Angel of the North Angel of the North The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, tall, with wings measuring across. The wings do not stand straight sideways, but are angled 3.5 degrees forward; Gormley did this to create "a sense of embrace". The angel like much of Gormley's other work is based on a cast of his body. It stands on the hill of Birtley, at Low Eighton in Lamesley, overlooking the A1 and A167 roads into Tyneside, and the
Angel of the Meadow Angel of the Meadow The Angel of the Meadow is the name given by the media to an unidentified murder victim who was discovered in 2010 in Angel Meadow, Manchester, United Kingdom. Despite an extensive international investigation the woman's identity, and that of her killer, have never been established. The body was discovered on 25 January 2010 at the site of a former carpark located between Angel Street, Dantzic Street and Miller Street in Manchester, England. The area is known as Angel Meadow and was the location of a notorious Victorian slum which Friedrich Engels notably referred to as “hell