Lancashire-born, famous Aardman animator and Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park shared his thoughts on Gromit Unleashed after a dozen sculptures where unveiled by The Grand Appeal at Bristol Harbour.
The stunning sculptures were loaded onto the Harbour Steam Train, where Nick Park, sat at the helm of the iconic locomotive in the driver’s cab.
The Gromit Unleashed 3 trail will run from Monday 30 June to Sunday 31 August. The trail will be followed by The Greatest Dog Show on Earth ® exhibition before all the sculptures are auctioned to raise money for The Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity.
Visitors to the trail can tick off each sculpture via the official Gromit Unleashed 3 app, available on Apple and Android from Monday 30 June. A map of all sculptures will also be available from various locations around the city.
The partnership between The Grand Appeal and Aardman was first conceived in 1995 to help raise the money to build the Bristol Children’s Hospital on Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol.
Since then, £90 million has been raised for The Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity and Cots for Tots, the dedicated charity for the Neonatal Intensive Care Ward at St Michael’s Hospital.
