List of public art in the London Borough of Waltham Forest

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Waltham Forest

Chingford


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Chingford War Memorial	The Ridgeway/King's Head Hill 51°37′54″N 0°00′04″W / 51.6316°N 0.0012°W / 51.6316; -0.0012 (Chingford War Memorial)	1921	—	W. A. Lewis	Celtic cross	Grade II	Unveiled September 1921 by Lord Lambourne.^[1]
	Chingford Mount War Memorial	Albert Crescent 51°37′02″N 0°01′04″W / 51.6172°N 0.0178°W / 51.6172; -0.0178 (Chingford Mount War Memorial)	?	?	—	Obelisk	—	^[2]

Leyton


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	War memorial	Churchyard of Emmanuel Parish Church 51°34′08″N 0°01′45″W / 51.5690°N 0.0291°W / 51.5690; -0.0291	1922	Probably Judd Thomas & Co.	—	Memorial cross	Grade II	^[3]
	Statue of Laurie Cunningham	Buckingham Road	2017	Graham Ibbeson	—	Statue	—	^[4]

Leytonstone


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Leytonstone War Memorial	Harrow Green, Harrow Road 51°33′30″N 0°00′26″E / 51.5582°N 0.0071°E / 51.5582; 0.0071 (Leytonstone War Memorial)	1925	—	William Griffiths & Co. Ltd. (masons)	Pillar	Grade II	Unveiled 21 November 1925 by Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd.^[5]
	Time Terminus	Leytonstone bus station 51°34′06″N 0°00′26″E / 51.5682°N 0.0073°E / 51.5682; 0.0073 (Time Terminus)	1999	Lodewyk Pretor	—	Sculpture	—	^[6]
	Leaf Memory	Grove Road 51°34′11″N 0°00′47″E / 51.5696°N 0.0130°E / 51.5696; 0.0130 (Leaf Memory)	2001	Stephen Duncan	—	Sculpture	—	^[7]
	The Birds Alfred Hitchcock	High Road	2014	Anna Mills and Mateusz Odrobny	—	Mural	—	^[8]

Walthamstow


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Ionic capital	Outside Vestry House Museum 51°35′02″N 0°00′45″W / 51.58397°N 0.01255°W / 51.58397; -0.01255 (Ionic capital)	1810s	—	Robert Smirke	Architectural fragment	—	Originally formed part of the General Post Office building at St Martin Le Grand in the City of London. When that building was demolished in 1912 this fragment was purchased by the stone mason Frank Mortimer, who gave it to the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow. It has stood on its present site since 1954.^[9]
More images	Walthamstow War Memorial	Waltham Forest Town Hall 51°35′26″N 0°00′45″W / 51.5906°N 0.0124°W / 51.5906; -0.0124 (Walthamstow War Memorial)	1922	?	?	War memorial with sculpture	Grade II	Unveiled July 1922.^[10]
More images	Five figures and reliefs	Waltham Forest Town Hall	1941	John Francis Kavanagh	Philip Hepworth	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	^[11]
	Comedy and Tragedy heads	Walthamstow Assembly Hall	1941	John Francis Kavanagh	Philip Hepworth	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	^[12]
More images	William Morris tile motif	Walthamstow Central tube station, Victoria line platforms	c. 1968	Julia Black	—	Ceramic mural	—
More images	Black horse tile motif	Blackhorse Road tube station, Victoria line platforms	c. 1968	Hans Unger	—	Ceramic mural	—	^[13]
	Black horse mural	Outside Blackhorse Road tube station	1968 c. 1968	David McFall	—	Ceramic mural	—	^[13]
	Pagoda Monoform	Lloyd Park 51°35′35″N 0°01′15″W / 51.5931°N 0.0207°W / 51.5931; -0.0207 (Pagoda Monoform)	1991	Jack Gardner	—	Sculpture	—	^[14]
	Underline	Blackhorse Road tube station		Giles Round, Design Work Leisure	—	Ceramic mural	—	^[15]
	Beryl Swain – Wood Street Racer	110 Wood Street, adjacent to The Dukes Head pub 51°35′18″N 0°00′15″W / 51.5882°N 0.0043°W / 51.5882; -0.0043 (Beryl Swain - Wood Street Racer)	2019	Helen Bur	—	Mural	—	The mural is very close to the junction with Marlowe Road, Swain's place of birth. ^[16]^[17]
	Protection	St Peter-in-the-Forest 51°35′13″N 0°00′22″E / 51.5870°N 0.0061°E / 51.5870; 0.0061 (Protection)	2021	Phlegm	—	Mural	—	^[18]^[19]

