List of public art in the London Borough of Merton

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Merton

Colliers Wood

Main article: Colliers Wood

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	John Feeney Memorial Drinking Fountain	Wandle Park 51°25′02″N0°10′47″W / 51.4173°N 0.1796°W / 51.4173; -0.1796 (John Feeney Memorial Drinking Fountain)	1907	?	Drinking fountain	Grade II	[1]

Merton Park

Main article: Merton Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Merton War Memorial	St Mary's churchyard 51°24′37″N0°12′08″W / 51.4104°N 0.2021°W / 51.4104; -0.2021 (Merton War Memorial)	1920 (designed); erected 1921	H. P. Burke Downing	Memorial cross	Grade II	[2]

Mitcham

Main article: Mitcham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Clock	Upper Green East 51°24′22″N0°09′50″W / 51.4061°N 0.1640°W / 51.4061; -0.1640 (Clock)	1897	?	Clock	Grade II	[3]
	Mitcham War Memorial	Lower Green West 51°24′09″N0°10′12″W / 51.4024°N 0.1699°W / 51.4024; -0.1699 (Mitcham War Memorial)	1920	?	Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 21 November 1920. [4]
	Memorial to Tom Ruff	Mitcham Cricket Green, London Road	1962	?	Commemorative stone	—	At the time of his death in March 1962, Ruff was mayor of Mitcham. The names of outstanding Mitcham cricketers were added in 2014. [5]

Morden

Main article: Morden

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Neptune	Morden Hall Park 51°24′05″N0°11′12″W / 51.4013°N 0.1867°W / 51.4013; -0.1867 (Neptune)	18th century	?	—	Statue	Grade II	[6]
	Venus and Cupid	Morden Hall Park 51°24′13″N0°11′16″W / 51.4037°N 0.1878°W / 51.4037; -0.1878 (Venus and Cupid)	18th century	?	—	Statue	Grade II	[7]
	Lion and Unicorn	Entrance to King George's Field, Tudor Drive, Lower Morden	1940s	?	?	Reliefs
	Kingfisher	Over exit from Garth Road Recycling Depot	as at March 2012				—

Raynes Park

Main article: Raynes Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Raynes Park War Memorial	St Saviour's churchyard 51°24′20″N0°13′46″W / 51.4055°N 0.2295°W / 51.4055; -0.2295 (Raynes Park War Memorial)	1920–1921 (erected)	T. Mewburn Crook	Arthur Blomfield	Memorial cross	Grade II	[8]

