Statue of Harry Kane

Last updated
Statue of Harry Kane
LocationPeter May Sports Centre, Walthamstow, London
DesignerSculpture Machine [1]
Type Statue
Beginning date2019
Completion date2020

A statue of the footballer Harry Kane, completed in 2020, was unveiled in Walthamstow, London, in November 2024.

Statue

The statue was commissioned when Kane was a player with the north London team Tottenham Hotspur. It shows him seated on a bench with a football on his knee. [2]

The work was funded by Waltham Forest Council at a cost of £7,200 in 2019 and 2020. [2] Several locations were explored for the statue and it remained in storage while a location could be agreed upon. It was originally to be sited at Chingford railway station, but this was rejected following a risk assessment by Transport for London. [2] A plan to place it in Ridgeway Park was also rejected. [2] [3]

The first pictures of the statue were obtained by the street newspaper Big Issue in 2024 [4] . The images were met with some criticism with some questioning whether a footballer should be sitting on a bench in the way portrayed, while others made fun of its brown, chocolate-like appearance. [5]

The statue, along with a mural, were finally unveiled at the Peter May Sports Centre in Walthamstow on 18 November 2024. Kane began playing here as a five-year-old for Ridgeway Rovers. [6] [7]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chingford</span> Town in east London, England

Chingford is a suburban town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The centre of Chingford is 9.2 miles (14.8 km) north-east of Charing Cross, with Waltham Abbey to the north, Woodford Green and Buckhurst Hill to the east, Walthamstow to the south, and Edmonton and Enfield to the west. It had a population of 70,583 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walthamstow</span> Town in East London, England

Walthamstow is a town within the London Borough of Waltham Forest in east London. The town borders Chingford to the north, Snaresbrook and South Woodford to the east, Leyton and Leytonstone to the south, and Tottenham to the west. At the 2011 census, Walthamstow had a population of approximately 109,424 and is around 7.5 miles (12 km) north-east of Central London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">London Borough of Waltham Forest</span> London borough in United Kingdom

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is an outer London borough formed in 1965 from the merger of the municipal boroughs of Leyton, Walthamstow and Chingford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walthamstow Central station</span> London Underground and London Overground station

Walthamstow Central is an interchange station between the Victoria line of the London Underground, of which it is the northern terminus, and London Overground Weaver line services on the Lea Valley lines. Located in Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, it lies at a distance of 6 miles 16 chains (10.0 km) from London Liverpool Street in Travelcard Zone 3.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lea Valley lines</span> Commuter railway lines in London, England

The Lea Valley lines are a set of suburban rail lines running along the Lea Valley in East London, North London and Hertfordshire to Liverpool Street and Stratford. Historically part of the Great Eastern Railway, the lines now form part of the Anglia Route of Network Rail. Services are operated by London Overground and Greater Anglia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards

Chingford and Woodford Green is a constituency in North East London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Sir Iain Duncan Smith of the Conservative Party since its creation in 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards

Walthamstow is a constituency in Greater London created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stella Creasy, a member of Labour Co-op.

Highams Park is a district in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England, near Epping Forest and 8.1 miles (13 km) north-east of Charing Cross.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">London Buses route 38</span> London bus route

London Buses route 38 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Clapton Pond and Victoria bus station, it is operated by Arriva London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chingford branch line</span> Railway line in London, England

The Chingford branch line is a railway line between Clapton Junction and Chingford station. Services run between Liverpool Street station and Chingford, and are operated by London Overground. The branch is part of the Lea Valley Lines.

Chingford Foundation School is a coeducational state secondary school and sixth form located in Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a specialist Humanities College and has been an academy since October 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Kane</span> English footballer (born 1993)

Harry Edward Kane is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the England national team. He is both Tottenham Hotspur's and England's all-time highest goalscorer, as well as being the second-highest all-time goalscorer in the Premier League. Kane has scored over 400 goals for club and country.

<i>Homeless Jesus</i> Sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless person

Homeless Jesus, also known as Jesus the Homeless, is a bronze sculpture by Timothy Schmalz depicting Jesus as a homeless person, sleeping on a park bench. The original sculpture was installed in 2013 at Regis College, a theological college federated with the University of Toronto. Other copies of the statue were installed in several other locations beginning in 2014. As of 2017, over 50 copies were created and placed around the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chingford Town Hall</span> Municipal building in London, England

Chingford Town Hall is a municipal building in The Ridgeway, Chingford, London. It is a locally listed building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Statue of Margaret Thatcher (Grantham)</span> 2022 sculpture of Margaret Thatcher

A statue of Margaret Thatcher stands in her birthplace, the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. The statue is 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m) high, cast in bronze, and depicts the late British prime minister Baroness Thatcher, dressed in the full ceremonial robes of the House of Lords. It stands on a 10-foot-6-inch (3.2 m) plinth. Created by sculptor Douglas Jennings, and costing £300,000, it was erected on 15 May 2022, on St Peter's Hill Green, close to the Grantham Museum. Eggs were thrown at the statue within two hours of its installation, and a week later red paint was thrown at it. It was formally unveiled on 31 May.

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Daniel (21 March 2024). "Why the Strange Case of Harry Kane's Statue could have a happy ending". The Athletic. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Harry Kane: Chingford statue revealed before going on display". BBC News . 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Harry Kane: Chingford statue in storage for years with nowhere to go". BBC News . 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "How a chocolate-like Harry Kane statue brought council spending into sharp focus". Big Issue. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Pictures of Harry Kane statue 'kept in storage since 2020' emerge". Sky News. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Harry Kane poses as his controversial statue is unveiled after years locked away". STV News. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Harry Kane: England captain looks to play on for country beyond 2026 World Cup". BBC Sport. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.