List of public art in the London Borough of Southwark facts for kids

Stuart Williamson's statue of John Keats (2007), Guy's Hospital

This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Southwark.

Bankside

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Poured Lines	Southwark Street	2006	Davenport, IanIan Davenport	N/A	Painting	N/A	The largest outdoor painting in Britain.
	Monument to the Unknown Artist	Sumner Street	2007	greyworld	N/A	Animatronic statue	N/A
	A Family in Residence	Neo Bankside	2012	Murray, IvanIvan Murray	N/A	Sculptural group	N/A

Bermondsey

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Braidwood Memorial to James Braidwood	Tooley Street	1862	Gardiner, Samuel HenrySamuel Henry Gardiner	N/A	Relief
	Bevington Statue of Samuel Bourne Bevington	Tooley Street 51°30′10″N 0°04′41″W / 51.5029°N 0.0781°W / 51.5029; -0.0781 (Statue of Samuel Bourne Bevington)	1910	March, SydneySydney March	N/A	Statue	C Grade II
	St John Horsleydown War Memorial	St John's Churchyard 51°30′08″N 0°04′42″W / 51.5022°N 0.0784°W / 51.5022; -0.0784 (St John Horsleydown War Memorial)	1920 c. 1920	?	N/A	Crucifix	C Grade II
	Bermondsey and Rotherhithe War Memorial	West Lane 51°29′56″N 0°03′38″W / 51.4990°N 0.0605°W / 51.4990; -0.0605 (Bermondsey and Rotherhithe War Memorial)	1921	N/A	?	Memorial column	C Grade II	Unveiled October 1921.
	22nd Battalion London Regiment (The Queen's) War Memorial	Old Jamaica Road 51°29′53″N 0°04′15″W / 51.4980°N 0.0709°W / 51.4980; -0.0709 (22nd Battalion London Regiment (The Queen's) War Memorial)	1921	?	?	War memorial	C Grade II	Unveiled 20 November 1921.
	Bevin Bust of Ernest Bevin	Tooley Street 51°30′10″N 0°04′40″W / 51.5028°N 0.0779°W / 51.5028; -0.0779 (Bust of Ernest Bevin)	1955	Shone-Jones, ErnestErnest Shone-Jones after Edwin Whitney-Smith	N/A	Bust	N/A
	Lady with a Greyhound	Avondale Square	1962	Weller, AntonyAntony Weller	N/A	Sculpture
	'Jacob' – The Circle Dray Horse	The Circle, Queen Elizabeth Street 51°30′06″N 0°04′28″W / 51.50160°N 0.07438°W / 51.50160; -0.07438 (Jacob the Dray Horse)	1987	Pace, ShirleyShirley Pace		Statue	C Grade II	Alludes to the brewery stables in the area in the 19th century and to the name of the historic parish Southwark St John Horsleydown, which may refer to a grazing ground.
	The Navigators	Hay's Galleria	1987	Kemp, DavidDavid Kemp
	Waterfall	Horselydown Square 51°30′14″N 0°04′31″W / 51.5038°N 0.0754°W / 51.5038; -0.0754 (Waterfall)	1991	Donaldson, AntonyAntony Donaldson		Fountain with sculpture	N/A
	Exotic Cargo	St Saviour's Dock footbridge, Butler's Wharf	1995	Randall-Page, PeterPeter Randall-Page	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	A Last Parting Look (for C.D.) Charles Dickens	22 Leathermarket Street	2006	Kosuth, JosephJoseph Kosuth		Installation	N/A	The text is a quotation from Dickens's novel The Pickwick Papers.
	The Bermondsey Lion	The Blue 51°29′33″N 0°03′49″W / 51.4924°N 0.0636°W / 51.4924; -0.0636 (The Bermondsey Lion)	2011	Boys, KevinKevin Boys	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Dr Salter's Daydream Alfred Salter	Cherry Gardens 51°30′02″N 0°03′35″W / 51.5006°N 0.0597°W / 51.5006; -0.0597 (Dr Salter's Daydream)	2014	Gorvin, DianeDiane Gorvin	N/A	Sculptures	N/A	Replaces a group of the same name installed here in 1991. The seated statue of Dr Salter was stolen in 2011, after which the figures of his daughter Joyce and her cat were taken into safekeeping by Southwark Council. The new work includes an additional sculpture portraying Salter's wife, Ada.
	McKenzie Memorial to Albert Edward McKenzie	Tower Bridge Road	2015	Boys, KevinKevin Boys	Wood, TimTim Wood	Sculpture	N/A
	Cornerstone	Tanner Street Park	2020	Emery, AustinAustin Emery	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Mandela Way T-34 Tank	Mandela Way 51°29′35″N 0°04′58″W / 51.4930°N 0.0827°W / 51.4930; -0.0827 (Mandela Way T-34 Tank)					N/A

