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The Archer by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley tube station

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

Arkley

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Arkley War Memorial 01.jpg Arkley War Memorial Junction of Barnet Road and Rowley Green Road

51°38′52″N 0°13′55″W / 51.6477°N 0.2319°W / 51.6477; -0.2319
1920 ? N/A Celtic cross Grade II

Barnet Vale

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Three Statues Barnet Vale.jpg Saint Mark, Christ as the Good Shepherd and Saint Alban St Mark's Church

51°39′10″N 0°11′06″W / 51.6528°N 0.1850°W / 51.6528; -0.1850
1909, 1917 and 1926 Hitch, NathanielNathaniel Hitch Pearson, John LoughboroughJohn Loughborough Pearson Statues in niches Grade II
Hadley Heights sculpture (cropped).jpg Figure with bowl Hadley Heights, 134 Hadley Road

51°39′28″N 0°10′58″W / 51.6578°N 0.1828°W / 51.6578; -0.1828
2001 "A.H." N/A Sculpture N/A

Chipping Barnet

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
War memorial Christ Church, Barnet 02.JPG Barnet Boys School Boer War Memorial Opposite Christ Church, St Albans Road

51°39′31″N 0°12′16″W / 51.6585°N 0.2045°W / 51.6585; -0.2045
1903 ? N/A Obelisk Grade II Unveiled in July 1903 by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell.
Chipping Barnet war memorial Sept 2016 01.jpg Chipping Barnet War Memorial Outside St John the Baptist's Church, Wood Street

51°39′12″N 0°12′05″W / 51.6532°N 0.2015°W / 51.6532; -0.2015
1921 ? N/A Celtic cross Grade II Unveiled 5 April 1921 by General the Lord Byng of Vimy.

East Barnet

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
East Barnet war memorial 7.JPG East Barnet War Memorial Junction of Church Hill Road and East Barnet Road

51°38′33″N 0°09′46″W / 51.6426°N 0.1629°W / 51.6426; -0.1629
1920 ? Prentice, A. E.A. E. Prentice (builder) Celtic cross Grade II Unveiled 27 June 1920.

Finchley

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
La Délivrance - geograph.org.uk - 187655.jpg La Délivrance Henly's Corner

51°35′27″N 0°12′00″W / 51.5909°N 0.2000°W / 51.5909; -0.2000 (La Délivrance)
1914–1918 Guillaume, Émile OscarÉmile Oscar Guillaume N/A Statue Grade II* Unveiled 20 October 1927 by David Lloyd George.
Finchley War Memorial 5 April 2016 01.JPG Finchley War Memorial Ballards Lane, North Finchley, outside United Services Club

51°36′44″N 0°10′40″W / 51.6123°N 0.1778°W / 51.6123; -0.1778 (Finchley War Memorial)
By 1925 ? ? War memorial with relief N/A
Mosaic, St Philip the Apostle, Finchley (geograph 3747532).jpg Saint Philip the Apostle St Philip's Church

51°35′51″N 0°11′52″W / 51.5975°N 0.1978°W / 51.5975; -0.1978 (Saint Philip the Apostle)
1933 ? Scott, T. H. B.T. H. B. Scott Mosaic N/A
East Finchley Stn statue.JPG The Archer East Finchley tube station

51°35′14″N 0°09′52″W / 51.58716°N 0.16442°W / 51.58716; -0.16442
1939–40 Aumonier, EricEric Aumonier Holden, CharlesCharles Holden and L. H. Bucknell Architectural sculpture; statue Grade II
Stand and Deliver - geograph.org.uk - 162834.jpg Carving of Dick Turpin on tree Great North Road

51°36′09″N 0°10′21″W / 51.6024°N 0.1724°W / 51.6024; -0.1724 (Carving of Dick Turpin on tree)
1998 c. 1998 Students of Barnet College N/A Relief N/A
'A Conversation With Spike' by John Somerville, Stephens House and Gardens, Finchley (cropped).jpg A Conversation with Spike
Spike Milligan
Grounds of Stephens House, 17 East End Road

51°35′48″N 0°11′39″W / 51.5967°N 0.1942°W / 51.5967; -0.1942 (A Conversation with Spike)
2014 Somerville, JohnJohn Somerville N/A Statue on bench N/A

Friern Barnet

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
The Bringer of Peace, Friary Park (geograph 5291737).jpg Statue of Queen Victoria with the attributes of Peace Friary Park

51°37′06″N 0°09′39″W / 51.61842°N 0.16079°W / 51.61842; -0.16079
1862 Durham, JosephJoseph Durham N/A Statue Grade II Unveiled 4 February 1911. Originally conceived by Prince Albert as the crowning feature of the Memorial to the Great Exhibition in South Kensington, the statue was substituted for one of the Prince himself after his death. Exhibited at the 1862 International Exhibition, it was afterwards installed in the nearby gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society. It was donated to Friary Park shortly before the park's opening by the businessman Sydney Simmons. The figure was re-dedicated as a memorial to Edward VII, who had recently died and who was sometimes called "the Peacemaker".
Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial 02.jpg Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial Churchyard of St James the Great

51°37′16″N 0°09′50″W / 51.6212°N 0.1638°W / 51.6212; -0.1638
1921 ? N/A Memorial cross N/A Unveiled in July 1921.

