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Timepiece (1973) by Wendy Taylor, with Tower Bridge in the background

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



Bethnal Green

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
The Lesson Franta Belsky Turin Street E2 6BL.jpg Lesson Junction of Gosset Street and Turin Street, Avebury Estate

51°31′40″N 0°04′07″W / 51.5277°N 0.0687°W / 51.5277; -0.0687 (Lesson)
1956–1957 Belsky, FrantaFranta Belsky N/A Sculptural group Bronze Grade II Unveiled in July 1959 by Isaac Hayward.
Blind Beggar and His Dog, Bethnal Green 04.jpg Blind Beggar and his Dog Cranbrook Estate

51°31′47″N 0°02′42″W / 51.5298°N 0.0449°W / 51.5298; -0.0449 (Blind Beggar and his Dog)
1958 Frink, ElisabethElisabeth Frink N/A Sculptural group Bronze Grade II*
Stairway to Heaven Memorial, Bethnal Green (Southeast View - 01).jpg Stairway to Heaven
Bethnal Green tube station disaster
Bethnal Green tube station 2017 N/A Paticas, HarryHarry Paticas War memorial N/A

Bromley-by-Bow

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Bromley-by-Bow War Memorial (7060995053).jpg Bromley-by-Bow (North East Ward) War Memorial Bromley Recreation Ground, St Leonard's Street

51°31′36″N 0°00′46″W / 51.5268°N 0.0128°W / 51.5268; -0.0128 (Bromley-by-Bow (North East Ward) War Memorial)
1921 N/A Harris & Son Obelisk N/A

Isle of Dogs

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
War Memorial Christ Church 151 Manchester Road E14 3DR (cropped).jpg Isle of Dogs War Memorial Christ Church, Manchester Road

51°29′20″N 0°00′24″W / 51.4890°N 0.0067°W / 51.4890; -0.0067 (Isle of Dogs War Memorial)
after 1918 ? Crucifix Portland stone, timber and cast iron Grade II
London River Man - front view 02.jpg London River Man Ensign House, Marsh Wall 1987 Mills, John W.John W. Mills Bronze figure 145 cm (57 in) high
Leap - Franta Belsky 1.jpg Leap Jamestown Harbour 1987–1989 Belsky, FrantaFranta Belsky
Domino Players by Kim Bennet in October 2014 05.jpg Domino Players Clove Crescent 1992 Bennet, KimKim Bennet
The eastern portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 2130283.jpg On Strange And Distant Islands Westferry Road portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel

51°30′28″N 0°01′45″W / 51.5077°N 0.0291°W / 51.5077; -0.0291 (On Strange And Distant Islands)
1992 Kenny, MichaelMichael Kenny Sculpture Limestone, marble, stainless steel N/A
Limehouselinkeasternportal.png Untitled Eastern portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel

51°30′31″N 0°01′21″W / 51.5085°N 0.0225°W / 51.5085; -0.0225 (Untitled)
1992 Nigel Hall Sculpture Weathering steel 9 m tall N/A
Figurehead for Docklands - Anna Bisset 1.jpg Figurehead for Docklands Poplar Dock 1997 Bisset, AnnaAnna Bisset
Traffic Light Tree.jpg Traffic Light Tree roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside Billingsgate Market (since 2013) 1998 Vivant, PierrePierre Vivant
Hibbert Gate, Import Dock.jpg Hibbert Gate Adjacent to North Dock West 2000 Stevenson, LeoLeo Stevenson
Renaissance by Maurice Bilk in October 2014 03.jpg Renaissance Nutmeg Lane, East India Dock Blik, MauriceMaurice Blik

Canary Wharf

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
London Joint City and Midland Bank war memorial.20210429 175429.jpg London Joint City and Midland Bank War Memorial 8 Canada Square

