List of public art in the London Borough of Barnet

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The Archer by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley tube station EAST FINCHLEY-06 240710 CPS (4837114453).jpg
The Archer by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley tube station

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

Contents

Map of public art in the London Borough of Barnet

Arkley

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Arkley War Memorial 01.jpg
More images 		Arkley War Memorial Junction of Barnet Road and Rowley Green Road

51°38′52″N0°13′55″W / 51.6477°N 0.2319°W / 51.6477; -0.2319 		1920 ?— Celtic cross Grade II [1]

Barnet Vale

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Three Statues Barnet Vale.jpg Saint Mark , Christ as the Good Shepherd and Saint Alban St Mark's Church

51°39′10″N0°11′06″W / 51.6528°N 0.1850°W / 51.6528; -0.1850 		1909, 1917 and 1926 Nathaniel Hitch John Loughborough Pearson Statues in niches Grade II [2]
Hadley Heights sculpture (cropped).jpg Figure with bowlHadley Heights, 134 Hadley Road

51°39′28″N0°10′58″W / 51.6578°N 0.1828°W / 51.6578; -0.1828 		2001"A.H."—Sculpture— [3]

Brent Cross

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Here We Come substation.jpg Here we come, here we rise Staples Corner

51°34′17″N0°13′47″W / 51.5715°N 0.2297°W / 51.5715; -0.2297 (Here we come, here we rise) 		2023LakwenaIF_DOFaçade—Constructed around an electrical substation [4] [5]
Giles Round artwork at Brent Cross West station 2024-07-12.jpg Time passes & still I think of you Brent Cross West railway station

51°34′07″N0°13′37″W / 51.5687°N 0.2269°W / 51.5687; -0.2269 (Time passes & still I think of you) 		2023Giles Round—Frieze— [6]

Chipping Barnet

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
War memorial Christ Church, Barnet 02.JPG
More images 		Barnet Boys School Boer War Memorial Opposite Christ Church, St Albans Road

51°39′31″N0°12′16″W / 51.6585°N 0.2045°W / 51.6585; -0.2045 		1903 ?—Obelisk Grade II Unveiled in July 1903 by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell. [7]
Chipping Barnet war memorial Sept 2016 01.jpg
More images 		Chipping Barnet War Memorial Outside St John the Baptist's Church, Wood Street

51°39′12″N0°12′05″W / 51.6532°N 0.2015°W / 51.6532; -0.2015 		1921 ?—Celtic cross Grade II Unveiled 5 April 1921 by General the Lord Byng of Vimy. [8]

East Barnet

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
East Barnet war memorial 7.JPG
More images 		East Barnet War Memorial Junction of Church Hill Road and East Barnet Road

51°38′33″N0°09′46″W / 51.6426°N 0.1629°W / 51.6426; -0.1629 		1920 ?A. E. Prentice (builder)Celtic cross Grade II Unveiled 27 June 1920. [9]

Finchley

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
La Delivrance - geograph.org.uk - 187655.jpg
More images 		La Délivrance Henly's Corner

51°35′27″N0°12′00″W / 51.5909°N 0.2000°W / 51.5909; -0.2000 (La Délivrance) 		1914–1918Émile Oscar Guillaume—Statue Grade II* Unveiled 20 October 1927 by David Lloyd George. [10]
Finchley Garden Village War Memorial, June 2020 01.jpg
More images 		Finchley Garden Village War MemorialVillage Road

51°35′55″N0°12′29″W / 51.5987°N 0.2080°W / 51.5987; -0.2080 (Finchley Garden Village War Memorial) 		1924 ?—Pedestal lamp Grade II Unveiled 6 December 1924. [11]
Finchley War Memorial 5 April 2016 01.JPG
More images 		Finchley War Memorial Ballards Lane, North Finchley, outside United Services Club

51°36′44″N0°10′40″W / 51.6123°N 0.1778°W / 51.6123; -0.1778 (Finchley War Memorial) 		By 1925 ? ?War memorial with relief— [12]
Mosaic, St Philip the Apostle, Finchley (geograph 3747532).jpg Saint  Philip the Apostle St Philip's Church

