The Friends of Yeoman Hill Park at Mansfield Woodhouse have completed their Art in the Park project by holding a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the artwork created to celebrate the centenary of the Park in 2014.

The ceremony was begun by the St Edmund’s Drum and Bugle Corps, who played and marched, followed by a crowd of people, to the park’s bandstand and the artwork.

Co Coun Joyce Bosnjak cut the ribbon during the Mansfield Woodhouse Summer Event.

She thanked those behind the project — Nottinghamshire County Council and the friends’ group contributed funding, the Friends of Millennium Green donated stone and Mansfield District Council laid the foundations.

During the Centenary Celebration Event in June last year, the friends’ group consulted with the public to decide the shape of the artwork, its height and the icons to be carved on it — a dog walker, the church and a skateboarder.

Local artist Alasdair Barton created the artwork that reflects the sweep of the art deco bandstand, the height of the war memorial and the long, straight shape of an arrow slit.

It is constructed of a combination of two types of stone, Mansfield Woodhouse magnesium limestone, which is no longer quarried, and the nearest match from Hampole, South Yorkshire.

Corinna Brown, vice-chairman of the friends’ group, said: “A piece of public artwork was always part of our centenary plans for the park and we are pleased we have succeeded.

“It was a great time to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony because there were lots of people on the park for the summer event, who wouldn’t normally come together.

“We hope the people of Mansfield Woodhouse appreciate it for years to come”