51°30′18″N 0°01′08″W / 51.5049°N 0.0188°W / 51.5049; -0.0188 (London Joint City and Midland Bank War Memorial)
1921 Toft, AlbertAlbert Toft Tablets in architectural surround with flanking sculptures Marble and bronze
Testa Addormentata.jpg Testa Addormentata Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street 1983 Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj
Couple on a Seat - Lynn Chadwick.jpg Couple on a Seat Cabot Square 1984 Chadwick, LynnLynn Chadwick
Centurione - Igor Mitoraj.jpg Centurione I Columbus Courtyard 1987 Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj
London MMB «10 Canary Wharf.jpg Spirit of Enterprise South Dock, Canary Wharf

51°30′9.83″N 0°1′29.04″W / 51.5027306°N 0.0247333°W / 51.5027306; -0.0247333
1987 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor
Two Men on a Bench - Giles Penny.jpg Two Men on a Bench Cabot Square 1990 Penny, GilesGiles Penny
Gate by Guiseppe Lund, Westferry Circus Gardens in March 2011.jpg Gate Westferry Circus 1992 Lund, GiuseppeGiuseppe Lund
Centaur - Igor Mitoraj 1.jpg Centauro Upper Bank Street 1994 Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj
Man With Open Arms by Giles Penny, West India Avenue in March 2011 01.jpg Man With Arms Open West India Avenue 1995 Penny, GilesGiles Penny
Sophie Ryder - Minotaur and Hare on Bench.jpg Minotaur and Hare on Bench Wood Wharf

51°30′06″N 0°00′51″W / 51.5018°N 0.0143°W / 51.5018; -0.0143 (Minotaur and Hare on Bench)
1995 Ryder, SophieSophie Ryder Bronze
Michael von Clemm.JPG Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm Cabot Square 1998 Laing, GeraldGerald Laing
Original Form - Keith Rand.jpg Original Form 25 North Colonnade 1999 Rand, KeithKeith Rand
Clocks (104326502).jpg Six Public Clocks Reuters Plaza 1999 Grcic, KonstantinKonstantin Grcic
Vanishing Point by Jay Battle, Canary Wharf in London, spring 2013 (1).JPG Vanishing Point Westferry Circus 1999 Battle, JayJay Battle
Windwand by Ron Arad.jpg Windwand Canary Riverside

51°30′20.87″N 0°1′41.43″W / 51.5057972°N 0.0281750°W / 51.5057972; -0.0281750 (Windwand)
2000 Arad, RonRon Arad carbon fibre 50 m (160 ft) high
Returning to Embrace - Jon Buck.jpg Returning to Embrace 10 Cabot Square 2000 Buck, JonJon Buck
Audio Bench, Canary Wharf.jpg Speaking of the River Canary Riverside

51°30′22.48″N 0°1′43.72″W / 51.5062444°N 0.0288111°W / 51.5062444; -0.0288111 (Speaking of the River)
2000 DeJong, ConstanceConstance DeJong audio benches
Screen - Wendy Ranshaw.jpg Columbus Screen Columbus Courtyard 2000 Ramshaw, WendyWendy Ramshaw
London MMB «83 Columbus Courtyard.jpg 12 Planters Columbus Courtyard

51°30′22.53″N 0°1′30.69″W / 51.5062583°N 0.0251917°W / 51.5062583; -0.0251917 (12 Planters)
2001–2002 Orloff, TatianaTatiana Orloff bronze
It Takes Two - Bob Allen.jpg It Takes Two One Canada Square 2002 Allen, BobBob Allen
HSBC lion, left, Canary Wharf.jpg HSBC lions 8 Canada Square 2002 after W. W. Wagstaff
Arbor by Nigel Ross in March 2011 01.jpg Arbor Montgomery Square 2003 Ross, NigelNigel Ross
Arbor by Nigel Ross in March 2011 02.jpg Cross Way Montgomery Square 2003 Ross, NigelNigel Ross
Sacrificial Anode - Eilis O'Connell.jpg Sacrificial Anode Montgomery Square 2007 O'Connell, EilisEilis O'Connell
London MMB «74 Westferry Circus.jpg Sasso Cosmico Westferry Circus 2007 König Vassilakis, DoDo König Vassilakis
Chimney Westferry Circus

