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Map of public art in the London Borough of Hackney

Dalston

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Main article: Dalston
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Shacklewell Green War Memorial Shacklewell Lane

51°33′11″N 0°04′11″W / 51.5531°N 0.0697°W / 51.5531; -0.0697 (Shacklewell Green War Memorial) 		1920 ? War memorial Grade II [1]
Hackney Peace Carnival Mural 13 Dalston Lane 1985 Mick Jones and Ann Walker after Ray Walker Mural — [2]


Hackney Central

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Main article: Hackney Central
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Esther Nelson Memorial Drinking Fountain St Thomas's Square

51°32′31″N 0°03′18″W / 51.5420°N 0.0551°W / 51.5420; -0.0551 (Esther Nelson Memorial Drinking Fountain) 		1912 ? Drinking fountain Grade II Unveiled 31 October 1912.[3]
Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae) and Soursop (Annonaceae)
Memorial to the Windrush generation 		Narrow Way, near St Augustine's Tower

51°32′51″N 0°03′17″W / 51.5476°N 0.0546°W / 51.5476; -0.0546 (Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae) and Soursop (Annonaceae)) 		2021 Veronica Ryan Sculptures — Unveiled 1 October 2021. The three sculptures represent Caribbean fruits and vegetables, in reference to the nearby Ridley Road Market.[4][5]
Warm Shores Outside Hackney Town Hall 2022 Thomas J. Price Statues — Unveiled 23 June 2022 (Windrush Day). Two figures, of a man and a woman, based on composites of 30 residents of Hackney from the Windrush generation or descended from it.[6]


Hackney Downs

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Main article: Hackney Downs
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Mosaics Hackney Downs Pavilion 2014 Hackney Mosaic Project Mosaics — [7][8]


Hackney Marshes

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Main article: Hackney Marshes
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Water Jugglers Hackney Marshes

51°33′22″N 0°02′08″W / 51.5560°N 0.0356°W / 51.5560; -0.0356 		2004 Peter Dunn Sculpture — [9]


Hackney Wick

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Main article: Hackney Wick
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
War memorial St Mary of Eton After 1918 ? Crucifix [10]
Boulder Mabley Green

51°32′56″N 0°01′57″W / 51.5490°N 0.0326°W / 51.5490; -0.0326 		2008 John Frankland Sculpture — [11][12]


Haggerston

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Main article: Haggerston
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
War memorial All Saints' churchyard, Livermere Road

51°32′21″N 0°04′25″W / 51.5391°N 0.0737°W / 51.5391; -0.0737 (Haggerston All Saints' War Memorial) 		1920 c. 1920 ? Memorial cross Grade II [13]
Haggerston Road School War Memorial Stonebridge Common, at the junction of Haggerston Road and Mayfield Road

51°32′24″N 0°04′29″W / 51.5399°N 0.07466°W / 51.5399; -0.07466 (Haggerston Road School War Memorial) 		1921 ? Obelisk — The school was demolished in the 1930s.[14]
The Elliptical Switchback Haggerston railway station 2010 Tod Hanson Ceramic mural — Commemorates the astronomer Edmond Halley, who was born in Haggerston.[15] The first permanent artwork commissioned by the London Overground.[16]


Homerton

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Main article: Homerton
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Homerton War Memorial St Barnabas' churchyard, facing Homerton High Street

51°32′55″N 0°02′33″W / 51.5487°N 0.0426°W / 51.5487; -0.0426 (Homerton War Memorial) 		1919 ? Celtic cross Grade II [17]


Hoxton

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Main article: Hoxton
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		North London Railway War Memorial Hoxton railway station

51°31′53″N 0°04′33″W / 51.5315°N 0.0758°W / 51.5315; -0.0758 (North London Railway War Memorial) 		1921 Reginald Wynn Owen Cenotaph Grade II Unveiled 10 February 1921 at Broad Street railway station; reinstalled in the car park of Richmond station in 1989, and on this site in 2011.[18]
Juggling Figure Hoxton Market 1994 Simon Stringer Statue — [19]
Dripping Flowers 71 Fanshaw Street

