List of public art in the London Borough of Newham

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Newham

Beckton

Main article: Beckton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Horses	Beckton Bus Station 51°30′42″N0°03′31″E / 51.5116°N 0.0586°E / 51.5116; 0.0586 (Horses)	1990s	Brian Yale	Sculpture	—	[1]

Bromley-by-Bow

Main article: Bromley-by-Bow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue of Corbet Woodall	Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′24″N0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0051°W / 51.5233; -0.0051 (Statue of Corbet Woodall)	1926 c. 1926	Arthur George Walker	Statue	Grade II	[2]
	Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp	Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′24″N0°00′16″W / 51.52346°N 0.00441°W / 51.52346; -0.00441 (Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp)	?	?	Memorial column with gas lamp	Grade II	[3]
	Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda	Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′25″N0°00′16″W / 51.52351°N 0.00441°W / 51.52351; -0.00441 (Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda)	?	?	War memorial	Grade II	[4]

Canning Town

Main article: Canning Town

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Memorial to Bradley Stone	Peacock Gym, Caxton Street North 51°30′35″N0°00′48″E / 51.50966°N 0.01341°E / 51.50966; 0.01341 (Memorial to Bradley Stone)	1995	Ann Downey	Statue	—	Unveiled 10 January 1995. [5]
	DNA DL90	Bow Creek 51°31′13″N0°00′31″W / 51.52037°N 0.00860°W / 51.52037; -0.00860 (DNA DL90)	2003	Abigail Fallis	Sculpture	—	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. [6]
	Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden mosaics	Beckton Road 51°31′03″N0°01′04″E / 51.51748°N 0.017899°E / 51.51748; 0.017899 (Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden mosaics)	2015	Alan Read, pupils of Rokeby School	Mosaic	—	Four mosaics commemorating the meeting nearby of Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi in 1931, which inspired the film Modern Times [7] [8]
	Alphabetti Spaghetti	Caxton Works 51°30′40″N0°00′43″E / 51.51112°N 0.01206°E / 51.51112; 0.01206 (Alphabetti Spaghetti)	2019	Alex Chinneck	Sculpture	—	Sculpture of a pillar box tied in a knot, one of a number installed around the country. [9] [10]

Custom House

Main article: Custom House, Newham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Newham Trackside Wall (second section)	Victoria Dock Road 51°30′36″N0°01′29″E / 51.50991°N 0.02480°E / 51.50991; 0.02480 (Newham Trackside Wall (second section))	2016–2021	Sonia Boyce	Mural	—	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. [11] [12]
	Prince Regent Station Frieze	Prince Regent DLR station 51°30′34″N0°02′05″E / 51.50956°N 0.03462°E / 51.50956; 0.03462 (Prince Regent Station Frieze)	1995	Brian Yale	Frieze	—	Laser-cut metal panels depicting history of the London Docklands area. [13]

East Ham

Main article: East Ham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Central Park War Memorial County Borough of East Ham	Central Park 51°31′42″N0°03′20″E / 51.5284°N 0.0556°E / 51.5284; 0.0556 (Central Park War Memorial)	1921	Robert Banks-Martin	Cenotaph	Grade II	The architect was the mayor of East Ham during the First World War. [14]

Forest Gate

Main article: 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″N0°01′31″E / 51.5480°N 0.0253°E / 51.5480; 0.0253 (The Preacher)	1961	Peter Laszlo Peri	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[15]

Manor Park

Main article: Manor Park, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bust of Andrew Carnegie	Rabbits Road wall of former Carnegie Library, Manor Park 51°33′11″N0°03′13″E / 51.55301°N 0.05372°E / 51.55301; 0.05372 (Bust of Andrew Carnegie)	1904	Un­known	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[16]

North Woolwich and Silvertown

Main articles: North Woolwich and Silvertown

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Silvertown War Memorial	Royal Wharf, North Woolwich Road 51°30′00″N0°01′40″E / 51.4999°N 0.0278°E / 51.4999; 0.0278 (Silvertown War Memorial)	1920 c. 1920	Thomas Arthur Darcy Braddell	Pillar	Grade II	Moved to this location in 2016. [17] [18]
	St Mark's Church War Memorial	Brick Lane Music Hall 51°30′09″N0°02′33″E / 51.5026°N 0.0426°E / 51.5026; 0.0426 (St Mark's Church War Memorial)	1920 c. 1920	?	Celtic cross	Grade II	Moved to this location in 1991. [19]
	Brick Lane Music Hall mural	Brick Lane Music Hall 51°30′10″N0°02′33″E / 51.5027°N 0.0425°E / 51.5027; 0.0425 (Brick Lane Music Hall Memorial)	2004		Mural	—	[20]
	Newham Trackside Wall (first section)	Connaught Road and Albert Road 51°30′06″N0°03′03″E / 51.50156°N 0.05089°E / 51.50156; 0.05089 (Newham Trackside Wall (first section))	2016–2021	Sonia Boyce	Mural	—	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. [11] [12]

