A SCULPTURE created by Weston-super-Mare students inspired by the Knife Angel is set to find a permanent home on the Bournville estate.

Students from the Voyage Learning Campus created the “Beacon of Hope” in June in workshops at Alliance Homes’ Coleridge Road Community Garden, working with artists Felix Rowberry and Char Smith.

The sculpture is intended to create a “meaningful legacy” after the Knife Angel — a statue made of 100,000 knives — visited the town in May.

The Beacon of Hope, a four-and-a-half metre tall lighthouse sculpture, has been on display in the Sovereign Centre but it is now set to be installed in Bournville.

Alliance Homes have submitted a planning application to North Somerset Council to install in the central flower bed between the shops on St Andrews Parade, opposite the Healthy Living Centre.

In a statement submitted with the planning application, Alliance Homes community growth manager Helen Wheelock said: “We have engaged in discussions with residents in St Andrews Parade and regular visitors to the Healthy Living Centre about the beacon’s installation, and this area has emerged as the most popular location.

“We believe it will fit well within the raised bed and be visible from every angle.”

You can view and comment on the plans here: https://planning.n-somerset.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?