51°30′19.74″N 0°1′34.55″W / 51.5054833°N 0.0262639°W / 51.5054833; -0.0262639 (Chimney)
2008 Burton, AndrewAndrew Burton recycled fired bricks, steel
Avatar by Robert Warley in March 2011 02.jpg Avatar Westferry Circus 2009 Worley, RobertRobert Worley
Torsion II - Charles Hadcock.jpg Torsion II Bank Street, Jubilee Park exit 2009–2011 Hadcock, CharlesCharles Hadcock
Drawing Cube (Blue) - Suresh Dutt.jpg Drawing Cube (Blue) Montgomery Square 2010 Dutt, SureshSuresh Dutt
Oliver Barrett - Turning Point.jpg Turning Point Wood Wharf

51°30′10″N 0°00′52″W / 51.5028°N 0.0144°W / 51.5028; -0.0144 (Turning Point)
2010 Barratt, OliverOliver Barratt Painted bronze
Oliver Barratt - Opening Lines.jpg Opening Lines Wood Wharf

51°30′10″N 0°00′51″W / 51.5028°N 0.0141°W / 51.5028; -0.0141 (Opening Lines)
2010 Barratt, OliverOliver Barratt Painted bronze
London MMB »0H6 Canary Wharf.jpg A Beautiful Sunset Mistaken for a Dawn Docklands Light Railway bridge over Middle Dock 2012 Tantra, SintaSinta Tantra Mural Paint 30 m (98 ft) long
Helaine Blumenfeld - Fortuna.jpg Fortuna Jubilee Park

51°30′13″N 0°01′08″W / 51.5035°N 0.0190°W / 51.5035; -0.0190 (Fortuna)
2016 Blumenfeld, HelaineHelaine Blumenfeld Bronze
Richard Hudson - The Knot.jpg The Knot Wood Wharf

51°30′10″N 0°00′53″W / 51.5028°N 0.0146°W / 51.5028; -0.0146 (The Knot)
2017 Hudson, RichardRichard Hudson Mirrored steel
Transitions Crossrail Place, Everyman lobby 2019 Rovner, MichalMichal Rovner Video art 16 m (52 ft) long
Helaine Blumenfeld - Metamorphosis.jpg Metamorphosis Wood Wharf

51°30′07″N 0°00′53″W / 51.5019°N 0.0147°W / 51.5019; -0.0147 (Metamorphosis)
2019 Blumenfeld, HelaineHelaine Blumenfeld Bronze
Canary Wharf Elizabeth Line stn 28th May 2022 04.jpg Captivated by Colour Adams Plaza Bridge (interior) 2020 Walala, CamilleCamille Walala Mural Vinyl
Colourful wrap at Crossrail Place.jpg Click Your Heels Together Three Times Adams Plaza Bridge (underside) 2023 Furman, Adam NathanielAdam Nathaniel Furman Wrapping
Elantica 'The Boulder', Canary Wharf 01.jpg Elantica 'The Boulder' Crossrail Place

51°30′21″N 0°01′04″W / 51.5059°N 0.0179°W / 51.5059; -0.0179 (Elantica 'The Boulder')
2023 Dekyvere, Tom & LienTom & Lien Dekyvere Sculpture Circuit boards Originally part of the Canary Wharf Winter Lights festival, now a permanent installation.