51°31′48″N 0°04′49″W / 51.5300°N 0.0804°W / 51.5300; -0.0804 (Dripping Flowers) 		2019 Nerone Mural — [20][21]
Holding Hands Hoxton Square 2020 Stik Sculpture — [22]


Lea Bridge

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Main article: Lea Bridge
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Nature's Throne Middlesex Filter Beds Nature Reserve

51°33′41″N 0°02′38″W / 51.56125°N 0.04385°W / 51.56125; -0.04385 		1990 Paula Haughney Sculpture — Made of granite blocks from a former engine house[23][24]
Friendship Tree Millfields

51°33′48″N 0°02′52″W / 51.56332°N 0.04768°W / 51.56332; -0.04768 		2008 Joel Parkes and pupils of Southwold Primary School Sculpture — [25]


London Fields

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Main article: London Fields
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Flower Sellers Southern end of London Fields park

51°32′18″N 0°03′36″W / 51.5382°N 0.0600°W / 51.5382; -0.0600 (Flower Sellers) 		1988 Freeform Arts Trust Mosaic sculpture — Restored in 2018.[26][27]


Shoreditch

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Main article: Shoreditch
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Drinking fountain Great Eastern Street, at the junction of Paul Street and Tabernacle Street

51°31′33″N 0°05′02″W / 51.5259°N 0.0839°W / 51.5259; -0.0839 (Drinking fountain) 		1880 A. Nicholson Columnar drinking fountain Grade II [28]

More images 		Statue of Robert Geffrye Museum of the Home, Kingsland Road

51°31′54″N 0°04′35″W / 51.5318°N 0.0764°W / 51.5318; -0.0764 (Statue of Robert Geffrye) 		1913 (after an original of 1723) After John Nost Statue in niche Grade I [29][30]

More images 		Hackney War Memorial Churchyard of St John-at-Hackney

51°32′59″N 0°03′13″W / 51.5497°N 0.0536°W / 51.5497; -0.0536 (Hackney War Memorial) 		1921 Joseph Hermon Cawthra Pillar/obelisk with sculpture Grade II [31][32]
Hitchcock's Reel Shoreditch Park (formerly Leonard Street / St Paul Street) 1996 John Edwards Sculpture — [33]
Master of Suspense
Alfred Hitchcock 		Gainsborough Studios, Poole Street

51°32′09″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5359°N 0.0887°W / 51.5359; -0.0887 		2001 Antony Donaldson Sculpture — [34]
Scary Rivington Street, under railway bridge

51°31′35″N 0°04′43″W / 51.5263°N 0.0787°W / 51.5263; -0.0787 (Scary) 		2007 Ben Eine Street art — Repainted 2019.[35]
Boulder Shoreditch Park

51°32′04″N 0°05′12″W / 51.5345°N 0.0867°W / 51.5345; -0.0867 (Boulder) 		2008 John Frankland Sculpture — [11][12]
Queensbridge Sculpture Queensbridge Road/Regent's Canal

51°32′10″N 0°04′12″W / 51.5360°N 0.0701°W / 51.5360; -0.0701 (Queensbridge Sculpture) 		Joel Parkes Sculpture — [36]
Don't Shoot Rivington Street, west of East London Line viaduct

51°31′34″N 0°04′44″W / 51.5262°N 0.0789°W / 51.5262; -0.0789 (Don't Shoot) 		2014 Bambi Stencil — [37]
The Restless Course Corner of Scrutton Street and Clifton Street

51°31′24″N 0°04′59″W / 51.5233°N 0.08298°W / 51.5233; -0.08298 (The Restless Course) 		2018 Pritchard Themis Clock — [38][39]


South Hackney

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Main article: South Hackney
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		War memorial Churchyard of St John of Jerusalem's Church, Lauriston Road

