A bronze sculpture of Virginia Woolf has been granted full planning permission by Richmond Council, after the statue was endorsed by over 80% of local residents who responded to a public consultation.

Sculptor Laury Dizengremel has been commissioned to create the memorial of Woolf, which will show her sitting on a bench on Richmond Riverside with a book on her lap.

Arts and education charity Aurora Metro has been campaigning for the statue since the end of 2016. Now that planning permission has been granted, they need to raise £50,000 to make the sculpture a reality, and are accepting donations via their fundraising page.

Woolf and her husband Leonard moved to Richmond in 1914 and lived there for a decade, setting up their publishing house Hogarth Press from their home on Paradise Road.

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