Limehouse

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
St Anne, Limehouse - Churchyard (geograph 4559410).jpg Limehouse (St Anne's) War Memorial St Anne's churchyard, Commercial Road

51°30′44″N 0°01′48″W / 51.5121°N 0.0300°W / 51.5121; -0.0300 (Limehouse War Memorial)
1921 Walker, Arthur GeorgeArthur George Walker Statue Grade II Unveiled 28 May 1921.
Limehouse War Memorial (West View - 01).jpg Ratcliff Memorial Cross St James's Gardens, Butcher Row

51°30′40″N 0°02′30″W / 51.5110°N 0.0416°W / 51.5110; -0.0416 (Ratcliff Memorial Cross)
1923 ? Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 15 April 1923.
"Restless Dream" - geograph.org.uk - 961635.jpg Restless Dream Western portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel

51°30′39″N 0°02′25″W / 51.5108°N 0.0403°W / 51.5108; -0.0403 (Restless Dream)
1992 Zadok Ben-David Sculpture N/A
Herring Gull sculpture, Narrow Street - 2022-04-03.jpg Herring Gull Narrow Street

51°30′32″N 0°02′00″W / 51.5089°N 0.0334°W / 51.5089; -0.0334 (Herring Gull)
1994 Jane Ackroyd Sculpture N/A
Antony Gormley Another Time, and Isle of Dogs.jpg Another Time XVI River Thames off Limehouse

51°30′31″N 0°02′02″W / 51.5086°N 0.0339°W / 51.5086; -0.0339 (Another Time XVI)
2012 Antony Gormley Sculpture N/A

Mile End and Bow

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Gladstone Statue, Bow Church.jpg Statue of William Ewart Gladstone In front of Bow Church, Bow Road 1882 Bruce-Joy, AlbertAlbert Bruce-Joy Statue Grade II
Bust of Edward VII 39 Mile End Road E1 4TP (cropped).jpg Bust of Edward VII 39 Mile End Road 1911 ? Bust Grade II Unveiled 12 October 1911.
George Lansbury memorial, Bow (geograph 4731563).jpg Memorial to George Lansbury Bow Road 1955 Memorial N/A
Grove Park War Memorial (7060872597).jpg Bryant & May War Memorial Grove Hall Park

51°31′46″N 0°01′04″W / 51.5295°N 0.0178°W / 51.5295; -0.0178 (Bryant & May War Memorial)
1958 ? Memorial cross Grade II
Attlee QMUL 1.jpg Statue of Clement Attlee Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 1988 Forster, FrankFrank Forster Statue N/A Unveiled 30 November 1988 in its original location, outside Limehouse Library, by Harold Wilson, the last living member of Attlee's cabinet. The figure holds a copy of the National Assistance Act 1948. In 2005 the work was badly vandalised and was boxed up to prevent further damage; it was removed to its current location in 2010. Peter Mandelson gave the statue its second unveiling on 4 April 2011.
Wendy Taylor's Knowledge sculpture.jpg Knowledge Library Square, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 2003 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor Sculpture N/A An abstract representation of knowledge in stainless steel. The sphere with its smooth surface stands for the world and the ease with which knowledge can spread and be shared. The arms attached to the globe represent the giving and acceptance of knowledge.
Sculptural seating Mile End Park

51°31′36″N 0°02′20″W / 51.5267°N 0.0390°W / 51.5267; -0.0390 (Sculptural seating)
2006 Matuszczak, LeonaLeona Matuszczak Sculptural benches N/A Group of four sculptural benches made from concrete.
Pankhurst and King statues, Mile End (geograph 5048981).jpg Sustrans Portrait Bench Mile End Park

51°31′41″N 0°02′24″W / 51.5281°N 0.0400°W / 51.5281; -0.0400 (Sustrans Portrait Bench)
2011 ? Sculpture N/A Unveiled 15 August 2011. Depicts Sylvia Pankhurst, Ledley King, and a towpath horse (not pictured).
Elephant in the room.jpg Elephant in the Room Library Square, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 2017 Stewart, HannahHannah Stewart and Chierol Lai Sculpture N/A A sculpture in bronze resin of a sleeping baby elephant, intended to raise awareness of mental health issues and commissioned following a competition run by Queen Mary Students' Union.

