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Meditation garden in County Wicklow, Ireland

Victor's Way
Ganesha statue, Victor's WayGanesha statue in Victor's Way, with Sugar Loaf mountain in background.
MapInteractive map of Victor's Way
Type Sculpture and philosophy park[1]
Location near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland[2]
Coordinates 53°05′09″N 6°13′11″W / 53.0857°N 6.2197°W / 53.0857; -6.2197
Area 9 hectares
Owned by Victor Langheld
Status Closed[3]
Collections Statues
Website www.victorsway.eu

Victor's Way (previously Victoria's Way), located near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a privately owned meditation garden which contains black granite sculptures.[1] The 22-acre (9 ha) property contains over 30 sculptures.[2] As of 2025, the property was "closed [..] permanently" and not open to visitors.[3]

The park, which has been known both as Victor's Way and Victoria's Way,[4] closed in 2015, with the owner stating that "Too many day-trippers turned it into a fun park for parents with children. It was designed as a contemplative garden for over 28s".[5] The owner re-opened the garden, in April 2016, with new age restrictions and a higher entrance fee.[_citation needed_]

As of 2025, the Victor's Way website indicated that the park was no longer open to visitors and had been permanently closed.[3]

The park is owned and maintained by Victor Langheld. Born in Berlin, he travelled in India,[6] Thailand, Japan, and Sri Lanka.[7] A small family allowance made it possible for Victor Langheld to spend most of his adult life travelling to spiritual sites in Asia, before returning to Ireland and constructing the sculpture park.[_citation needed_] Langheld designed the park's sculptures.[8]

Many of the park's statues are made of black granite and range in height from 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) to 16 feet (4.9 m).[9] The sculptures were mainly made by the Indian sculptor D.V. Murugan of Mamallapauram, Tamil Nadu, India.[_citation needed_]

The first structure by the entrance is a sculpted tunnel based on the idea of vagina dentata.[4] The first statue to arrive in the park, the "Fasting Buddha",[4] is a 15ft bronze "copy" of a Gandhara-era sculpture.[10] The last sculpture, which arrived in January 2025, was the 18ft 7ins sculpture of the Druid Finn.[_citation needed_]

Eight statues are dedicated to Ganesha, showing the elephant god dancing, reading, and playing musical instruments.[11] All the Ganesha sculptures were made in Tamil Nadu, India, and each took five craftsmen a year to make.[8]

  1. ^ a b Martin Varghese (9 June 2016). "Victor's way Indian sculpture park Roundwood Co. Wicklow Ireland". Retrieved 26 June 2016 – via youtube.com.
  2. ^ a b "Indian sculpture park in heart of Co Wicklow revealed as one of Ireland's top travel locations". Wicklow People. 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Victor's Way". victorsway.eu. Retrieved 29 September 2025. Victor's Way has ended [..] The Sculpture Park is closed, permanently! [..] No visitors, absolutely
  4. ^ a b c spdruid (23 August 2012). "Victoria's Way (Name change at 1:58s, First Statue at 2:33s, Entrance at 3:02s)". Retrieved 13 October 2025 – via youtube.com.[_better source needed_]
  5. ^ "The unusual Irish sculpture park designed for adults over the age of 28". irishstar.com. June 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Victor and his magical garden". independent.ie. 2 June 2004.
  7. ^ "Victor, of Victoria's Way". Archived from the original on 24 January 2010 – via homepage.eircom.net.
  8. ^ a b "David Kenny's Erindipity". tribune.ie. 10 August 2008.[_dead link_]
  9. ^ "Victoria's Way, Spiritual Sculpture Park". Archived from the original on 21 September 2008 – via homepage.eircom.net.
  10. ^ "Wicklow Daily Photo: Indian Sculpture Park VI". wicklowdailyphoto.blogspot.com. 16 August 2010.[_better source needed_]
  11. ^ "The Irish Ganesh Exhibition, @ Victoria's Way, Roundwood, Co Wicklow". victoriasway.eu. Archived from the original on 22 November 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2010.