Angel of the North

You're cruising down the A1 motorway and A167 roads at 60 miles per hour, and all of a sudden, bursting through the landscape, you see the Angel of the North...

The Artist

This magnificent steel sculpture was crafted by Antony Gormley. Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North first spread its wings in February 1998 and has been welcoming visitors to Newcastle Gateshead for more than 15 years. At 54m wide and 20m high, it's taller than four double decker buses and with a wingspan as big as a jumbo jet! The Angel of the North is believed to be the largest sculpture of an angel in the world.