Poplar and Blackwall

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
White Horse, Poplar, E14 (18159780448).jpg The White Horse Corner of Poplar High Street and Saltwell Street

51°30′34″N 0°01′16″W / 51.5094°N 0.0212°W / 51.5094; -0.0212 (The White Horse)
18th century ? Wooden sculpture Grade II Sign for a pub demolished in 2003.
Cordelia street statue.jpg Female figure (formerly holding a cornucopia) Lansbury Lawrence School, Poplar Mid-19th century ? Architectural sculpture Grade II From the Horn of Plenty pub, which stood on or near this site; mounted on the wall of the newly built school in 1951.
Richard Green (7061194493).jpg Statue of Richard Green East India Dock Road 1865/1866 Wyon, Edward WilliamEdward William Wyon Statue Grade II
Blackwall tunnel plaque.jpg Blackwall tunnel plaque Blackwall Tunnel northern approach, south of East India Dock Road

51°30′41″N 0°00′26″W / 51.5113°N 0.0073°W / 51.5113; -0.0073 (Blackwall Tunnel plaque)
1897 Drury, AlfredAlfred Drury Commemorative plaque N/A Originally located on the original entrance gateway, demolished in 1959.
Poplar 1917 bombing memorial 1.jpg Children's Memorial Poplar Recreation Ground 1919 Adams, A. R.A. R. Adams Grade II Unveiled 23 June 1919. Commemorates the 18 children who were killed in a bombing raid (the first daylight raid of World War I) on Upper North Street School on 13 June 1917.
War Memorial on St Leonards Road (geograph 3871243).jpg Poplar (St Michael and All Angels) War Memorial St Leonard's Road 1920 Adams, A. R.A. R. Adams Sculptural group Grade II Unveiled 4 December 1920 by the Duke of York (the future George V).
Poplar rates rebellion mural, Hale Street - geograph.org.uk - 866099.jpg Poplar Rates Rebellion Mural
Poplar Rates Rebellion
Hale Street

51°30′35″N 0°01′03″W / 51.5096°N 0.0176°W / 51.5096; -0.0176 (Poplar Rates Rebellion Mural)
1990 Francis, MarkMark Francis Mural N/A
Shadow Play In front of Compass House, Mulberry Place 1992 King, DaveDave King
View of a sculpture in the middle of the roundabout at Leamouth (geograph 4984238) (cropped).jpg Aerobic Leamouth Roundabout

51°30′39″N 0°00′04″E / 51.51085°N 0.00104°E / 51.51085; 0.00104 (Aerobic)
1993 Jones, AllenAllen Jones
Blackwall- The Virginia Settlers' Memorial & the Virginia Quay.jpg Mariner's Astrolabe, Virginia Quay Settlers Monument Jamestown Way 1999 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor Grade II
Acorn Wall Relief Brunswick Wharf 2003 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor
Statue of Teddy Baldock in Langdon Park 2014-05-16 18-39.jpg Statue of Teddy Baldock Langdon Park 2014 Payne, CarlCarl Payne Statue N/A Unveiled 15 May 2014.
Meridians and Metaphors Near the junction of Clove Crescent and Saffron Avenue Jacobson, DavidDavid Jacobson

St Katharine Docks

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Cannon Entrance to St Katharine Docks 18th century
Anchor of Amsterdam St Katharine Docks, at entrance to East Dock 1748 (placed here 1980s)
Girl with Dolphin Beside River Thames between Tower Bridge and entrance to docks 1973 Wynne, DavidDavid Wynne
Timepiece by Wendy Taylor.jpg Timepiece Entrance to St Katharine Docks 1973 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor Grade II
Gates of Ivory House, London.jpg Elephants Entrance to Ivory House, on gateposts 1973 Drew, PeterPeter Drew
Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown.jpg Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown Tower Hotel 1977 Fleischmann, ArthurArthur Fleischmann Relief
Geese Thomas More Street 1990 Norris, DavidDavid Norris
To Meet Again Thomas More Street 1990 Beck, MichaelMichael Beck
Angelic Musician Thomas More Street 1991 Milles, CarlCarl Milles
Exotic Birds and other sculptures Various locations around St Katharine Docks 1995–1997 Haughney, PaulaPaula Haughney
Rope Circle, Wendy Taylor, Hermitage Basin - 2023-03-18.jpg Rope Circle Hermitage Basin 1997 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor
Voyager Cinnabar Wharf East 2000 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor

