List of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets facts for kids

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
	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		C Grade II	Unveiled in July 1959 by Isaac Hayward.
	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		B Grade II*
	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 (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
	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)	1918< after 1918	?	Crucifix	Portland stone, timber and cast iron		C Grade II
	London River Man	Ensign House, Marsh Wall	1987	Mills, John W.John W. Mills		Bronze	figure 145 cm (57 in) high
	Leap	Jamestown Harbour	1987–1989	Belsky, FrantaFranta Belsky
	Domino Players	Clove Crescent	1992	Bennet, KimKim Bennet
	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
	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	Poplar Dock	1997	Bisset, AnnaAnna Bisset
	Traffic Light Tree	roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside Billingsgate Market (since 2013)	1998	Vivant, PierrePierre Vivant
	Hibbert Gate	Adjacent to North Dock West	2000	Stevenson, LeoLeo Stevenson
	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	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	Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street	1983	Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj
	Couple on a Seat	Cabot Square	1984	Chadwick, LynnLynn Chadwick
	Centurione I	Columbus Courtyard	1987	Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj
	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	Cabot Square	1990	Penny, GilesGiles Penny
	Gate	Westferry Circus	1992	Lund, GiuseppeGiuseppe Lund
	Centauro	Upper Bank Street	1994	Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj
	Man With Arms Open	West India Avenue	1995	Penny, GilesGiles Penny
	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
	Clemm Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm	Cabot Square	1998	Laing, GeraldGerald Laing
	Original Form	25 North Colonnade	1999	Rand, KeithKeith Rand
	Six Public Clocks	Reuters Plaza	1999	Grcic, KonstantinKonstantin Grcic
	Vanishing Point	Westferry Circus	1999	Battle, JayJay Battle
	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	10 Cabot Square	2000	Buck, JonJon Buck
	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
	Columbus Screen	Columbus Courtyard	2000	Ramshaw, WendyWendy Ramshaw
	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	One Canada Square	2002	Allen, BobBob Allen
	HSBC lions	8 Canada Square	2002	Wagstaff after W. W. Wagstaff
	Arbor	Montgomery Square	2003	Ross, NigelNigel Ross
	Cross Way	Montgomery Square	2003	Ross, NigelNigel Ross
	Sacrificial Anode	Montgomery Square	2007	O'Connell, EilisEilis O'Connell
	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	Westferry Circus	2009	Worley, RobertRobert Worley
	Torsion II	Bank Street, Jubilee Park exit	2009–2011	Hadcock, CharlesCharles Hadcock
	Drawing Cube (Blue)	Montgomery Square	2010	Dutt, SureshSuresh Dutt
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Captivated by Colour	Adams Plaza Bridge (interior)	2020	Walala, CamilleCamille Walala	Mural	Vinyl
	Click Your Heels Together Three Times	Adams Plaza Bridge (underside)	2023	Furman, Adam NathanielAdam Nathaniel Furman	Wrapping
	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
	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	C Grade II	Unveiled 28 May 1921.
	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	C Grade II	Unveiled 15 April 1923.
	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	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
	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 of William Ewart Gladstone	In front of Bow Church, Bow Road	1882	Bruce-Joy, AlbertAlbert Bruce-Joy	Statue	C Grade II
	Edward 7 Bust of Edward VII	39 Mile End Road	1911	?	Bust	C Grade II	Unveiled 12 October 1911.
	Lansbury Memorial to George Lansbury	Bow Road	1955		Memorial	N/A
	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	C Grade II
	Attlee 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.
	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.
	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	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
	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)	1750~ 18th century	?	Wooden sculpture	C Grade II	Sign for a pub demolished in 2003.
	Female figure (formerly holding a cornucopia)	Lansbury Lawrence School, Poplar	1850~ Mid-19th century	?	Architectural sculpture	C 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.
	Green Statue of Richard Green	East India Dock Road	1865/1866	Wyon, Edward WilliamEdward William Wyon	Statue	C Grade II
	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.
	Children's Memorial	Poplar Recreation Ground	1919	Adams, A. R.A. R. Adams		C 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.
	Poplar (St Michael and All Angels) War Memorial	St Leonard's Road	1920	Adams, A. R.A. R. Adams	Sculptural group	C Grade II	Unveiled 4 December 1920 by the Duke of York (the future George V).
	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
	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
	Mariner's Astrolabe, Virginia Quay Settlers Monument	Jamestown Way	1999	Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor		C Grade II
	Acorn Wall Relief	Brunswick Wharf	2003	Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor
	Baldock 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	Entrance to St Katharine Docks	1973	Taylor, WendyWendy Taylor		C Grade II
	Elephants	Entrance to Ivory House, on gateposts	1973	Drew, PeterPeter Drew
	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	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
	Edward 7 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.
	Navigators' Memorial	King Edward Memorial Park	1922	?	Commemorative stone
	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
	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.”
	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	Lamb Street	1999	Sandler, BarbaraBarbara Sandler	Sculpture	N/A
	I Goat	Brushfield Street	2011	Hunter, KennyKenny Hunter	Sculpture	N/A
	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
	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	A Grade I
	Wakefield Memorial to Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield	41 Trinity Square	1937	Thomas, CecilCecil Thomas	N/A	Portrait plaque	C Grade II
	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	B Grade II*
	Trajan 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
	The Sea	Tower Hill Terrace	1965–1966	Thomas, CecilCecil Thomas		Sculptural groups on gateposts	N/A
	Sundial	Wakefield Gardens, outside Tower Hill tube station	1992	Russell, EdwinEdwin Russell	Chitty, JohnJohn Chitty and Mike Duffie (landscape architects)	Sundial	N/A
	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
	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 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	B Grade II*
	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	C Grade II	Unveiled 12 March 1921.

Wapping

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bluecoat Girl	Raine's House		?	Statue in niche
	Bluecoat Boy	Raine's House		?	Statue in niche
	Rennie Bust of John Rennie the Elder	Spirit Quay	1992	Ravera, JohnJohn Ravera	Bust	N/A
	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
	Drinking fountain	White Church Lane	1860	?	Drinking fountain	C Grade II	Relocated from the Whitechapel Road. Inscribed "from one unknown yet well known", perhaps referring to William Weldon Champneys.
	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	C 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.
	Alexandra Statue of Alexandra of Denmark	Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital	1908	Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade	Statue	C Grade II
	Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain	Mile End Road	1911	Frith, William SilverWilliam Silver Frith	Drinking fountain with sculpture	C Grade II
	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	C Grade II
	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	C Grade II	Unveiled 15 November 1924.
	Booth Bust of William Booth	Mile End Road	1927	Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade	Bust
	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
	Booth 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
	Gateway arch Altab Ali	Entrance to Altab Ali Park	1989	Petersen, DavidDavid Petersen
	Spitalfields Column	Middlesex Street	1995	Perry, RichardRichard Perry	Sculpture	N/A
	Ram and Magpie	Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street	1996	Haughney, PaulaPaula Haughney	Sculpture	N/A
	Platform artworks	Whitechapel station	1997	Patterson, DougDoug Patterson	Murals	N/A
	Shaheed Minar (Martyrs' Monument)	Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane	1999	Rahman After Hamidur Rahman	Sculpture	N/A	Unveiled 17 February 1999 by Humayun Rashid Choudhury. A smaller replica of the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
	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
	Booth Statue of Catherine Booth	Mile End Road	2015	Wade After George Edward Wade	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 2 July 2015.
	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.
	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)