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Known officially as the NATIONAL MONUMENT AGAINST VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION but popularly referred to as "the Knife Angel", this 27ft statue was sculpted by artist Alfie Bradley at the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry from over 100,000 seized or surrendered blades across 43 UK police forces. It is meant to act as a symbol of unity in the campaign against knife crime

As part of the official anti-violence tour across the UK, which began in 2018, the statue has been installed on Deansgate in Bolton town centre and is scheduled to remain in the town during November 2023.