Shadwell

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Monument in King Edward VII Memorial Park, Shadwell (02).jpg Memorial to Edward VII King Edward Memorial Park 1922 Mackennal, BertramBertram Mackennal Drinking fountain (formerly) The bronze portrait medallion of Edward VII was stolen in 2007.
King Edward VII Memorial Park (geograph 3819487).jpg Navigators' Memorial King Edward Memorial Park 1922 ? Commemorative stone
Shadwell Station - geograph.org.uk - 2200937.jpg Decorative enamel panels Shadwell railway station 1995 McMenemy, SarahSarah McMenemy Murals N/A

Spitalfields

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Whitechapel Threads (cropped).jpg The Whitechapel Threads Bethnal Green Road, between Sclater Street and Braithwaite Street

51°31′25″N 0°04′29″W / 51.5236°N 0.0747°W / 51.5236; -0.0747 (The Whitechapel Threads)
1996 Tim Coppard and Hattie Coppard Bronze sculpture N/A The plaque reads “The threads are a reminder of the importance of the garment and textile industries in this part of London and of the many communities who have lived and worked in the area.”
Sheraz Balti, Brick Lane E1 - geograph.org.uk - 2568329.jpg Brick Lane Arch / Banglatown Arch Brick Lane

51°31′04″N 0°04′15″W / 51.5177°N 0.0709°W / 51.5177; -0.0709 (Brick Lane Arch / Banglatown Arch)
1997 Thakur, MinaMina Thakur Decorative arch N/A Using the colours red and green of the flag of Bangladesh, marks the entrance to "Banglatown" on Brick Lane. Renovated in 2022.
Vortex sculpture.JPG Vortex Lamb Street 1999 Sandler, BarbaraBarbara Sandler Sculpture N/A
I Goat Sculpture, Spitalfields, London.JPG I Goat Brushfield Street 2011 Hunter, KennyKenny Hunter Sculpture N/A
Kalliopi Lemos’ ‘Wooden Boat with Seven People’ (44581363631).jpg Wooden Boat with Seven People Brushfield Street 2011 Lemos, KalliopiKalliopi Lemos Sculpture N/A
The Land is Calling Brick Lane

51°31′04″N 0°04′15″W / 51.5178°N 0.0708°W / 51.5178; -0.0708 (The Land is Calling)
2022 Ali, MohammedMohammed Ali Mural N/A Commissioned for the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence

Tower Hill

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Southern Face of the Tower Hill Memorial (II).jpg Merchant Navy First World War Memorial Trinity Square Gardens

51°30′35″N 0°04′40″W / 51.5096°N 0.0777°W / 51.5096; -0.0777 (Merchant Navy First World War Memorial)
1928 Dick, William ReidWilliam Reid Dick Lutyens, EdwinEdwin Lutyens War memorial Grade I
Memorial to Viscount Wakefield of Hythe - geograph.org.uk - 1138501.jpg Memorial to Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield 41 Trinity Square 1937 Thomas, CecilCecil Thomas N/A Portrait plaque Grade II
Seats within the War Memorial on Tower Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1012735.jpg Merchant Navy Second World War Memorial Trinity Square Gardens

51°30′35″N 0°04′41″W / 51.5097°N 0.0780°W / 51.5097; -0.0780 (Merchant Navy Second World War Memorial)
1952 Wheeler, CharlesCharles Wheeler Maufe, EdwardEdward Maufe War memorial Grade II*
Trajan Statue.JPG Statue of Trajan Trinity Place

