Editing Bull Ring, Birmingham (section)

=== Artwork ===
[[File:Bullring Bull.jpg|thumb|The Bullring Bull]]
[[Image:Nelson Statue in Birmingham.jpg|right|upright|thumb|Statue of Lord Nelson on the Portland plinth and railings surrounding it]]

Numerous pieces of artwork are in the grounds of the centre:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/your_birmingham/bullring/bullring_art.shtml |title=Art of the Bullring |publisher=BBC Birmingham |date=September 2003 |access-date=29 April 2008 |archive-date=16 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416085200/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/your_birmingham/bullring/bullring_art.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

*A {{convert|120|m2|sigfig=3|adj=on}} glass mural by artist [[Martin Donlin]] faces the entrance to [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street station]].
*Three ''light wand''s of varying height stand in Rotunda square near the entrances to both wings of Bullring. The wands sway in the wind and reflective platforms which protrude from the main [[carbon fibre]] core reflect light to create a beacon effect. At night the cores are illuminated in the colours of the shafts which are blue, green and red.
*At the main entrance to the west building stands ''The Guardian'', a {{convert|2.2|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall}} [[bronze]] [[sculpture]] of a running, turning bull. It was created by [[Laurence Broderick]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=14640186%26siteid=50002-name_page.html |title=Sculptor finally given plaque tribute |publisher=icBirmingham |date=14 September 2004 |access-date=17 September 2007 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210062505/http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=14640186%26siteid=50002-name_page.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has become a very popular photographic feature for visitors to Birmingham. The statue was vandalised in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_method=full%26objectid=15678917%26siteid=50002-name_page.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210062515/http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D15678917%26siteid%3D50002-name_page.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 February 2009 |title=Bully's put out of sight |work=Birmingham Mail|date=29 June 2005 |access-date=17 March 2007 }}</ref> requiring that it be removed for repairs, but was returned to its spot again later that year. The sculptor gave support to calls for the statue to be renamed "Brummie the Bull". However, it is more widely known as simply "The Bull".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/cityliving/bullring/tm_objectid=13593347%26method=full%26siteid=50002%26headline=bull%2ds%2dcreator%2dbacks%2dname%2dcampaign-name_page.html |title=Bull's creator backs name campaign |publisher=icBirmingham |date=6 November 2003 |access-date=11 November 2006 |archive-date=26 August 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826191815/http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/cityliving/bullring/tm_objectid=13593347%26method=full%26siteid=50002%26headline=bull%2ds%2dcreator%2dbacks%2dname%2dcampaign-name_page.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The sculpture was vandalised again in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_method=full%26objectid=16671742%26siteid=50002-name_page.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211103458/http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D16671742%26siteid%3D50002-name_page.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2009 |title=Brum's bull in new vandal attack |work=Birmingham Mail|date=6 February 2006 |access-date=17 March 2007 }}</ref>  
*Looking over St Martin's Square is the [[Statue of Horatio Nelson, Birmingham|statue of Horatio Nelson]]. The bronze statue was the first public monument for Birmingham and was sculpted by [[Richard Westmacott]]. It is also the first figurative memorial to [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Lord Nelson]] to be erected in Great Britain (only second in the world after [[Montreal]]) and was unveiled on 25 October 1809, as part of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]'s [[Golden Jubilee]] celebrations. It was originally located on the edge of the previous Bull Ring and stood on a marble base, but this was damaged when the statue was moved in 1958 and the current [[Portland stone]] plinth dates from 1960. As part of the Bullring development, the developer agreed to restore the statue and railings, but in 2003 when the Bullring opened, there was no sign of the railings. The [[Birmingham Civic Society]] mounted a campaign to get the railings re-instated, whilst Bullring argued they were a health and safety risk and would destroy the openness of the public space. However, the railing were re-instated in September 2005 for the bi-centenary celebrations of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]].
*As each [[Christmas]] approaches, a silver-coloured structure is erected in St Martin's Square which resembles a stylised [[Christmas tree]]. Large chrome balls hang within the conical-shaped structure which is adorned in chrome stars. Large 3-dimensional stars hang between both buildings. Both the stars and chrome sculpture are illuminated at night.
*On 4 June 2008, the 'Bullring Britannia', a cruise ship located outside the shopping centre in St Martin's Square, was unveiled by the shopping centre owners. Throughout the summer, events took place aboard the ship including fashion shows, Mr Sexy Legs competition and activities for children.

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{{wide image|Panorama Birmingham Bullring.jpg|1700px|A nighttime 360° panorama of the shopping centre with numerous Christmas decorations visible}}