List of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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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.

Map 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
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 Franta Belsky Sculptural group Bronze Grade II Unveiled in July 1959 by Isaac Hayward.[1]

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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 Elisabeth Frink Sculptural group Bronze Grade II* [2]

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Stairway to Heaven
Bethnal Green tube station disaster
Bethnal Green tube station 2017 Harry Paticas War memorial [3]

Bromley-by-Bow

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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
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 Harris & Son Obelisk [4]

Isle of Dogs

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
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 [5]

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London River Man Ensign House, Marsh Wall 1987
John W. Mills
Bronze figure 145 cm (57 in) high [6]

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Leap Jamestown Harbour 1987–1989 Franta Belsky [7]
Domino Players Clove Crescent 1992 Kim Bennet [8]
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 Michael Kenny Sculpture Limestone, marble, stainless steel [9]
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 [9]

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Figurehead for Docklands Poplar Dock 1997 Anna Bisset [10]

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Traffic Light Tree roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside
Billingsgate Market
(since 2013)
1998 Pierre Vivant [11]

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Hibbert Gate Adjacent to North Dock West 2000 Leo Stevenson [12]

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Renaissance Nutmeg Lane,
East India Dock
Maurice Blik [13]

Canary Wharf

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

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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 Albert Toft Tablets in architectural surround with flanking sculptures Marble and bronze [14]

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Testa Addormentata Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street 1983 Igor Mitoraj [15]

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Couple on a Seat Cabot Square 1984 Lynn Chadwick [16]

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Centurione I Columbus Courtyard 1987 Igor Mitoraj [17]

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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 Wendy Taylor [18]

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Two Men on a Bench Cabot Square 1990 Giles Penny [19]
Gate Westferry Circus 1992 Giuseppe Lund [20]

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Centauro Upper Bank Street 1994 Igor Mitoraj [21]

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Man With Arms Open West India Avenue 1995 Giles Penny [22]
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 Sophie Ryder Bronze [23]
Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm Cabot Square 1998 Gerald Laing [24]

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Original Form 25 North Colonnade 1999 Keith Rand [25]

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Six Public Clocks Reuters Plaza 1999 Konstantin Grcic [26]

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Vanishing Point Westferry Circus 1999 Jay Battle [27]
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 Ron Arad carbon fibre 50 m (160 ft) high [28]

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Returning to Embrace 10 Cabot Square 2000 Jon Buck [29]
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 Constance DeJong audio benches [28]

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Columbus Screen Columbus Courtyard 2000 Wendy Ramshaw [30]
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 Tatiana Orloff bronze [28]

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It Takes Two One Canada Square 2002 Bob Allen [31]

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HSBC lions 8 Canada Square 2002 after W. W. Wagstaff
Arbor Montgomery Square 2003 Nigel Ross [32]
Cross Way Montgomery Square 2003 Nigel Ross [32]
Sacrificial Anode Montgomery Square 2007 Eilis O'Connell [33]

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Sasso Cosmico Westferry Circus 2007 Do König Vassilakis [34]
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 Andrew Burton recycled fired bricks, steel [28]
Avatar Westferry Circus 2009 Robert Worley [35]

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Torsion II Bank Street, Jubilee Park exit 2009–2011 Charles Hadcock [36]

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Drawing Cube (Blue) Montgomery Square 2010 Suresh Dutt [37]
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 Oliver Barratt Painted bronze [38]
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 Oliver Barratt Painted bronze [38]
A Beautiful Sunset Mistaken for a Dawn Docklands Light Railway bridge over Middle Dock 2012 Sinta Tantra Mural Paint 30 m (98 ft) long [39][40]
Fortuna Jubilee Park

51°30′13″N 0°01′08″W / 51.5035°N 0.0190°W / 51.5035; -0.0190 (Fortuna)
2016 Helaine Blumenfeld Bronze [41]
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 Richard Hudson Mirrored steel [42]
Transitions Crossrail Place, Everyman lobby 2019 Michal Rovner Video art 16 m (52 ft) long [43]
Metamorphosis Wood Wharf