Camberwell

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Todd Statue of Robert Bentley Todd	King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill	1863	Noble, MatthewMatthew Noble
	Camberwell Beauty butterfly	Denmark Hill (on wall of Superdrug)	20th century		N/A	Tile mural	N/A
	Two mermaid corbels	Wells Way	1903	Gunthorp, HenryHenry Gunthorp and Sylvester Horsman	Adams, Maurice BinghamMaurice Bingham Adams and William Oxtoby	Corbels	C Grade II
	Camberwell Beauty butterfly	Wells Way	c. 1920	?	Adams, Maurice BinghamMaurice Bingham Adams	Tile mural	C Grade II	The butterfly was used as the logo of the local stationery firm Samuel Jones & Co. The mural was relocated to its present site after the firm left its offices in Peckham in 1982.
	Burgess Park War Memorial	55 Wells Way (formerly St George's Church) 51°28′54″N 0°05′08″W / 51.481784°N 0.085481°W / 51.481784; -0.085481 (Burgess Park War Memorial)	1920	Rosenkrantz, ArildArild Rosenkrantz	N/A	Statue	C Grade II	Unveiled 19 September 1920.
	1st Surrey Rifles War Memorial	St Giles's churchyard, Camberwell Church Street 51°28′24″N 0°05′13″W / 51.4733°N 0.0870°W / 51.4733; -0.0870 (1st Surrey Rifles War Memorial)	1921	?	N/A	Memorial cross	C Grade II	Unveiled 6 November 1921.
	Booth, William Statue of William Booth	Outside William Booth Memorial Training College, Champion Park 51°28′04″N 0°05′19″W / 51.4679°N 0.0886°W / 51.4679; -0.0886 (Statue of William Booth)	1929	Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade	Scott, Giles GilbertGiles Gilbert Scott	Statue	C Grade II
	Booth, Catherine Statue of Catherine Booth	Outside William Booth Memorial Training College, Champion Park 51°28′04″N 0°05′20″W / 51.4679°N 0.0888°W / 51.4679; -0.0888 (Statue of Catherine Booth)	1929	Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade	Scott, Giles GilbertGiles Gilbert Scott	Statue	C Grade II
	Taylor Memorial to Damilola Taylor	Oliver Goldsmith Primary School	2001–2002	Brooke, AlexandraAlexandra Brooke	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Run	Denmark Hill	2009	Dyer, LeighLeigh Dyer	N/A	Sculptures	N/A

