Olympic runner Phoebe Gill celebrated in Harpenden mural

A 17-year-old Olympian has been included in a mural celebrating key people and events in a town’s history.

The artwork has been painted in a tunnel on Station Road in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and includes runner Phoebe Gill, comedian Eric Morecambe and former Paralympic footballer David Philip Clarke.

Funded by Hertfordshire County Council, the project was designed by resident Alison Bourke who involved children from Sir John Lawes, external and St George’s, external secondary schools, the later of which was attended by Gill.

Licensed street artists MurWalls used anti-graffiti paint on the artwork which also includes Victorian actress Ellen Terry and a section representing 18th Century harvesting.