51°30′36″N 0°04′34″W / 51.5099°N 0.0762°W / 51.5099; -0.0762 (Statue of Trajan)
20th century, after an original of the 2nd century AD ? N/A Statue N/A
Sculpture to the East of All-Hallows-by-the-Tower.jpg The Sea Tower Hill Terrace 1965–1966 Thomas, CecilCecil Thomas Sculptural groups on gateposts N/A
London, UK (August 2014) - 174.JPG Sundial Wakefield Gardens, outside Tower Hill tube station 1992 Russell, EdwinEdwin Russell Chitty, JohnJohn Chitty and Mike Duffie (landscape architects) Sundial N/A
Falklands War Merchant Seafarers Memorial (01).jpg Merchant Navy Falklands War Memorial Trinity Square Gardens

51°30′35″N 0°04′38″W / 51.5097°N 0.0771°W / 51.5097; -0.0771 (Merchant Navy Falklands War Memorial)
2005 Newton, GordonGordon Newton N/A War memorial N/A
Sculpture 'The Building Worker'.jpg The Building Worker Tower Hill

51°30′34″N 0°04′32″W / 51.5094°N 0.0756°W / 51.5094; -0.0756 (The Building Worker)
2006 Wilson, AlanAlan Wilson N/A Statue N/A

Victoria Park and Hackney Wick

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain - South West View.jpg Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Victoria Park

51°32′14″N 0°02′23″W / 51.5371°N 0.0397°W / 51.5371; -0.0397 (Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain)
1862 N/A Darbishire, Henry AstleyHenry Astley Darbishire Drinking fountain Grade II*
Hackney wick3.jpg Hackney Wick War Memorial Eastern side of Victoria Park, near Cadogan Terrace

51°32′34″N 0°01′49″W / 51.5427°N 0.0303°W / 51.5427; -0.0303 (Hackney Wick War Memorial)
1921 ? ? Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 12 March 1921.

Wapping

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Raine's House, London 10.JPG Bluecoat Girl Raine's House ? Statue in niche
Raine's House, London 11.JPG Bluecoat Boy Raine's House ? Statue in niche
Bust of John Rennie, Wapping.jpg Bust of John Rennie the Elder Spirit Quay 1992 Ravera, JohnJohn Ravera Bust N/A
The Dove, Wapping (geograph 1544115).jpg Memorial to the Civilians of East London, 2nd World War 1939–1945 Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden 2008 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor Sculpture N/A Unveiled in July 2008 by Hazel Blears, then the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Alf Roffey, a survivor of the Blitz. On the site of Hermitage Wharf, which was destroyed in a bombing raid on 29 December 1940.

Whitechapel and Stepney

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Whitechapel Fountain (geograph 3300773).jpg Drinking fountain White Church Lane 1860 ? Drinking fountain Grade II Relocated from the Whitechapel Road. Inscribed "from one unknown yet well known", perhaps referring to William Weldon Champneys.
Albert Gardens, Stepney - geograph.org.uk - 2311226 (cropped).jpg Shepherd Boy Fountain Albert Gardens, Stepney

51°30′47″N 0°02′50″W / 51.5131°N 0.0472°W / 51.5131; -0.0472 (Shepherd Boy Fountain)
1903 ? Drinking fountain with statue Grade II The figure is holding a sickle and leaning against a sheaf of corn, so is actually a harvester rather than a shepherd. Made in Paris by the Fonderies d'art du Val D'Orne.
Statue of Queen Alexandra, Royal London Hospital (14518440501).jpg Statue of Alexandra of Denmark Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital 1908 Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade Statue Grade II
Memorial to Edward VII, Whitechapel Road, E1 - geograph.org.uk - 891860.jpg Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain Mile End Road 1911 Frith, William SilverWilliam Silver Frith Drinking fountain with sculpture Grade II
North Face of the Stepney War Memorial (01).jpg Stepney War Memorial St Dunstan's churchyard