Golders Green

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
St Edward the Confessor Church (geograph 3347202) – Calvary.jpg Calvary St Edward the Confessor's Church, Finchley Road

51°34′35″N 0°11′48″W / 51.5764°N 0.1967°W / 51.5764; -0.1967 (Calvary)
1915 Attributed to Joseph Armitage Young, ArthurArthur Young Architectural sculpture Grade II
War memorial at Golders Green (12465422183).jpg Golders Green War Memorial Golders Green town centre

51°34′18″N 0°11′44″W / 51.5716°N 0.1955°W / 51.5716; -0.1955
1923 N/A Possibly Frank T. Dear Clock tower Grade II Unveiled 21 April 1923.

Golders Hill Park

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Water Baby by Edward Bainbridge Copnall, Golders Hill Park (cropped).jpg Water Baby Golders Hill Park

51°34′06″N 0°11′13″W / 51.56827°N 0.18700°W / 51.56827; -0.18700
1950 Copnall, Edward BainbridgeEdward Bainbridge Copnall N/A Sculptural fountain N/A
Pipedreams in Golders Hill - geograph.org.uk - 234823.jpg Gazebo Golders Hill Park

51°34′03″N 0°11′18″W / 51.56744°N 0.18844°W / 51.56744; -0.18844
1983 Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor N/A Sculpture N/A
Golders Hill Girl by Patricia Finch -Golders Hill Park, Golders Green, London, England-9Feb2012.jpg Golders Hill Girl Golders Hill Park

51°34′05″N 0°11′11″W / 51.56801°N 0.18634°W / 51.56801; -0.18634
1991 Finch, PatriciaPatricia Finch N/A Sculpture N/A
Diogenist by Mark Batten (9478251728).jpg Diogenist Golders Hill Park

51°34′04″N 0°11′03″W / 51.56784°N 0.18423°W / 51.56784; -0.18423
Batten, MarkMark Batten N/A Sculpture N/A

Hendon

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Statue of Robert Peel Hendon Police College

51°35′39″N 0°14′25″W / 51.5941°N 0.2403°W / 51.5941; -0.2403
1855 Behnes, WilliamWilliam Behnes N/A Statue Grade II
Hendon War Memorial, Watford Way, London NW4 - geograph.org.uk - 404504.jpg Hendon War Memorial Junction of Watford Way and the Burroughs

51°35′08″N 0°13′49″W / 51.5856°N 0.2303°W / 51.5856; -0.2303
1922 Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 23 April 1922.
Family of Man by Itzhak Ofer.JPG Family of Man Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs

51°35′18″N 0°13′44″W / 51.58835°N 0.22879°W / 51.58835; -0.22879
1979 Ofer, ItzhakItzhak Ofer
RAF Museum - geograph.org.uk - 121976.jpg Sky Dance RAF Museum

51°35′51″N 0°14′16″W / 51.59739°N 0.23785°W / 51.59739; -0.23785
2003 Kawakami, KisaKisa Kawakami
Several lion statues Fiveways Corner, Mill Hill / Hendon

51°36′04″N 0°14′03″W / 51.6011°N 0.2342°W / 51.6011; -0.2342

New Barnet

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
New Barnet war memorial.JPG New Barnet War Memorial Junction of Station Road and Lytton Road

51°38′59″N 0°10′31″W / 51.6497°N 0.1753°W / 51.6497; -0.1753
1921 Trent, Newbury AbbotNewbury Abbot Trent N/A War memorial with sculpture Grade II Unveiled 20 March 1921.

Monken Hadley

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Hadley Highstone cropped.jpg Hadley Highstone
Commemorates the Battle of Barnet
Great North Road

51°39′57″N 0°11′56″W / 51.66584°N 0.19895°W / 51.66584; -0.19895
1740 c. 1740 Obelisk Grade II
David Livingstone Plaque - geograph.org.uk - 368138.jpg Livingstone, DavidDavid Livingstone Livingstone Cottage, Hadley Green Road

51°39′39″N 0°11′49″W / 51.6608°N 0.1969°W / 51.6608; -0.1969
1913 ? ? Portrait medallion Grade II
Monken Hadley War Memorial 01.JPG Monken Hadley War Memorial Monken Hadley Common, Camlet Way

51°39′44″N 0°11′32″W / 51.6622°N 0.1922°W / 51.6622; -0.1922
1920 Callard, MrMr Callard N/A Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 19 December 1920 by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Fremantle. Apparently inspired by a 15th-century market cross in Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland.
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