Iconic Coalville statue officially unveiled in new permanent location

"The Mother and Child statue was originally selected in the 1960s because she represented the ‘warm heart of Coalville."

Coalville’s newly restored Mother and Child statue has been officially unveiled.

The Mother and Child statue has undergone renovation by specialist restorer, Antique Bronze Ltd.

Councillor Richard Blunt, Leader NWLDC, said: “The Mother and Child statue was originally selected in the 1960s because she represented the ‘warm heart of Coalville’. 

“I’m therefore delighted to see her return to her new permanent home right at the heart of the town.

“The painstaking restoration has brought back many of the statue’s fine details which had been slowly lost to corrosion and the elements over the last six decades."

The work to restore and relocate the statue was funded by the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

The statue’s new location is just a short distance from its original position in the middle of the Belvoir Shopping Centre.

The statue has also been reunited with its original plinth which wasn’t used when the statue was last moved in the 1980s, and had been in storage for over 40 years.