51°31′00″N 0°02′32″W / 51.5168°N 0.0423°W / 51.5168; -0.0423 (Stepney War Memorial)
after 1918 ? Celtic cross Grade II
War Memorial outside the Church of Saint George in the East (02).jpg St George in the East War Memorial St George's Gardens (former churchyard of St George in the East)

51°30′37″N 0°03′34″W / 51.5103°N 0.0595°W / 51.5103; -0.0595 (St George in the East War Memorial)
1924 Clayton, JosephJoseph Clayton Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 15 November 1924.
Bust of William Booth 9 Mile End Road E1 4TP.jpg Bust of William Booth Mile End Road 1927 Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade Bust
Battle of Cable Street mural.jpg Cable Street Mural
Battle of Cable Street
St George's Town Hall

51°30′40″N 0°03′31″W / 51.5110°N 0.0586°W / 51.5110; -0.0586 (Cable Street Mural)
1976–1983 Rochfort, DesmondDesmond Rochfort, Dave Binnington, Paul Butler and Ray Walker Mural
William Booth Statue, Mile End Road (13035167305).jpg Statue of William Booth Mile End Road 1979 (casting) Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade Statue
Les Naï[a]des 45 Whitechapel Road 1985 Abrahams, IvorIvor Abrahams Sculpture N/A
Entrance, Altab Ali Park.jpg Gateway arch
Altab Ali
Entrance to Altab Ali Park 1989 Petersen, DavidDavid Petersen
Spitalfields Column, Middlesex Street.jpg Spitalfields Column Middlesex Street 1995 Perry, RichardRichard Perry Sculpture N/A
Buxton Street Ram and Magpie.jpg Ram and Magpie Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street 1996 Haughney, PaulaPaula Haughney Sculpture N/A
Whitechapel Station -5 (1297819245).jpg Platform artworks Whitechapel station 1997 Patterson, DougDoug Patterson Murals N/A
Shaheed Minar Altab Ali Park.JPG Shaheed Minar (Martyrs' Monument) Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane 1999 After Hamidur Rahman Sculpture N/A Unveiled 17 February 1999 by Humayun Rashid Choudhury. A smaller replica of the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Whitechapel Gallery vane 2020.jpg Erasmus Weathervane Whitechapel Gallery 2007 Graham, RodneyRodney Graham Weathervane
The Lady Whitechurch Passage

51°30′57″N 0°04′09″W / 51.5159°N 0.0693°W / 51.5159; -0.0693 (The Lady)
2012 "Chinagirl Tile" Ceramic relief N/A
Catherine Booth statue Mile End Road.JPG Statue of Catherine Booth Mile End Road 2015 After George Edward Wade Statue N/A Unveiled 2 July 2015.
Goodman's Fields development, Aldgate E1 - 35422530293.jpg The Goodman's Fields Horses Goodman's Fields Piazza 2015 Mackie, HamishHamish Mackie Sculptures, some set in a fountain N/A Winner of the PMSA's Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Fountains.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Statue, Sidney Street, Stepney.jpg Bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sidney Street

51°31′08″N 0°03′20″W / 51.5189°N 0.0555°W / 51.5189; -0.0555 (Bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman)
2016 ? Bust N/A
A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel Whitechapel station 2018 Joffe, ChantalChantal Joffe Aluminium panels N/A A series of 2m-tall panels in laser-cut aluminium depicting members of the local community, enlarged from paper collages. A homage to Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte (1884).

See also

  • Draped Seated Woman 1957–58 ("Old Flo") by Henry Moore, installed at Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, "for at least five years" from 2017
  • List of public art formerly in London for the statue of Robert Milligan (by Richard Westmacott), Faun with Goose (George Ehrlich) and Woman with Fish (Frank Dobson)
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