51°30′07″N 0°00′53″W / 51.5019°N 0.0147°W / 51.5019; -0.0147 (Metamorphosis)
2019 Helaine Blumenfeld Bronze [44]

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Captivated by Colour Adams Plaza Bridge (interior) 2020 Camille Walala Mural Vinyl [45][46]
Click Your Heels Together Three Times Adams Plaza Bridge (underside) 2023 Adam Nathaniel Furman Wrapping [47]
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 Tom & Lien Dekyvere Sculpture Circuit boards Originally part of the Canary Wharf Winter Lights festival, now a permanent installation.[48]

Limehouse

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

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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 Arthur George Walker Statue Grade II Unveiled 28 May 1921.[49]

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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.[50]
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 [9]
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 [51][52]
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 [53][54]

Mile End and Bow

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

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Statue of William Ewart Gladstone In front of Bow Church, Bow Road 1882 Albert Bruce-Joy Statue Grade II
Bust of Edward VII 39
Mile End Road
1911 ? Bust Grade II Unveiled 12 October 1911.[55]
Memorial to George Lansbury Bow Road 1955 Memorial [56]
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 [57]
Statue of Clement Attlee Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 1988 Frank Forster Statue Unveiled 30 November 1988 in its original location, outside Limehouse Library, by Harold Wilson, the last living member of Attlee's cabinet.[58] 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.[59] Peter Mandelson gave the statue its second unveiling on 4 April 2011.[60]
Knowledge Library Square, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 2003 Wendy Taylor Sculpture 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.[61]
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 Leona Matuszczak Sculptural benches Group of four sculptural benches made from concrete.[62]

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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 Unveiled 15 August 2011. Depicts Sylvia Pankhurst, Ledley King, and a towpath horse (not pictured).[63][64]
Elephant in the Room Library Square, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 2017 Hannah Stewart and Chierol Lai Sculpture 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.[65][66]

Poplar and Blackwall

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
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.
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.[67][68]

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Statue of Richard Green East India Dock Road 1865/1866 Edward William Wyon Statue Grade II [69]
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 Alfred Drury Commemorative plaque Originally located on the original entrance gateway, demolished in 1959.

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Children's Memorial Poplar Recreation Ground 1919 A. R. Adams Grade II Unveiled 23 June 1919.
Upper North Street School on 13 June 1917.[71]

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Poplar (St Michael and All Angels) War Memorial
St Leonard's Road 1920 A. R. Adams Sculptural group Grade II Unveiled 4 December 1920 by the Duke of York (the future George V).[72]
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 Mark Francis Mural [73]
Shadow Play In front of Compass House, Mulberry Place 1992 Dave King [69]
Aerobic Leamouth Roundabout

51°30′39″N 0°00′04″E / 51.51085°N 0.00104°E / 51.51085; 0.00104 (Aerobic)
1993 Allen Jones [52]
Mariner's Astrolabe, Virginia Quay Settlers Monument Jamestown Way 1999 Wendy Taylor Grade II [69]
Acorn Wall Relief Brunswick Wharf 2003 Wendy Taylor [69]
Statue of Teddy Baldock Langdon Park 2014 Carl Payne Statue Unveiled 15 May 2014.[74]
Meridians and Metaphors Near the junction of Clove Crescent and Saffron Avenue David Jacobson

St Katharine Docks

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Cannon Entrance to St Katharine Docks 18th century [75]
Anchor of
Amsterdam
St Katharine Docks, at entrance to East Dock 1748 (placed here 1980s) [75]

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Girl with Dolphin Beside River Thames between Tower Bridge and entrance to docks 1973 David Wynne [75]

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Timepiece Entrance to St Katharine Docks 1973 Wendy Taylor Grade II [75]
Elephants Entrance to Ivory House, on gateposts 1973 Peter Drew [75]
Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown Tower Hotel 1977 Arthur Fleischmann Relief
Geese Thomas More Street 1990 David Norris [75]
To Meet Again Thomas More Street 1990 Michael Beck [75]
Angelic Musician Thomas More Street 1991 Carl Milles [75]
Exotic Birds and other sculptures Various locations around St Katharine Docks 1995–1997 Paula Haughney [75]