Wimbledon

Main article: Wimbledon, London

Part of Wimbledon lies outside the borough of Merton; for other works located there, see List of public art in the London Borough of Wandsworth § Wimbledon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Diana with a Fawn	Cannizaro Park 51°25′32″N0°13′55″W / 51.4256°N 0.2319°W / 51.4256; -0.2319 (Diana with a Fawn)	1843	?	—	Statue	Grade II	[9]
More images	Joseph Toynbee Memorial Fountain	Wimbledon Hill Road, at the junction with Belvedere Grove 51°25′27″N0°12′56″W / 51.4243°N 0.2156°W / 51.4243; -0.2156 (Joseph Toynbee Memorial Fountain)	1868	—	?	Drinking fountain	Grade II	[10]
	Busts of William Shakespeare and John Milton	Outside Wimbledon Library 51°25′20″N0°12′30″W / 51.4222°N 0.2084°W / 51.4222; -0.2084 (Busts of William Shakespeare and John Milton)	1886	?	?	Architectural sculpture		[11]
More images	Pagoda Drinking Fountain Robert William Hanbury	Parkside 51°25′42″N0°13′26″W / 51.4283°N 0.2238°W / 51.4283; -0.2238 (Pagoda Drinking Fountain)	1903	Wills Brothers	—	Drinking fountain	Grade II	[12]
	Laetitia and globe	On roof of New Wimbledon Theatre 51°25′09″N0°12′06″W / 51.4193°N 0.2016°W / 51.4193; -0.2016 (Laetitia and globe)	1910 (removed for safety in war 1939; reinstated 1991)	?	Cecil Massey and Roy Young	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[13]
	War memorial	St Winefride's Church, Latimer Road 51°25′11″N0°11′38″W / 51.4196°N 0.1938°W / 51.4196; -0.1938 (St Winefride's War Memorial)	After 1918	?	—	Calvary	Grade II	[14]
More images	Wimbledon War Memorial	Parkside 51°25′34″N0°13′20″W / 51.4262°N 0.2223°W / 51.4262; -0.2223 (Wimbledon War Memorial)	1921	Charles Leonard Hartwell	Thomas Graham Jackson	War memorial	Grade II	Unveiled 5 November 1921. [15]
More images	King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial	Wimbledon Common 51°26′18″N0°13′49″W / 51.4383°N 0.2302°W / 51.4383; -0.2302 (King's Royal Rifle Corps Memorial)	1929	?	—	War memorial	Grade II	[16]
More images	Statue of Fred Perry	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Church Road 51°26′03″N0°12′49″W / 51.4343°N 0.2135°W / 51.4343; -0.2135 (Statue of Fred Perry)	1984	David Wynne	—	Statue	—	Unveiled by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. [17]
More images	Walking Women	The Broadway	1992	André Wallace	—	Sculpture	—	[18]
	Concourse	Wimbledon station 51°25′16″N0°12′22″W / 51.42111°N 0.20611°W / 51.42111; -0.20611 (Concourse)	1998	Bruce Williams	—	Sculpture	—	Laser-cut images of crowds watching tennis at Wimbledon. [19]
More images	Millennium Fountain	Cannizaro Park	2001	Richard Rome	—	Fountain with sculpture	—	[20]
	Plough Lane Landmark Wimbledon F.C.	Junction of Plough Lane and Dunsford Road	2009	Sam Burford	—	Memorial	—	[21]
	arthur (stag)	Outside Wimbledon station 51°25′16″N0°12′26″W / 51.4212°N 0.2071°W / 51.4212; -0.2071 (arthur (stag))	2012	Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood	—	Sculpture	—	Unveiled 21 June 2012. [22] [23]
	Statue of Sister Nivedita	Outside Ricards Lodge High School, Lake Road 51°25′43″N0°12′15″W / 51.4286°N 0.2042°W / 51.4286; -0.2042 (Statue of Sister Nivedita)	2023	Nirjan De and Sarada Sarkar	—	Statue	—	[24] [25]

See also

• Bust of Haile Selassie in Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon (destroyed in 2020)

References

1. Memorial Drinking Fountain for John Feeney (1839–1905). Art UK. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
2. Historic England. "War Memorial (1390833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
3. Mitcham Clock Tower. Art UK. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
4. Historic England. "Mitcham War Memorial (1448269)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
5. Memorial to Tom Ruff. Art UK. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
6. Historic England. "Pedestal and statue of Neptune 10 yards to south east of walled garden (1080908)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
7. Historic England. "Pedestal and statue of Venus and Cupid 50 yards north of Morden Cottage (1193528)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
8. Historic England. "War Memorial, St Saviours Church (1390947)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
9. Historic England. "Statue of Diana with Fawn at extreme north west corner of park (1286374)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
10. Historic England. "Drinking fountain at junction with Belvedere Grove (1080896)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
11. Wimbledon Library
12. Pagoda Drinking Fountain (Hanbury Drinking Fountain). Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
13. History of New Wimbledon Theatre
14. Historic England. "Wimbledon (St Winefride's) War Memorial (1445651)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
15. "Wimbledon (Includes the 1921 mass produced roll of honour)". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
16. Historic England. "Wimbledon Common (King's Royal Rifle Corps) War Memorial (1445581)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
17. Matthews 2018, p. 232.
18. Walking Women. Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
19. "Concourse | Bruce Williams". Axisweb. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
20. Millennium Fountain. Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
21. AFC Wimbledon Memorial (Plough Lane Landmark). Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
22. "arthur (stag)". Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
23. Stag Sculpture, Wimbledon Station. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
24. Bulmer, Joseph (17 July 2023). "Statue unveiled commemorating life and works of Torrington's Sister Nivedita". North Devon Today. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
25. Goswami, Tarun (15 May 2023). "Sister Nivedita's statue to come up at Wimbledon". The Statesman (India). Retrieved 22 May 2024.

Bibliography

• Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.

External links

• Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Merton at Wikimedia Commons