Queens of Walsall Mural Art Trail
One connected trail.
Welcome to a new chapter of Queens of the City. After two years of gathering and celebrating stories from Walsall and the sixteen women put forward by their communities, we’re taking those stories from the archive and into public spaces with a connected trail of murals brought to life through augmented reality.
Why this is needed in Walsall
Walsall currently has very little large-scale public art, fewer than one major outdoor mural for every 50,000 residents, well behind other boroughs its size. This trail is our answer to that gap: free, permanent, accessible art that puts Walsall’s own people and history into its public spaces. As the borough goes through wider regeneration, this is the creative thread that makes sure residents see their own communities reflected in their spaces.
Meet the Mural Artists joining us on this journey
Lucy Danielle Nutting
Andrew Mills, widely known by his street name ‘Title’, is a veteran Birmingham-based graffiti writer, muralist, and founder of Graffiti by Title. Since entering the UK street art scene in the mid-1980s, he has spent nearly four decades mastering a diverse style that blends traditional graffiti lettering with photorealism, cyberpunk aesthetics, and large-scale civic portraiture.
His prominent public contributions range from high-profile commercial projects like the #DigbethDozen mural to widely celebrated community tributes across the Midlands
Shauna Anseo
Shauna is an acclaimed Irish muralist and street artist known for transforming urban landscapes into vibrant, story-led landmarks across Europe and the Americas. Celebrated for her mastery of light, textiles, and local history, her notable achievements include painting over 100 large-scale murals across ten countries, such as her massive six-storey public commission, The Weaver, in London.
A former arts manager at institutions like the Tate, she now uses her global platform to mentor the next generation as a tutor at the London School of Muralism.
Andrew Mills
Andrew Mills, widely known by his street name ‘Title’, is a veteran Birmingham-based graffiti writer, muralist, and founder of Graffiti by Title. Since entering the UK street art scene in the mid-1980s, he has spent nearly four decades mastering a diverse style that blends traditional graffiti lettering with photorealism, cyberpunk aesthetics, and large-scale civic portraiture.
His prominent public contributions range from high-profile commercial projects like the #DigbethDozen mural to widely celebrated community tributes across the Midlands
Mural installation at Walsall FC
Up The Saddlers Mural
LGK in partnership with artist Lucy Nutting we created a impactful Mural at Walsall FC of Mandy and Sue celebrating their connection to Walsall FC and the clubs heritage.
Mixd Reality our AR partners embedded the heritage of Walsall FC, Walsall and the stories of Mandy and Sue into the mural.
Audience engagement
Impact
Our launch at Walsall FC and the match days that followed sparked thousands of interactions with fans and residents. This also included the regular Sunday Bescot market. Since the launch of the AR mural at Walsall FC, we have had over 3000 digital engagements on the platform, and it is rising by week.
Insights from our AR platform revealed that four out of five users considered the combination of AR storytelling and art a distinctive, powerful way to bring heritage to life. They wanted this unique approach that blended community stories with publicly accessible art to reach more places across the wider borough. Our platform recorded 3 thousand responses with a 95% approval rate.
Findings and borough wide expansion
Findings
We received over 320 survey responses on plans to expand the mural trail throughout Walsall, as well as on the effect of the murals at Walsall FC on supporters and visitors. Responses revealed strong local backing for a borough-wide, neighbourhood-focused AR trail that celebrates Walsall’s people, heritage and civic pride.
We also spoke with residents in the areas chosen for mural locations. They felt women who had made a difference in their communities should be celebrated. They saw the combination of art and technology as a way to connect with people of different generations.
Walsall FC social media channels also launched a feedback campaign on the mural at Walsall FC, with over 2349 views and more than 590 comments. The feedback was positive and well received and excited of more of these great pieces of art across the borough.
Demonstration of Feasibility
The Journey
Whats Happening Now
This October, the first mural in the trail goes up at Walsall Football Club by Mural Artist Lucy Danielle Nutting marking the official start of the trail and setting the standard for the murals still to come across the borough. Every site will carry the same three threads: stories, food, art, and the ways these women have shaped Walsall across generations.
The Living Legacy of Care
We are proud to partner with Manor Hospital, to tell the story of retired nurse Diane Gould alongside a woman selected through a public campaign to identify a the modern 21st-century Sister Dora.
LGK, Manor Hospital and the NHS Trust are working together on the campaign, launching in Winter 2026, while discussions with the Trust’s estates team identify the most appropriate location for the mural.
The Living Thread
The trail then moves into Walsall’s Leather Quarter, bringing together the stories of Lauren Broxton, a leather fashion designer, and Ruby Williams, a 105-year-old former leather factory worker.
Their mural will connect two generations of women through Walsall’s leather industry, with a wall now located and secured within the Leather Quarter.
Pillars of Caldmore
In Caldmore, the trail brings together three women whose work has helped shape the area’s community life: Polish community leader Edyta Michel, A’isha Khan of Aaina Hub, and Nash Hargun of the family-run Hargun Sweet Centre.
A wall has been located in the public-facing St Michael’s Street car park, close to Caldmore Community Gardens, Aaina Hub and Hargun Sweet Centre, placing the mural within the community these women have served.
Frontline of the Collective
The trail continues along Wednesbury Road with Jennifer Beth Blake and Maureen Lewis, co-founders and leaders of the Walsall Black Sisters Collective.
LGK is in discussions with WBSC to locate their mural on the front-facing wall of the centre, connecting the artwork directly to the organisation and community space where their work has taken place
Feeding the Borough
The trail extends beyond Walsall town centre to Aldridge, where Doulla Koummi’s mural will celebrate her contribution to the borough through Love Joes, the family-founded food manufacturer based in the area.
The mural will connect Doulla’s story with the local place where her work and business have become part of Walsall’s food heritage.
The Community Anchor
In Shelfield, the trail will celebrate Lisa Habberley, Vice Chair and Community Governor at Shelfield Ormiston Academy, reflecting her contribution to the school and wider community.
Agreement has been received for the mural to be located on the academy’s outer boundary wall, bringing her story into the area where she has made a lasting contribution.
Locks and Legacy
In The Butts, the trail will tell the story hairdresser Geraldina Nickless and her connection to the Italian community diaspora in Walsall.
The mural will be rooted in the area where Geraldina grew up, connecting her personal story with the wider history of the Italian community in the borough.
Uplifting lives
The trail then moves to Park Hall, where Amrit Kaur, known as the Bra Queen of the Black Country, and Joy Hazell, dedicated foster carer and community champion, will be brought together in one mural.
Their stories will form part of the wider trail, showing how women’s work, creativity and community contribution have shaped different parts of Walsall.
Strings and Stories
The final location on the developing route is Walsall Studio School, where the trail will celebrate musician Millicent Chapanda.
The school’s boundary wall has been identified as the proposed location, with discussions underway to confirm the final arrangements and bring another local woman’s story into a space connected to young people and creativity
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