Watch out Wallabies on Walkabouts!

In honour of Peak Wildlife Park's 10th anniversary, Outside Art has commissioned artists and community groups to design 10 Wallaby Sculptures. These sculptures will be placed throughout the Moorlands, forming a unique and captivating arts trail. This initiative, developed in collaboration with Wild in Art—known for public art trails like Shaun The Sheep at Trentham and The Manchester Bees In the City—offers a free and enjoyable experience for Moorlands visitors during the summer months.

The trail begins on July 18th and ends on September 5th, participation is free, and you can complete it in any direction at your own pace. Explore the trail map below to meet one of the most unusual visitors of the Staffordshire Moorlands, who, according to local legend, lived in the moorlands for several decades.

There was a recent rumour that one had been spotted in the early hours of a winter morning along Chapel Street in Cheadle and that it had been removed for safety. Is this true? - we cannot tell, but we do know that artistic interpretations will be making their home here over the summer. Here are the places you can find a wallaby or three:

Find all 10 wallabies for 10% discount entry to Peak Wildlife Park to meet real wallabies

Locations:

1. The Hideaway Café, Biddulph Grange Country Park, Biddulph, ST8 7TA

2. Rudyard Lake Visitor Centre and Cafe, Off Lake Road, Rudyard, ST13 8XB

3. Buxton and Leek College, Stockwell Street, Leek, ST13 6DP

4. Tittesworth Water Visitor Centre, Meerbrook, ST13 8SW 

5. Manifold Valley Visitor Centre, Hulme End, SK17 0EZ

6. YHA Ilam Hall, Ilam, Ashbourne, DE6 2AZ

7. Earl’s Drive, Off Red Road, Dimmingsdale, Alton, ST10 4BU

8. Cheadle Market Square, 58 High Street, Cheadle, ST10 1AJ

9. Blythe Bridge Library, Uttoxeter Road, Blythe Bridge, ST11 9JR 

10. Peak Wildlife Park, Winkhill, ST13 7QR (outside entrance, entry fee not required to visit the wallaby sculpture)

    
    

All sculptures are outdoors with car parking available nearby, none have steps to access, they are all on open ground, additionally none are behind a pay barrier, and accessible to view at all hours (other than the Peak Wildlife Park sculpture which is available to view from 10am-6pm).

Community groups and artists involved in the project are:

• EqualBase working with Creative Cheadle/Tudor House

• Westwood College working with Chris Thompson

• Tean Youth Club working with Jim McShee

• Borderland Voices working with Rachael & Phillippa – Corcutt Collective

• Biddulph Youth & Community Zone working with Clare Ash

• Samaritans, Leek working with Nicola Richardson

• Leek & District Foodbank working with Hannah Walton, lead artist, and Becki Kremer, assistant artist

• The Leek Polish Connection working with Joanna Dawidowska

• Beresford Memorial First School working with Nellie Shepherd and Briony Eyre – Bullclough Art School

• Pride in the Moorlands working with Ella Kasperowicz

Wishing you the best of luck with your wallaby adventure and if you want to take a selfie you can add it to this page.

Watch out Wallabies on Walkabouts! - created 18.7.25