Colour palette artwork unveiled at rail station

The Rugby Colour Palette has been installed at Rugby Railway Station

A colourful, community-inspired art installation which celebrates a Warwickshire town's local heritage and history has been unveiled at a railway station.

The Rugby Colour Palette, which includes shades of gold, blue and red, has been installed in an underground tunnel in Rugby.

The colours celebrate several local figures and attractions, such as the original maker of the Rugby ball, the town's market, and Lady Dorothie Feilding, who was the first woman to be awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the First World War.

Local artist Stacey Barnfield said the aim of the installation was to "celebrate local" through design, typography and colour.

Designed by Stacey Barnfield, the palette celebrates local figures, attractions and industries

He said he had been "blown away" by the response from the local community.

"What you'll see as you're walking through, is a series of paint swatches in kind of gradient designs; very colourful, very eye-catching, with short headlines on them and local references," he explained.

"It's all about celebrating local, celebrating local history, raising awareness of people and places that people might not know about as they're passing through."

The colours in the installation, funded by the Avanti West Coast Project Fund, were chosen by residents of Rugby through local consultation and school and community workshops.

Mr Barnfield said the artwork was intended to match the design of "paint swatch samples" at DIY stores.

"In Rugby we have three different colour palettes with six colours on each of those, so 18 in total," he said.

"So all of those 18 different references have very much been generated by the people of Rugby."