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

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

Bromley-by-Bow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Woodall Statue of Corbet Woodall	Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′24″N 0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0051°W / 51.5233; -0.0051	1926 c. 1926	Walker, Arthur GeorgeArthur George Walker	Statue	C Grade II
	Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp	Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′24″N 0°00′16″W / 51.52346°N 0.00441°W / 51.52346; -0.00441	?	?	Memorial column with gas lamp	C Grade II
	Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda	Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′25″N 0°00′16″W / 51.52351°N 0.00441°W / 51.52351; -0.00441	?	?	War memorial	C Grade II

Canning Town

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Stone Memorial to Bradley Stone	Peacock Gym, Caxton Street North 51°30′35″N 0°00′48″E / 51.50966°N 0.01341°E / 51.50966; 0.01341	1995	Downey, AnnAnn Downey	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 10 January 1995.
	DNA DL90	Bow Creek 51°31′13″N 0°00′31″W / 51.52037°N 0.00860°W / 51.52037; -0.00860	2003	Fallis, AbigailAbigail Fallis	Sculpture	N/A	This 9.3 m (31 ft) tall sculpture is a double helix made up of 22 shopping trolleys. It marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA, and the artist considers the trolleys a symbol of modern consumer culture.
	Alphabetti Spaghetti	Caxton Works 51°30′40″N 0°00′43″E / 51.51112°N 0.01206°E / 51.51112; 0.01206	2019	Chinneck, AlexAlex Chinneck	Sculpture	N/A	Sculpture of a pillar box tied in a knot, one of a number installed around the country.

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East Ham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Central Park War Memorial County Borough of East Ham	Central Park 51°31′42″N 0°03′20″E / 51.5284°N 0.0556°E / 51.5284; 0.0556 (Central Park War Memorial)	1921	Banks-Martin, RobertRobert Banks-Martin	Cenotaph	C Grade II	The architect was the mayor of East Ham during the First World War.

Forest Gate

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	The Preacher	Forest Gate Methodist Church, Woodgrange Road 51°32′53″N 0°01′31″E / 51.5480°N 0.0253°E / 51.5480; 0.0253 (The Preacher)	1961	Peri, Peter LaszloPeter Laszlo Peri	Architectural sculpture	C Grade II

Manor Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Carnegie Bust of Andrew Carnegie	Rabbits Road wall of former Carnegie Library, Manor Park 51°33′11″N 0°03′13″E / 51.55301°N 0.05372°E / 51.55301; 0.05372	1904	Unknown	Architectural sculpture	C Grade II

North Woolwich and Silvertown

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Silvertown War Memorial	Royal Wharf, North Woolwich Road 51°30′00″N 0°01′40″E / 51.4999°N 0.0278°E / 51.4999; 0.0278 (Silvertown War Memorial)	1920 c. 1920	Braddell, Thomas Arthur DarcyThomas Arthur Darcy Braddell	Pillar	C Grade II	Moved to this location in 2016.
	St Mark's Church War Memorial	Brick Lane Music Hall 51°30′09″N 0°02′33″E / 51.5026°N 0.0426°E / 51.5026; 0.0426 (St Mark's Church War Memorial)	1920 c. 1920	?	Celtic cross	C Grade II	Moved to this location in 1991.
	Brick Lane Music Hall mural	Brick Lane Music Hall 51°30′10″N 0°02′33″E / 51.5027°N 0.0425°E / 51.5027; 0.0425 (Brick Lane Music Hall Memorial)	2004		Mural	N/A
	Newham Trackside Wall (first section)	Connaught Road and Albert Road	2016–2021	Boyce, SoniaSonia Boyce	Mural	N/A	Panels with images, personal testimonies and information relating to the area, on a wall running alongside the Elizabeth line. The two sections combined measure 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length, making this one of the longest artworks ever commissioned in the UK.

Plaistow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial	Greengate Street 51°31′39″N 0°01′38″E / 51.52749°N 0.02733°E / 51.52749; 0.02733	c. 1920	Richards, J. F.J. F. Richards	War memorial	C Grade II

Royal Docks

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Landed	Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock 51°30′29″N 0°01′30″E / 51.50797°N 0.02500°E / 51.50797; 0.02500	2009	Johnson, LesLes Johnson	Sculptural group	N/A
	Bird Boy (without a tail)	Royal Victoria Dock 51°30′27″N 0°01′03″E / 51.50761°N 0.01745°E / 51.50761; 0.01745	2011	Ford, LauraLaura Ford	Statue	N/A	A sculpture of a child wearing a bird costume, standing on a pontoon.
	Athena	Outside London City Airport 51°30′16″N 0°02′23″E / 51.50458°N 0.03963°E / 51.50458; 0.03963	2012	Azam, NasserNasser Azam	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 5 July 2012. This is the tallest bronze sculpture in the UK, at 12 metres high. The sculptor grew up in the borough.
	Types of Happiness	Royal Docks 51°30′28″N 0°01′08″E / 51.50774°N 0.01896°E / 51.50774; 0.01896 (Types of Happiness)	2019 (created), 2023 (installed)	Ilori, YinkaYinka Ilori	Sculpture	N/A	Two 10 feet (3.0 m) tall chairs decorated in the style of African wax prints, representing happiness and pride.

