) Nominees and Winners". The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  6. ^ "About Us". Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Meet the stars". Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal. Retrieved 30 June 2025.