Dulwich

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	St Peter's Church War Memorial	St Peter's churchyard, Lordship Lane 51°26′35″N 0°04′03″W / 51.4431°N 0.0675°W / 51.4431; -0.0675 (St Peter's Church War Memorial)	1918< after 1918	?	N/A	Rectangular pillar with flagpole	C Grade II
	St Stephen's Church War Memorial	St Stephen's churchyard, College Road 51°25′56″N 0°04′42″W / 51.4323°N 0.0784°W / 51.4323; -0.0784 (St Stephen's Church War Memorial)	1918< after 1918	?	N/A	Celtic cross	C Grade II
	Dulwich College War Memorial	Dulwich College 51°26′25″N 0°05′03″W / 51.4402°N 0.0842°W / 51.4402; -0.0842 (Dulwich College War Memorial)	1920; 1990	N/A	Atkin-Berry, W. H.W. H. Atkin-Berry; John Wells-Thorpe	Memorial cross with stelae	C Grade II	Unveiled 17 June 1921 by Major General Sir Webb Gillman.
	Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial	Former Dulwich Hospital 51°27′32″N 0°04′51″W / 51.4589°N 0.0807°W / 51.4589; -0.0807 (Souhwark Military Hospital War Memorial)	1920; 2009	?	N/A	Memorial cross	C Grade II	Unveiled 16 October 1920, on a site about 20m to the west of its current location. Only the base is original, the cross and shaft having been lost after the memorial was put into storage in the 1950s. Restored and reinstalled on this site in 2009.
	Dulwich Old College War Memorial	Dulwich Old College 51°26′48″N 0°05′09″W / 51.4468°N 0.0859°W / 51.4468; -0.0859 (Dulwich Old College War Memorial)	1921	N/A	W. D. Caröe	Memorial cross	C Grade II
	Alleyn Memorial to Edward Alleyn	Dulwich Old College 51°26′49″N 0°05′10″W / 51.4469°N 0.0860°W / 51.4469; -0.0860 (Memorial to Edward Alleyn)	2005	Simson, LouiseLouise Simson	N/A	Sculptural group	N/A
	Walking the Dog	Dulwich Picture Gallery	2009	Randall-Page, PeterPeter Randall-Page	N/A	Sculpture	N/A	Presented by the Art Fund in 2011 to mark the Dulwich Picture Gallery's bicentenary.
	Three Perpetual Chords	Dulwich Park	2015	Shawcross, ConradConrad Shawcross	N/A	Sculpture	N/A

Elephant and Castle

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Elephant and Castle	Elephant and Castle	1898	?	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Borough of Southwark World War II Memorial	Walworth Town Hall, Walworth Road	1949	?	N/A	Tablets	C Grade II	Unveiled 11 June 1949.
	Michael Faraday Memorial	Elephant and Castle roundabout 51°29′42″N 0°06′02″W / 51.4950°N 0.1006°W / 51.4950; -0.1006 (Michael Faraday Memorial)	1959–1961	N/A	Gordon, RodneyRodney Gordon	Sculpture	C Grade II
	Southwark Memorial	Walworth Square	2018	Hunter, KennyKenny Hunter	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Big King	Morley College	?	Hellman, GlennGlenn Hellman	N/A	Architectural sculpture	N/A

Kennington

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 3	Brandon Estate, Cooks Road 51°28′57″N 0°06′15″W / 51.4825°N 0.1043°W / 51.4825; -0.1043 (Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 3)	1961	Moore, HenryHenry Moore	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Segment of the Berlin Wall	Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park	?	Indiano "Indiano" (Jürgen L. Grosse)	N/A	Segment of wall with graffiti	N/A
	Soviet War Memorial	Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park 51°29′46″N 0°06′35″W / 51.4962°N 0.1096°W / 51.4962; -0.1096 (Soviet War Memorial)	1999	Shcherbakov, SergeiSergei Shcherbakov	Breeze, GarryGarry Breeze	Sculpture	N/A	Unveiled 9 May (Victory Day) 1999.

Newington

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Alfred Statue of Alfred the Great	Trinity Church Square 51°29′56″N 0°05′37″W / 51.4989°N 0.0936°W / 51.4989; -0.0936 (Statue of a king, possibly Alfred the Great)	Late 1st – early 2nd century (lower half); early 19th century (upper half)	?	N/A	Statue	C Grade II	The lower half is a remnant of a colossal Roman statue, most likely of the goddess Minerva. Previously thought to be either a medieval statue commissioned by Richard II for Westminster Hall, or entirely 18th- or 19th-century.
	The Black Friar	Friars House, Blackfriars Road / Pocock Street	1958	Copnall, Edward BainbridgeEdward Bainbridge Copnall		Relief

Peckham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	History of the Old Kent Road	The Everlasting Arms Ministries (formerly the North Peckham Civic Centre), 600–608 Old Kent Road 51°29′00″N 0°03′56″E / 51.4833°N 0.0655°E / 51.4833; 0.0655 (History of the Old Kent Road)	1964	Kossowski, AdamAdam Kossowski	N/A	Ceramic mural	C Grade II
	Peckham Arch	Peckham Square	1994	Haselden, RonRon Haselden	McAslan, JohnJohn McAslan	Canopy with light art	N/A
	Arrows and Obelisks	Tesco, Old Kent Road 51°29′18″N 0°04′34″W / 51.4883°N 0.0762°W / 51.4883; -0.0762 (Arrows and Obelisks)	1995	Peter Logan	N/A	Kinetic sculpture	N/A