51°35′51″N0°11′52″W / 51.5975°N 0.1978°W / 51.5975; -0.1978 (Saint Philip the Apostle) 		1933 ?T. H. B. ScottMosaic— [13]
East Finchley Stn statue.JPG
More images 		The Archer East Finchley tube station

51°35′14″N0°09′52″W / 51.58716°N 0.16442°W / 51.58716; -0.16442 (The Archer) 		1939–1940 Eric Aumonier Charles Holden and L. H. BucknellArchitectural sculpture; statue Grade II
Stand and Deliver - geograph.org.uk - 162834.jpg Carving of Dick Turpin on tree Great North Road

51°36′09″N0°10′21″W / 51.6024°N 0.1724°W / 51.6024; -0.1724 (Carving of Dick Turpin on tree) 		1998 c. 1998Students of Barnet College —Relief— [14]
'A Conversation With Spike' by John Somerville, Stephens House and Gardens, Finchley (cropped).jpg
More images 		A Conversation with Spike
Spike Milligan 		Grounds of Stephens House, 17 East End Road

51°35′48″N0°11′39″W / 51.5967°N 0.1942°W / 51.5967; -0.1942 (A Conversation with Spike) 		2014 John Somerville —Statue on bench— [15]
Susanna Wesley (1669-1742), Mother of Methodism, East Finchley Methodist Church, High Road, East Finchley, November 2024.jpg Susanna Wesley East Finchley Methodist Church, High Road, East Finchley2022Simon O'Rouke—Wooden statue—Unveiled 2022, the first public sculpture of Wesley. [16]

Friern Barnet

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Statue of Peace, Friary Park, with dove 06.jpg
More images 		Statue of Queen Victoria with the attributes of Peace Friary Park

51°37′06″N0°09′39″W / 51.61842°N 0.16079°W / 51.61842; -0.16079 		1862 Joseph Durham —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". [17]
Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial 02.jpg
More images 		Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial Churchyard of St James the Great

51°37′16″N0°09′50″W / 51.6212°N 0.1638°W / 51.6212; -0.1638 		1921 ?—Memorial cross—Unveiled in July 1921. [18]

Golders Green

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
St Edward the Confessor Church (geograph 3347202) - Calvary.jpg Calvary St Edward the Confessor's Church, Finchley Road

51°34′35″N0°11′48″W / 51.5764°N 0.1967°W / 51.5764; -0.1967 (Calvary) 		1915Attributed to Joseph Armitage Arthur Young Architectural sculpture Grade II [19]
War memorial at Golders Green (12465422183).jpg
More images 		Golders Green War Memorial Golders Green town centre

51°34′18″N0°11′44″W / 51.5716°N 0.1955°W / 51.5716; -0.1955 		1923—Possibly Frank T. DearClock tower Grade II Unveiled 21 April 1923. [20]

Golders Hill Park

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Water Baby by Edward Bainbridge Copnall, Golders Hill Park (cropped).jpg Water BabyGolders Hill Park

51°34′06″N0°11′13″W / 51.56827°N 0.18700°W / 51.56827; -0.18700 		1950 Edward Bainbridge Copnall —Sculptural fountain—
Pipedreams in Golders Hill - geograph.org.uk - 234823.jpg GazeboGolders Hill Park

51°34′03″N0°11′18″W / 51.56744°N 0.18844°W / 51.56744; -0.18844 		1983 Wendy Taylor —Sculpture— [21]
Golders Hill Girl by Patricia Finch -Golders Hill Park, Golders Green, London, England-9Feb2012.jpg Golders Hill GirlGolders Hill Park

51°34′05″N0°11′11″W / 51.56801°N 0.18634°W / 51.56801; -0.18634 		1991Patricia Finch—Sculpture— [22]
Diogenist by Mark Batten (9478251728).jpg
More images 		DiogenistGolders Hill Park

51°34′04″N0°11′03″W / 51.56784°N 0.18423°W / 51.56784; -0.18423 		Mark Batten—Sculpture—

Hendon

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Statue of Robert Peel Hendon Police College

