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

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
	Blind Beggar and His Dog	Cranbrook Estate 51°31′47″N 0°02′42″W / 51.5298°N 0.0449133°W / 51.5298; -0.0449133 (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

Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Testa Addormentata	Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street	1983	Mitoraj, IgorIgor Mitoraj
	Couple on a Seat	Cabot Square	1984	Chadwick, LynnLynn Chadwick
	London River Man	Ensign House, Marsh Wall	1987	Mills, John W.John W. Mills		Bronze	figure 145 cm (57 in) high
	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
	Leap	Jamestown Harbour	1987–1989	Belsky, FrantaFranta Belsky
	Domino Players	Clove Crescent	1992	Bennet, KimKim Bennet
	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
	Figurehead for Docklands	Poplar Dock	1997	Bisset, AnnaAnna Bisset
	Clemm Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm	Cabot Square	1998	Laing, GeraldGerald Laing
	Traffic Light Tree	roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside Billingsgate Market (since 2013)	1998	Vivant, PierrePierre Vivant
	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	2000	Arad, RonRon Arad		carbon fibre	50 m 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	2000	DeJong, ConstanceConstance DeJong	audio benches
	Hibbert Gate	Adjacent to North Dock West	2000	Stevenson, LeoLeo Stevenson
	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	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	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
	Renaissance	Nutmeg Lane, East India Dock		Blik, MauriceMaurice Blik

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
	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.
	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

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Green Statue of Richard Green	East India Dock Road	1865/6	Wyon, Edward WilliamEdward William Wyon	Statue	C Grade II
	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.
	Shadow Play	In front of Compass House, Mulberry Place	1992	King, DaveDave King
	Mariner's Astrolabe, Virginia 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	1995–97	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

Spitalfields

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	I Goat	Brushfield Street	2011	Hunter, KennyKenny Hunter	Sculpture	N/A
	Vortex	Lamb Street	1999	Sandler, BarbaraBarbara Sandler	Sculpture	N/A

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
	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

Hackney

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′13″N 0°02′23″W / 51.53707°N 0.03965°W / 51.53707; -0.03965 (Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain)	1862	N/A	Darbishire, Henry AstleyHenry Astley Darbishire	Drinking fountain	B Grade II*

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
	Alexandra Statue of Alexandra of Denmark	Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital	1908	Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade		C Grade II
	Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain	Mile End Road	1911	Frith, William SilverWilliam Silver Frith		C Grade II
	Booth Bust of William Booth	Mile End Road	1927	Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade
	Booth Statue of William Booth	Mile End Road	1979 (casting)	Wade, George EdwardGeorge Edward Wade
	Les Naïdes	45 Whitechapel Road	1985	Abrahams, IvorIvor Abrahams
	Spitalfields Column	Middlesex Street	1995	Perry, RichardRichard Perry
	Ram and Magpie	Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street	1996	Haughny, PaulaPaula Haughny
	Shaheed Minars Martyr monument Altab Ali	Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane	1999	Shaheed Minar
	Booth Statue of Catherine Booth	Mile End Road	2015	Wade After an original by George Edward Wade	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 2 July 2015.
	Goodman's Fields Horses	Goodman's Fields Piazza	2015	Mackie, HamishHamish Mackie		N/A	Winner of the PMSA's Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Fountains.

Images for kids

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  Timepiece (1973) by Wendy Taylor, with Tower Bridge in the background