Whipps Cross


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Territorial Army War Memorial	Lea Bridge Roundabout 51°34′53″N 0°00′03″E / 51.5813°N 0.0008°E / 51.5813; 0.0008 (Territorial Army War Memorial)	1921	?	—	Celtic cross	Grade II	Unveiled 12 November 1961. Moved to its current location in the 1950s.^[20]

References

^ Historic England. "Chingford War Memorial (1418307)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ Chingford Mount War Memorial. Art UK. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ Historic England. "War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of Emmanuel, Leyton (1458406)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Laurie Cunningham (1956–1989). Art UK. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ Historic England. "Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens (1418327)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Leytonstone". Explore East London. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^ Leaf Memory. Art UK. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "Mural: Hitchcock birds". London Remembers. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ How part of London's postal heritage ended up in Walthamstow. Londonist. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^ Historic England. "War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall (1418595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Fellowship (William Morris)". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
^ "Tragedy Head". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Blackhorse Road". GoLondon. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
^ Pagoda Monoform. Art UK. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ Underline: Design Work Leisure. Art on the Underground. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ Wood Street Walls (2019). "Helen Bur + Wood Street Walls: Beryl Swain – Wood Street Racer". Vimeo. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Helen Bur". The Street Art Directory. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "New Mural by Phlegm in London (UK) ⋆ BLOCAL blog". Street Art News. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "'Protection' by Phlegm | Your Audio Tour". Your Audio Tour. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ Historic England. "Territorial Army War Memorial (1419819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

External links

Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Historic England. "Chingford War Memorial (1418307)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

[2] Chingford Mount War Memorial. Art UK. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[3] Historic England. "War memorial in the churchyard of the Church of Emmanuel, Leyton (1458406)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[4] Laurie Cunningham (1956–1989). Art UK. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[5] Historic England. "Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens (1418327)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[6] "Leytonstone". Explore East London. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2010.

[7] Leaf Memory. Art UK. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[8] "Mural: Hitchcock birds". London Remembers. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[9] How part of London's postal heritage ended up in Walthamstow. Londonist. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[10] Historic England. "War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall (1418595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[11] "Fellowship (William Morris)". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.

[12] "Tragedy Head". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.

[black_horse-13] "Blackhorse Road". GoLondon. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

[14] Pagoda Monoform. Art UK. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[15] Underline: Design Work Leisure. Art on the Underground. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[16] Wood Street Walls (2019). "Helen Bur + Wood Street Walls: Beryl Swain – Wood Street Racer". Vimeo. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[17] "Helen Bur". The Street Art Directory. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[18] "New Mural by Phlegm in London (UK) ⋆ BLOCAL blog". Street Art News. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[19] "'Protection' by Phlegm | Your Audio Tour". Your Audio Tour. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[20] Historic England. "Territorial Army War Memorial (1419819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

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Attractions	Brisbane Road football stadium Epping Forest Lee Valley Riding Centre Lee Valley Ice Centre New Spitalfields Market Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge Vestry House Museum Waltham Forest Theatre Walthamstow Pump House Museum Walthamstow Stadium William Morris Gallery
Street markets	Walthamstow Market
Parks and open spaces	Larkswood Playing Fields Lee Valley Park WaterWorks Nature Reserve Walthamstow Marshes
Constituencies	Chingford and Woodford Green (part) Leyton and Wanstead (part) Walthamstow
Tube and rail stations	Blackhorse Road Chingford Highams Park Lea Bridge Leyton Leyton Midland Road Leytonstone Leytonstone High Road St James Street Walthamstow Central Walthamstow Queen's Road Wood Street
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