Grizedale has been revealed as the location to launch major new Sky Arts series, Landmark.

It seems quite apt that Grizedale, the UK’s first forest for sculpture, should have been selected as the location to launch Sky Arts’ bold new series Landmark.

Since 1977 leading international artists have created sculptures at and for Grizedale Forest and now the forest welcomes three artists who are competing against each other to create local landmarks for their home region.

The first episode brings together Northern artists Sadie Clayton, Saad Qureshi, and sapien studio (Steve Anwar). They will build, weld and sculpt under the watchful eyes of two expert judges.

At the end of each heat, the landmarks will be unveiled to the community, who will join the judges to deliberate on which piece best sums up their area. The winning artist will gain a coveted place in the final where they will pitch for a national landmark which one of them will be commissioned to create.

Hazel Stone, arts development manager, Forestry England, said: “We were very excited when Sky Arts contacted us with their proposal for a new arts programme about public sculpture featuring such a strong line up of artists and designers and delighted to hear that Grizedale would be the launch location for the public to see the works created in the North of England heat.

"We were pleased to be able to support the artists and production company in finding appropriate locations for their pieces within this working forest.”

This, the first of six programmes will air on September 6.