New Entrance Grange Park - Preston Entrance Gates, Motor Cycle Barrier and Bollards.

In February 1996, Chrysalis Arts was commissioned by Preston Borough Council to produce artworks at the entrance to Grange Park. The project was developed from the outset on the principle of collaborative work practice with the Council's Architects Division and with the involvement of local community groups and schools through workshops led by artists from Chrysalis Arts. Around 60 individuals from six local schools and four local groups were involved in the creative process.

Lead artist Kate Maddison developed the overall design which is based on mirrored images of the park's main landscape features, seen in plan view. The left hand gate is based on the plan as it appeared in 1967, the right hand gate is based on the current plans drawn up by the Council's Landscape Architect for the refurbishment of the park. The motorcycle barrier is from a standard robust design, the artworks integrated into it in the form of 9 silhouette steel panels developed in workshops. The imagery is based on local residents' ideas of what they want to see in their park, these include play, play equipment, football, barbecue, ice-cream vans.