The Big Dog Art Trail | Julia's House

The Big Dog Art Trail unleashed more than 30 uniquely decorated Swindogs (super-sized balloon dog sculptures) and more than 30 Swinpups (just like the Swindog sculptures but smaller) across Swindon in 2023.

72 sculptures

located around Swindon

23,000+ people

took part in the trail

30 million steps

walked during the trail

3,500 people

joined the Farewell Weekend

£165,800

raised for Julia's House

The trail ran from 15 July to 3 September 2023, creating a free family-friendly walking trail through some of Swindon’s most well-loved and historic parks, landmarks and streets. It was the UK’s first-ever balloon dog sculpture art trail and raised essential funds for Julia's House Children's Hospice.

Thank you to all the Swindog spotters, sponsors, schools and community groups, artists and trail supporters who helped to make the trail such a great community event.

The Swindogs

Adventure Hound

Creative Twist

Dog Rogers

Gold of Life

Gone Wild

Guard Dog

Home Is Where The Dog Is

Hot Dog

Julianna

Love Grows

Papillon

Patches

Penny For your Thoughts

Pill Bull Terrier

Pup Art

Puppy Love

Rainbow Warrior

Reflecting on Swindon

Running with the Dogs

Smok

Sparky

Spike

Steam Pup

Swin-'E'-dog, leading the charge!

Tails of Swindon

The Life of the (Lydiard) Fields

Verbal Camouflage

Viva La Frida

Woofley Wiltshire

Writing on the Wall

The artists

The Swindogs were brought to life by the following artists:

?David Mach
?Morgan Guillery
?Jess Perrin
?Kitty Shepherd
?MrASingh
?Michelle Heron
?Hannah Jayne-Lewin
?Marta Zubieta
?Pandemonia
?Julie Greenaway

?Robert Mach
?David King Reuben
?Judy Guillery
?Mike Pringle
?Gem Van Gils
?Liam Kelleher
?Tim Sutcliffe
?Glen Brooks
?Jan Mota
?Phil Daniels

?Jane Morgan
?Hannah Dosanjh
?Caroline Parrott
?Donna Newman
?Mimi Salter
?New College Swindon: BA Illustration
?New College Swindon: Art & Design Skills
?(my) sound trauma – Steve Curtis

Download The Big Dog Art Trail map

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Julia's House has a CQC 'Outstanding' rating (Feb 2023), ranking us in the top quartile of all hospices in the UK. Click here to read the report.