51°35′39″N0°14′25″W / 51.5941°N 0.2403°W / 51.5941; -0.2403 		1855 William Behnes Statue Grade II [23]
Hendon War Memorial, Watford Way, London NW4 - geograph.org.uk - 404504.jpg
More images 		Hendon War Memorial Junction of Watford Way and the Burroughs

51°35′08″N0°13′49″W / 51.5856°N 0.2303°W / 51.5856; -0.2303 		1922Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 23 April 1922. [24]
Family of Man by Itzhak Ofer.JPG Family of Man Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs

51°35′18″N0°13′44″W / 51.58835°N 0.22879°W / 51.58835; -0.22879 		1979Itzhak OferSculpture— [25]
RAF Museum - geograph.org.uk - 121976.jpg Sky Dance RAF Museum

51°35′51″N0°14′16″W / 51.59739°N 0.23785°W / 51.59739; -0.23785 		2003Kisa KawakamiSculpture— [26]
601squadron memorial RAF hendon.JPG No. 601 Squadron RAF Memorial RAF Museum 2009Sam BofeySculpture—Unveiled 13 May 2009. [27]

Mill Hill

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
The Gate of Honour at Mill Hill School, Mill Hill, October 2022.jpg Gate of Honour Mill Hill School

51°37′09″N0°13′49″W / 51.6192°N 0.2303°W / 51.6192; -0.2303 (Gate of Honour, Mill Hill School) 		1920Stanley Hinge Hamp Propylaeum Grade II Unveiled 30 October 1920. [28] [29]
Mill Hill War Memorial, October 2022.jpg
More images 		Mill Hill War MemorialThe Ridgeway

51°37′15″N0°13′57″W / 51.6209°N 0.2326°W / 51.6209; -0.2326 (Mill Hill War Memorial) 		1920Frank E. WhitingPylon Grade II Unveiled 14 November 1920. [30]
Middlesex Regiment War Memorial, Mill Hill, October 2022 02.jpg
More images 		Middlesex Regiment War MemorialThe Ridgeway

51°37′13″N0°13′54″W / 51.6203°N 0.2318°W / 51.6203; -0.2318 (Middlesex Regiment War Memorial) 		1922 ?Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 5 November 1922 at Inglis Barracks by the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII). Moved to this site in 2012. [31]
Raised lioness at Fiveways Corner.jpg
More images 		Civic PrideFiveways Corner

51°36′04″N0°14′03″W / 51.6011°N 0.2342°W / 51.6011; -0.2342 		2001 David Annand Sculptures— [32]

Monken Hadley

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Hadley Highstone cropped.jpg
More images 		Hadley Highstone
Commemorates the Battle of Barnet 		Great North Road

51°39′57″N0°11′56″W / 51.66584°N 0.19895°W / 51.66584; -0.19895 		1740 c. 1740Obelisk Grade II [33]
David Livingstone Plaque - geograph.org.uk - 368138.jpg David Livingstone Livingstone Cottage, Hadley Green Road

51°39′39″N0°11′49″W / 51.6608°N 0.1969°W / 51.6608; -0.1969 (David Livingstone) 		1913 ?Portrait medallion Grade II [34]
Monken Hadley War Memorial 01.JPG
More images 		Monken Hadley War Memorial Monken Hadley Common, Camlet Way

51°39′44″N0°11′32″W / 51.6622°N 0.1922°W / 51.6622; -0.1922 (Monken Hadley War Memorial) 		1920Mr CallardMemorial cross Grade II Unveiled 19 December 1920 by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Fremantle. Apparently inspired by a 15th-century market cross in Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland. [35]

New Barnet

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
New Barnet war memorial.JPG
More images 		New Barnet War Memorial Junction of Station Road and Lytton Road

51°38′59″N0°10′31″W / 51.6497°N 0.1753°W / 51.6497; -0.1753 		1921 Newbury Abbot Trent War memorial with sculpture Grade II Unveiled 20 March 1921. [36]

Totteridge

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Totteridge War Memorial (geograph 5147223 cropped).jpg
More images 		Totteridge War MemorialJunction of Totteridge Lane and Barnet Lane

51°38′01″N0°12′04″W / 51.6335°N 0.2010°W / 51.6335; -0.2010 (Totteridge War Memorial) 		1922 Charles Carrick Allom Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 26 March 1922. [37]

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