Rotherhithe

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bluecoat Boy and Girl statues	Façade of 70 St Marychurch Street, near St Mary's Church 51°30′03″N 0°03′15″W / 51.50097°N 0.05407°W / 51.50097; -0.05407 (70, St Marychurch Street)	1918< after 1700	?	N/A	Statues	C Grade II
	Two caryatides	Southwark Park	1897	Poole, HenryHenry Poole	Murray and Foster (original building)	Caryatides (now freestanding)	N/A	Originally flanked the entrance of Rotherhithe Town Hall, which was demolished after being heavily damaged in the Blitz. Relocated to the Heygate Estate in 1974, then to this site in 2011.
	Holy Trinity Church War Memorial	Holy Trinity churchyard 51°30′01″N 0°02′05″W / 51.5003°N 0.0348°W / 51.5003; -0.0348 (Holy Trinity Church War Memorial)	1918< after 1918	?	N/A	Cross atop a fluted pillar	C Grade II
	St Mary's Church War Memorial	St Mary's churchyard 51°30′04″N 0°03′15″W / 51.5012°N 0.0542°W / 51.5012; -0.0542 (St Mary's Church War Memorial)	1918< after 1918	?	N/A	Memorial cross	C Grade II
	Norwegian Seamen's War Memorial	St Olav's Church 51°29′56″N 0°03′37″W / 51.4990°N 0.0604°W / 51.4990; -0.0604 (Norwegian Seamen's War Memorial)	1927	?	N/A	War memorial	C Grade II
	Curlicue	Greenland Dock 51°29′46″N 0°01′58″W / 51.4961°N 0.0327°W / 51.4961; -0.0327 (Curlicue)	1989	Pye, WilliamWilliam Pye	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Walker Bust of James Walker	Greenland Dock 51°29′44″N 0°02′27″W / 51.49542°N 0.04074°W / 51.49542; -0.04074 (Bust of James Walker)	1990	Rizzello, MichaelMichael Rizzello	N/A	Bust	N/A
	Deal Porters	Canada Water	1990	Bews, PhilipPhilip Bews	N/A	Sculptural group	N/A	Unveiled 19 October 1990 by Jack Jones.
	Sunshine Weekly and the Pilgrim's Pocket	Cumberland Wharf 51°30′09″N 0°03′07″W / 51.5024°N 0.0519°W / 51.5024; -0.0519 (Sunshine Weekly and the Pilgrim's Pocket)	1991	McLean, PeterPeter McLean	N/A	Sculptural group	N/A
	Jones, Christopher Memorial to Christopher Jones	St Mary's churchyard	1995	Sargeant, JamieJamie Sargeant	N/A	Sculptural group	N/A
	Sustrans Portrait Bench	Greenland Dock 51°29′43″N 0°02′26″W / 51.49530°N 0.04047°W / 51.49530; -0.04047 (Sustrans Portrait Bench)	2013	?	N/A	Sculpture	N/A	Depicts Phyllis Pearsall, Michael Caine, and Barry Mason (represented by a bicycle and cormorant).