Stratford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Shakespeare Statue of William Shakespeare	University of East London Stratford Campus 51°32′36″N 0°00′33″E / 51.54344°N 0.00906°E / 51.54344; 0.00906	1840	?	Statue	C Grade II	A statue in Coade stone, originally made for the Opera House (now Her Majesty's Theatre) in Haymarket. Presented to Stratford by a local councillor, J. C. Carroll, in 1925.
	Gurney, SamuelSamuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain	Broadway 51°32′27″N 0°00′06″E / 51.5409°N 0.0017°E / 51.5409; 0.0017	1861	Bell, JohnJohn Bell	Obelisk	C Grade II
	Memorial to the Stratford Martyrs	St John the Evangelist Church, Broadway 51°32′29″N 0°00′09″E / 51.5415°N 0.0026°E / 51.5415; 0.0026	1878	Newman, J. T.J. T. Newman	Memorial	C Grade II
	Kerrison Memorial to Edith Kerrison	The Grove 51°32′34″N 0°00′14″E / 51.54285°N 0.00402°E / 51.54285; 0.00402	1936	Gregory, ChristineChristine Gregory	Memorial	N/A	Kerrison was the first female councillor in West Ham.
	Hopkins Memorial to Gerard Manley Hopkins	Outside Stratford Library, The Grove 51°32′34″N 0°00′14″E / 51.54265°N 0.00391°E / 51.54265; 0.00391	1994	?	Commemorative stone	N/A	Unveiled 28 July 1994, the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth, by Seamus Heaney. Hopkins's birthplace was at 87 The Grove; the house was bombed in World War II.
	Railway Tree	Stratford High Street 51°32′21.93″N 0°0′1.33″W / 51.5394250°N 0.0003694°W / 51.5394250; -0.0003694	1996	Robertson, MalcolmMalcolm Robertson	Sculpture	N/A
	ArcelorMittal Orbit	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 51°32′18″N 0°00′47″W / 51.53827°N 0.01298°W / 51.53827; -0.01298	2012	Kapoor, AnishAnish Kapoor (with Cecil Balmond)	Sculpture	N/A
	Carpenters Curve	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 51°32′17″N 0°00′33″W / 51.53799°N 0.00930°W / 51.53799; -0.00930	2012	Woods, ClareClare Woods	Mural	N/A
	Danes Yard Tower	Danes Yard, beside Three Mills Wall River 51°31′57″N 0°00′31″W / 51.5325°N 0.0085°W / 51.5325; -0.0085 (Danes Yard Tower)	2012	ARC-ML Archichtects	Tower	N/A	Also known as Strand East Tower and the Olympic Torch sculpture, the wood and galvanised steel tower is 40 metres (130 ft) high and lit at night by LEDs.
	Stratford Shoal	Stratford Centre 51°32′30″N 0°00′06″W / 51.54163°N 0.00167°W / 51.54163; -0.00167	2012	Studio Egret West	Sculpture	N/A
	Untitled	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park	2012	Simpson, D. J.D. J. Simpson	Mural	N/A
	Littlewood Statue of Joan Littlewood	Gerry Raffles Square, outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East 51°32′34″N 0°00′03″E / 51.54273°N 0.00089°E / 51.54273; 0.00089	2015	Jackson, PhilipPhilip Jackson	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 4 October 2015.

Three Mills

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Untitled (Juniper)	House Mill, Three Mills 51°31′39″N 0°00′27″W / 51.52737°N 0.00750°W / 51.52737; -0.00750	2014	Overton, VirginiaVirginia Overton	Sculpture	N/A	A weather vane in steel and gold leaf featuring a juniper tree, referencing both the artist's origins and a former gin distillery at Three Mills.
	A Moment Without You	Three Mills 51°31′36″N 0°00′27″W / 51.52659°N 0.00751°W / 51.52659; -0.00751	2017	Emin, TraceyTracey Emin	Sculpture	N/A	Five bronze sculptures of birds mounted on tall poles.
	Reaching Out	Three Mills Green 51°31′46″N 0°00′24″W / 51.52942°N 0.00665°W / 51.52942; -0.00665	2020	Price, Thomas J.Thomas J. Price	Statue	N/A	The third sculpture of a black woman in the UK, and the first by a black artist, this is not based on a single person but is a fictional composite of various references. The statue is 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and weighs 420 kilograms.

Upton Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	World Cup Sculpture ("The Champions") Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson	Barking Road and Central Park Road 51°31′48″N 0°02′17″E / 51.53012°N 0.03796°E / 51.53012; 0.03796	2003	Jackson, PhilipPhilip Jackson	Sculptural group	N/A

West Ham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial	Junction of Abbey Road and Mitre Road 51°31′59″N 0°00′21″E / 51.5331°N 0.0058°E / 51.5331; 0.0058 (Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial)	After 1918	?	Pylon with sculpture	C Grade II