Patch was purchased back in 2013 by Colin Ludwell Cars, in the Gromit unleashed trail.
Over the summer of 2013, 80 giant Gromit sculptures were placed around Bristol, before being auctioned off to raise money for the Bristol Children’s Hospital.
A staggering £2.8 Million was raised by the end of the night, with patch going for an outstanding £36,000! Patch is now in his permanent home at our showroom in Kingswood, Bristol.
In the summer of 2015, 120 Shaun The Sheep statues were placed across Bristol and London, in the ‘Shaun in the city’ trail.
Over £1 Million was raised when they were auctioned off for the Bristol Children’ Hospital. We purchased Shaun ‘on the water front’ for an incredible £8000. Shaun now takes pride of place in our state of the art showroom.
2018 saw the Gromit unleashed 2 trail return to Bristol. Over the summer, 67 incredible sculptures were placed around Bristol, for all to enjoy. On October 3rd 2018, all 67 sculptures were auctioned off, to once again raise money for the Bristol Children’s Hospital.
Gromjet was designed and engineered by Rolls Royce. One of only 3 interactive sculptures on the trail, this incredible statue can hover one metre off the ground and comes with its own sound effect control panel. Gromjet was bought by us for an outstanding £25,000.
Check out the video to see Gromjet in action:
Giggles is the 2nd Gromit in our showroom, from the gromit unleashed 2 trail. This Happy Jokster was designed and painted by Bristol illustrator Emily Golden. Sponsered and shown off by the Grand pier, in Weston-super-Mare. This Gromit was a crowd favourite for all, over the summer.
Meet Beagle 3, the space-explorer Gromit who joined the Gromit Unleashed 3 trail this summer. Designed by Tim Sutcliffe and sponsored by Rolls-Royce plc, he’s been out in the wilds of Bristol (you’d find him at Aerospace Bristol during the trail) as one of 53 large-scale sculptures raising money for The Grand Appeal.
Fun fact: at the auction, Beagle 3 was sold for £38,000 to help support Bristol Children’s Hospital and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St Michael’s Hospital. 
Come down and check him out in person you’ll see why he’s out of this world.
Colin Ludwell Cars have supported Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal to raise money for the Bristol Children’s Hosptial since its launch early 2013, the highlight of last year was it’s Gromit Unleashed Gromit Trail, where 80 plus Gromits were designed by various celebrities and artists, these were then spread across Bristol and London for the public to search for during the summer holidays in 2013.
These Gromits were later auctioned off to raise money for the Bristol Children’s Hospital. CLC made the first purchase of ‘Patch’ at the auction resulting in a huge £36,000.00 donation to the charity.
Patch was designed and painted by Bristol artist Emily Golden, Patch’s new home now is at our showroom in Kingswood, Bristol. Please feel free to come and have your picture taken with him as we continue our support for this excellent charity.