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Rope Circle Hermitage Basin 1997 Wendy Taylor [75]
Voyager Cinnabar Wharf East 2000 Wendy Taylor [75]

Shadwell

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Memorial to Edward VII King Edward Memorial Park 1922 Bertram Mackennal Drinking fountain (formerly) The bronze portrait medallion of Edward VII was stolen in 2007.[76]
Navigators' Memorial King Edward Memorial Park 1922 ? Commemorative stone [76]
Decorative enamel panels Shadwell railway station 1995 Sarah McMenemy Murals [77]

Spitalfields

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
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 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.”
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 Mina Thakur Decorative arch Using the colours red and green of the flag of Bangladesh, marks the entrance to "Banglatown" on Brick Lane. Renovated in 2022.[78]
Vortex Lamb Street 1999 Barbara Sandler Sculpture [79]

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I Goat Brushfield Street 2011 Kenny Hunter Sculpture [80]
Wooden Boat with Seven People Brushfield Street 2011 Kalliopi Lemos Sculpture [81]
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 Mohammed Ali Mural Commissioned for the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence[82][83]

Tower Hill

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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 William Reid Dick Edwin Lutyens War memorial Grade I [84]
Memorial to Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield 41 Trinity Square 1937 Cecil Thomas Portrait plaque Grade II [85]

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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 Charles Wheeler Edward Maufe War memorial Grade II* [86]

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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 ? Statue [87]
The Sea Tower Hill Terrace 1965–1966 Cecil Thomas Sculptural groups on gateposts [88]

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Sundial Wakefield Gardens, outside Tower Hill tube station 1992 Edwin Russell John Chitty and Mike Duffie (landscape architects) Sundial [89]

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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 Gordon Newton War memorial [90]

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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 Alan Wilson Statue [91]

Victoria Park and Hackney Wick

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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
Henry Astley Darbishire
Drinking fountain Grade II* [92]
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.[93]

Wapping

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bluecoat Girl Raine's House ? Statue in niche
Bluecoat Boy Raine's House ? Statue in niche
Bust of John Rennie the Elder Spirit Quay 1992 John Ravera Bust [76]

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Memorial to the Civilians of East London, 2nd World War 1939–1945 Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden 2008 Wendy Taylor Sculpture Unveiled in July 2008 by
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.[94]

Whitechapel and Stepney

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

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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.[95]
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.[96]
Statue of Alexandra of Denmark Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital 1908 George Edward Wade Statue Grade II [97]

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Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain
Mile End Road
1911 William Silver Frith Drinking fountain with sculpture Grade II [98]

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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 [99]

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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 Joseph Clayton Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 15 November 1924.[100]
Bust of William Booth
Mile End Road
1927 George Edward Wade Bust [101]

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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 Desmond Rochfort, Dave Binnington, Paul Butler and Ray Walker Mural [102]

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Statue of William Booth
Mile End Road
1979 (casting) George Edward Wade Statue [103]
Les Naï[a]des 45 Whitechapel Road 1985 Ivor Abrahams Sculpture [103]
Gateway arch
Altab Ali
Entrance to Altab Ali Park 1989 David Petersen [104]

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Spitalfields Column Middlesex Street 1995 Richard Perry Sculpture [103]
Ram and Magpie Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street 1996 Paula Haughney Sculpture [103]
Platform artworks Whitechapel station 1997 Doug Patterson Murals [105]

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Shaheed Minar (Martyrs' Monument) Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane 1999 After Hamidur Rahman Sculpture Unveiled 17 February 1999 by Humayun Rashid Choudhury. A smaller replica of the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[104]
Erasmus Weathervane Whitechapel Gallery 2007 Rodney Graham Weathervane [106][107]
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 [108][109]
Statue of Catherine Booth Mile End Road 2015 After George Edward Wade Statue Unveiled 2 July 2015.[110]

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The Goodman's Fields Horses Goodman's Fields Piazza 2015 Hamish Mackie Sculptures, some set in a fountain Winner of the PMSA's Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Fountains.[111]
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 [112]
A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel Whitechapel station 2018 Chantal Joffe Aluminium panels 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).[113]

See also

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