Little Ben was installed in 2018 adjacent to Penistone Park Community Sporting Facility as part of the City’s upgrade of the facility.

It is a conceptual artwork with a playful sound component, designed to be an engaging and tongue-in-cheek response to Big Ben in London. The artwork plays the Westminster Chimes quarterly and on the hour. The bells have been replaced by metal rubbish bins and buckets, which have a deep, resonant and somewhat humorous ‘chime’.

The sound is reminiscent of someone putting bins out or banging and clanging on galvanized metal buckets. The artwork operates between 9.00am and 5.00pm only.