Plaistow

Main article: Plaistow, Newham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial	Greengate Street 51°31′39″N0°01′38″E / 51.52749°N 0.02733°E / 51.52749; 0.02733 (West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial)	c. 1920	J. F. Richards	War memorial	Grade II	[21]

Royal Docks

Main article: Royal Docks

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Landed	Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock 51°30′29″N0°01′30″E / 51.50797°N 0.02500°E / 51.50797; 0.02500 (Landed)	2009	Les Johnson	Sculptural group	—
	Bird Boy (without a tail)	Royal Victoria Dock 51°30′27″N0°01′03″E / 51.50761°N 0.01745°E / 51.50761; 0.01745 (Bird Boy (without a tail))	2011	Laura Ford	Statue	—	A sculpture of a child wearing a bird costume, standing on a pontoon. [22]
	Athena	Outside London City Airport 51°30′16″N0°02′23″E / 51.50458°N 0.03963°E / 51.50458; 0.03963 (Athena)	2012	Nasser Azam	Statue	—	Unveiled 5 July 2012. This is the tallest bronze sculpture in the UK, at 12 metres high. The sculptor grew up in the borough. [23]
	Types of Happiness	Royal Docks 51°30′28″N0°01′08″E / 51.50774°N 0.01896°E / 51.50774; 0.01896 (Types of Happiness)	2019 (created), 2023 (installed)	Yinka Ilori	Sculpture	—	Two 10 feet (3.0 m) tall chairs decorated in the style of African wax prints, representing happiness and pride. [24] [25]
More images	Timeless Flight	University of East London Docklands Campus 51°30′26″N0°04′12″E / 51.50725°N 0.07006°E / 51.50725; 0.07006 (Timeless Flight)	2024	UEL students	Sculpture	—	Sculpture marking the 125th anniversary of the University of East London, in the form of a phoenix as found on the university's coat of arms [26] [27]

Stratford

Main article: Stratford, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Statue of William Shakespeare	University of East London Stratford Campus 51°32′36″N0°00′33″E / 51.54344°N 0.00906°E / 51.54344; 0.00906 (Statue of William Shakespeare)	1840	?	Statue	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. [28]
More images	Samuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain	Broadway 51°32′27″N0°00′06″E / 51.5409°N 0.0017°E / 51.5409; 0.0017 (Samuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain)	1861	John Bell	Obelisk	Grade II	[29]
More images	Memorial to the Stratford Martyrs	St John the Evangelist Church, Broadway 51°32′29″N0°00′09″E / 51.5415°N 0.0026°E / 51.5415; 0.0026 (Stratford Martyrs Memorial)	1878	J. T. Newman	Memorial	Grade II	[30]
	Memorial to Edith Kerrison	The Grove 51°32′34″N0°00′14″E / 51.54285°N 0.00402°E / 51.54285; 0.00402 (Memorial to Edith Kerrison)	1936	Christine Gregory	Memorial	—	Kerrison was the first female councillor in West Ham. [31]
	Memorial to Gerard Manley Hopkins	Outside Stratford Library, The Grove 51°32′34″N0°00′14″E / 51.54265°N 0.00391°E / 51.54265; 0.00391 (Memorial to Gerard Manley Hopkins)	1994	?	Commemorative stone	—	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. [32]
	Railway Tree	Stratford High Street 51°32′21.93″N0°0′1.33″W / 51.5394250°N 0.0003694°W / 51.5394250; -0.0003694 (Railway Tree)	1996	Malcolm Robertson	Sculpture	—	[33]
More images	ArcelorMittal Orbit	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 51°32′18″N0°00′47″W / 51.53827°N 0.01298°W / 51.53827; -0.01298 (ArcelorMittal Orbit)	2012	Anish Kapoor (with Cecil Balmond)	Sculpture	—
	Carpenters Curve	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 51°32′17″N0°00′33″W / 51.53799°N 0.00930°W / 51.53799; -0.00930 (Carpenters Curve)	2012	Clare Woods	Mural	—	[34]
	Danes Yard Tower	Danes Yard, beside Three Mills Wall River 51°31′57″N0°00′31″W / 51.5325°N 0.0085°W / 51.5325; -0.0085 (Danes Yard Tower)	2012	ARC-ML Archichtects	Tower	—	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. [35] [36] [37]
More images	Stratford Shoal	Stratford Centre 51°32′30″N0°00′06″W / 51.54163°N 0.00167°W / 51.54163; -0.00167 (Stratford Shoal)	2012	Studio Egret West	Sculpture	—	[38]
	Untitled	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park	2012	D. J. Simpson	Mural	—	[34]
More images	Statue of Joan Littlewood	Gerry Raffles Square, outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East 51°32′34″N0°00′03″E / 51.54273°N 0.00089°E / 51.54273; 0.00089 (Statue of Joan Littlewood)	2015	Philip Jackson	Statue	—	Unveiled 4 October 2015. [39]