Southwark

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Royal Arms of George III	Façade of King's Arms pub, Newcomen Street	1728 c. 1728	N/A	N/A	Architectural sculpture (relief)	C Grade II	Originally stood on a gateway that spanned the old London Bridge. Placed on the pub's façade soon after it was completed in 1890.
	Guy Statue of Thomas Guy	Guy's Hospital 51°30′15″N 0°05′16″W / 51.5043°N 0.0879°W / 51.5043; -0.0879 (Statue of Thomas Guy)	1734	Scheemakers, PeterPeter Scheemakers	N/A	Statue	C Grade II
	The Sower	Red Cross Garden 51°30′12″N 0°05′41″W / 51.5033°N 0.0948°W / 51.5033; -0.0948 (The Sower)	1896	Waterford, after After Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford	James Powell and Sons (glassmakers)	Mosaic	C Grade II
	Plaque marking the approximate site of the Globe Theatre	Park Street	1909	Lantéri, ÉdouardÉdouard Lantéri	N/A	Plaque with relief	N/A	Unveiled by Herbert Beerbohm Tree and commissioned by the Shakespeare Reading Society, of which Tree was President.
	Guy's Hospital War Memorial	Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street 51°30′11″N 0°05′20″W / 51.5030°N 0.0890°W / 51.5030; -0.0890 (Guy's Hospital War Memorial)	1921	N/A	Walford, WilliamWilliam Walford	Memorial arch	C Grade II	Unveiled 16 July 1921 by the Duke of York (the future George V).
	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway War Memorial	London Bridge station 51°30′17″N 0°05′10″E / 51.5046°N 0.086°E / 51.5046; 0.086 (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway War Memorial)	1921	?	N/A	Plaques	N/A	Unveiled 5 October 1921.
	London Hop Trade War Memorial	Borough High Street 51°30′15″N 0°05′27″W / 51.5043°N 0.0908°W / 51.5043; -0.0908 (London Hop Trade War Memorial)	1922	Ramsden, OmarOmar Ramsden	N/A	Plaque	N/A	Unveiled 19 January 1922.
	St Saviour's War Memorial	Borough High Street, opposite Talbot's Yard 51°30′15″N 0°05′27″W / 51.5043°N 0.0909°W / 51.5043; -0.0909 (Southwark War Memorial)	1922	Clark, Philip LindseyPhilip Lindsey Clark	N/A	Statue	B Grade II*	Unveiled 16 November 1922.
	Nuffield Statue of William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield	Guy's Hospital 51°29′12″N 0°04′10″W / 51.4866°N 0.0695°W / 51.4866; -0.0695 (Statue of William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield)	1949	Lambert, MauriceMaurice Lambert	N/A	Statue	N/A
	Minerva	Southwark Cathedral	1966	Collins, AlanAlan Collins	N/A	Statue	N/A
	The Holy Family	Cathedral Street	1981	Hughes, KennethKenneth Hughes	N/A	Sculptural group	N/A
	Opus	Nancy Sear Building (Morley College), King Edward Walk	1982–1983	Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Southwark Gateway Needle	London Bridge, at south end 51°30′22″N 0°05′17″W / 51.5062°N 0.0881°W / 51.5062; -0.0881 (Southwark Gateway Needle)	1999	N/A	Parry, EricEric Parry	Sculpture	N/A
	Couple	More London Place	2003	Balkenhol, StephanStephan Balkenhol	N/A	Statues	N/A
	Full Stop	More London	2003	Banner, FionaFiona Banner	N/A	Sculptures	N/A
	Evergreen	The Queen's Walk (More London)	2003	Batchelor, DavidDavid Batchelor	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Weyonomon Memorial to Mahomet Weyonomon	Churchyard of Southwark Cathedral	2006	Randall-Page, PeterPeter Randall-Page	N/A	Sculpture	N/A	Unveiled 22 November 2006 by Elizabeth II.
	Blue Men	Maya House, Borough High Street	2007	Zimbalista, OfraOfra Zimbalista		Architectural sculpture	N/A
	Keats Statue of John Keats	Guy's Hospital	2007	Williamson, StuartStuart Williamson	N/A	Statue	N/A
	Milton Statue of Simon Milton	Outside One Tower Bridge	2016	Jackson, PhilipPhilip Jackson	N/A	Statue	N/A
	Corten Head	Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk Street	2017	Camp, Sokari DouglasSokari Douglas Camp	N/A	Sculpture	N/A
	Blue Moon	Vinegar Yard, corner of St Thomas Street and Fenning Street 51°30′10″N 0°05′03″W / 51.5029°N 0.0841°W / 51.5029; -0.0841 (Blue Moon)	2019	Rush, JoeJoe Rush and the Mutoid Waste Company	N/A	Sculpture	N/A	A train carriage with ants formed from repurposed scrap metal crawling over it.

See also

• National Covid Memorial Wall