Street Art Stockport Murals

Street Art in Stockport

In addition to the well-known murals in the Little Underbanks area of Stockport, other parts of this now trendy northern town have had a street art makeover in recent years. Indeed, Stockport was Greater Manchester’s ‘Town of Culture’ in 2023 and some of the artworks were created as part of that event. Read on to learn more about the varied street art scene in Stockport.

La Boca to La Stocka

2023 saw the creation of La Boca to La Stocka by a group of five artists from Buenos Aires in Argentina. The work is on Lower Hopes Carr near the center of Stockport. Local artists and 200 residents worked with the team from Argentina to create it. Indeed, it is the largest hand painted mural in northern England.

On nearby Canal Street local street art collective GRIT Studios who were instrumental in the La Boca to La Stocka mural have their offices. This rather, grimy, industrial part of town has also been transformed recently with a series of eye-popping murals by GRIT and other artists.

Street art on Canal Street, Stockport

Canal Street mural a la Banksy

Canal Street Murals

The buildings and properties on Canal Street have transformed into a colorful outdoor gallery thanks to GRIT. There is a diverse collection of different styles and themes on show. In 2023, GRIT helped organize Stockport’s first-ever Street Art Festival when over 20 new works were created. Renowned streets artists including Hammo, Hyro, Kelzo, Jay Sharples, Marcus Method, Lost Hills, and Trik09 also took part.

Joy Division mural at Syndikat

Joy Division Mural

A recent addition to the murals on Underbank is the Joy Division mural on the Syndikat creative space building. It was created by artist Otto Schade who was also responsible for the nearby Jimi Hendrix mural. It features the artwork from the band’s first album Unknown Pleasures, which was recorded at nearby Strawberry Studios in 1979. The work also depicts a Vox Phantom VI guitar. Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, who tragically committed suicide in 1980, played the instrument in the music video for the band’s biggest hit Love Will Tear Us Apart.

Mural of Sarah Harding.

Sarah Harding Mural

The mural of Sarah Harding is at 11 High Street and was unveiled in 2024. The work by artist Deggy celebrates the Girls Aloud singer who spent part of her childhood and early adulthood in the town. Sarah sadly died of breast cancer aged only 39 and the work hopes to draw attention to the importance of early detection of the disease.

Over 800 kg of plastic was collected by local residents, businesses and schools

Caitlin Atherton also helps run Plastic Shed – a Community Benefit Society based in Stockport

The work is the largest recycled bottle cap mural in the UK

Bottle Cap Mural

The bottle cap mural in Stockport of endangered local wildlife by artist Caitlin Atherton is supposedly the ‘largest recycled bottle cap mural in the UK.’ Unveiled in 2024 on a wall in Merseyway opposite the Air Raid Shelters and close to the new Stockroom space the work covers 18 x 14 meters utilizing 800 kg of plastic.

Guinness mural by Peter O’Toole Illustrations

Guinness Mural

The mural on the gable end of The Banshee pub is from a design by Peter O’Toole Illustrations.

Canal Street art

Attractions in Stockport

Other things to see in and around Stockport in Greater Manchester include the impressive Stockport Town Hall, Stockport Hat Works and also Stockport Air Raid Shelters all in and around the town center.

St Mary’s Church, Staircase House. Three Shires House as well as Underbank Hall are all close to the revamped Stockport Market.

Other places of interest are Woodbank Park, Vernon Park, Fred Perry’s birthplace, and also Woodbank Hall, all in Offerton, plus historic Bramall Hall, as well as the huge, historic Viaduct over the River Mersey.

There’s actually quite a lot to see and do!

The town has a long history of manufacturing captured in this piece

Access – Getting There

7 miles south of Manchester on the A6, the two places are connected by regular trains from between Piccadilly and Stockport Station. The 192 bus also runs frequently between the two places.

Map of Little Underbank in Stockport

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