Three Mills

Main article: Three Mills

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Untitled (Juniper)	House Mill, Three Mills 51°31′39″N0°00′27″W / 51.52737°N 0.00750°W / 51.52737; -0.00750 (Untitled (Juniper))	2014	Virginia Overton	Sculpture	—	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. [40]
	A Moment Without You	Three Mills 51°31′36″N0°00′27″W / 51.52659°N 0.00751°W / 51.52659; -0.00751 (A Moment Without You)	2017	Tracey Emin	Sculpture	—	Five bronze sculptures of birds mounted on tall poles. [41]
	Reaching Out	Three Mills Green 51°31′46″N0°00′24″W / 51.52942°N 0.00665°W / 51.52942; -0.00665 (Reaching Out)	2020	Thomas J. Price	Statue	—	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. [42] [43]

Upton Park

Main article: Upton Park, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	World Cup Sculpture ("The Champions") Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson	Barking Road and Central Park Road 51°31′48″N0°02′17″E / 51.53012°N 0.03796°E / 51.53012; 0.03796 (The Champions / World Cup Sculpture)	2003	Philip Jackson	Sculptural group	—

West Ham

Main article: 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″N0°00′21″E / 51.5331°N 0.0058°E / 51.5331; 0.0058 (Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial)	After 1918	?	Pylon with sculpture	Grade II	[44]

References

1. "Horses". Art UK. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
2. Historic England. "Statue of Sir Corbet Woodhall [sic] (1392548)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
3. Historic England. "Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp (1392547)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
4. Historic England. "Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda (1477362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
5. "Monument to Bradley Stone". National Recording Project. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
6. "Abigail Fallis". The Line. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
7. "When Chaplin met Gandhi, creating Royal Docks history". The Royal Docks. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
8. "Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden opened in Canning Town". Newham Recorder. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
9. "Marvel At This Tangled Postbox Which Has Appeared In East London". Londonist. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
10. "Alex Chinneck ties post boxes in knots across the UK for his latest public artwork". StreetArtNews. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
11. Newham Trackside Wall. UP Projects. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
12. "About the Artwork". Newham Trackside Wall. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
13. "Prince Regent Station Frieze (Port of London)". Art UK. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
14. Historic England. "Central Park War Memorial, East Ham (1406072)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
15. Historic England. "'The Preacher', Forest Gate Methodist Church (1430832)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
16. "Andrew Carnegie". VADS. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
17. Historic England. "Silvertown War Memorial (1387182)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
18. Historic England. "Brunner Mond Lostock Gralam (Northwich) War Memorial (1454837)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
19. Historic England. "War memorial at former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall) (1406974)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
20. "Brick Lane Music Hall Mural mural, Silvertown | London Mural Preservation Society". www.londonmuralpreservationsociety.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
21. Historic England. "Tramway Workers War Memorial (1388315)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
22. "Laura Ford". The Line. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
23. Humphries, Will (5 July 2012). "Tallest bronze sculpture in UK unveiled". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
24. "Yinka Ilori". The Line. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
25. Carlson, Cajsa (20 June 2023). "Yinka Ilori places gigantic chairs in Royal Docks for Types of Happiness installation". Dezeen. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
26. "A phoenix emerges: New public sculpture unveiled near Gallions Reach DLR station". ianVisits. 10 April 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
27. "Student sculpture celebration". University of East London. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
28. Matthews 2018, pp. 251–252.
29. Historic England. "Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain (1358001)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
30. Historic England. "Martyrs' Memorial (1190750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
31. Matthews 2018, p. 250.
32. "Monument: Gerard Manley Hopkins – E15". London Remembers. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
33. "Railway Tree". PMSA. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
34. Olympic Park – Clare Woods & DJ Simpson Commissions. Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
35. "Dane's Yard Tower, London". ARC-ML. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
36. "Strand East Tower". LTP Integration. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
37. "A Wooden Tower in the olympic London". Wood Benton. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
38. Frearson, Amy (12 June 2012). "The Stratford Shoal by Studio Egret West". Dezeen. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
39. Hemley, Matthew (6 October 2015). "Joan Littlewood sculpture unveiled outside Theatre Royal Stratford East". The Stage. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
40. "Virginia Overton". The Line. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
41. "Tracey Emin". The Line. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
42. "Thomas J Price". The Line. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
43. Brown, Mark (5 August 2020). "Sculptor's black 'everywoman' erected on public art walk in London". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
44. Historic England. "Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial (1430693)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

Bibliography

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

External links

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