51°32′25″N 0°02′47″W / 51.5402°N 0.0465°W / 51.5402; -0.0465 (War memorial at St John of Jerusalem's Church) 		1921 ? Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 22 October 1921.[40]


Stoke Newington

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Main article: Stoke Newington
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Statue of Isaac Watts Abney Park Cemetery

51°33′49″N 0°04′39″W / 51.5637°N 0.0774°W / 51.5637; -0.0774 (Statue of Isaac Watts) 		1845 Edward Hodges Baily Statue Grade II [41]
War memorial Churchyard of St Mary's New Church

51°33′39″N 0°05′05″W / 51.5609°N 0.0848°W / 51.5609; -0.0848 (War memorial at St Mary's New Church) 		1920 Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 11 October 1920.[42]
Bust of Edgar Allan Poe Stoke Newington Church Street 2011 Ralph Perrott Bust — [43]
Tree sculpture Clissold Park

51°33′32″N 0°05′23″W / 51.55899°N 0.08968°W / 51.55899; -0.08968 		—


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "Shacklewell Green War Memorial (1431925)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ Hackney Peace Carnival Mural. London Mural Preservation Society. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Drinking Fountain (1235875)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ Rea, Naomi (1 October 2021). "London Unveils Its First Public Monument Celebrating the Windrush Generation of Caribbean Migrants to the U.K." Artnet. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ^ Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae), and Soursop (Annonaceae). Art UK. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  6. ^ Abrams, Amah-Rose (22 June 2022). "'It's not a monument, it's a celebration': Windrush sculpture unveiled in Hackney". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  7. ^ Jessel, Elia (14 November 2014). "Volunteers chip in to create brand new mosaic in Hackney Downs Pavilion". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  8. ^ Hackney Downs. Hackney Mosaic Project. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Water Jugglers Hackney Marshes". ART.e @ the art of change. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. ^ "St Mary at Eton WW1". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Aug 2008: Chris Dorley-Brown / John Frankland – Boulder". PEER UK. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  12. ^ a b Jury, Louise (19 August 2008). "To boulderly go... in the name of art". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Haggerston All Saints War Memorial (1444886)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Stonebridge Common / Haggerston Road School". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Elliptical Switchback 2010". Tod Hanson. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ "New public art at Hampstead Heath station". Times Series. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  17. ^ Historic England. "Homerton War Memorial (1443946)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  18. ^ Historic England. "North London Railwaymen War Memorial (1445194)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Juggling figure". London Remembers. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Dripping flowers". Nerone. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Dripping flowers". Behance. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  22. ^ Bartholomew, Emma (24 September 2020). "Stik's Hoxton Square sculpture 'Holding Hands' unveiled". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Commissions « Paula Haughney". www.paulahaughney.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  24. ^ "WaterWorks Centre nature reserve and field & Middlesex Filter Beds". Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  25. ^ "Public art". The view from the bridge: Lea Bridge heritage. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Greengrocers and sheep". London Remembers. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  27. ^ Gelder, Sam (10 August 2018). "London Fields' Flower Sellers statue back to former glory after repairs". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  28. ^ Historic England. "Drinking Fountain (1226614)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  29. ^ Kershman 2013, p. 374.
  30. ^ Hoxton museum's slave trader statue under specific review. Hackney Gazette. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  31. ^ "War Memorials Register: Men of Hackney". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  32. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens (1391701)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  33. ^ Bridget Cherry, Nikolaus Pevsner (1998). London: North, Buildings of England, Pevsner Architectural Guides, The Buildings of England, Ireland, and Scotland Series. Yale University Press. p. 525. ISBN 9780300096538.
  34. ^ Master of Suspense (Alfred Hitchcock). Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  35. ^ "EINE Street Art Scary Monsters". Shoreditch Street Art Tours. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  36. ^ Public Art and Regeneration. Free Form. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  37. ^ ""Don't Shoot"". Shoreditch Street Art Tours. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  38. ^ Mansfield, Ian (2 January 2024). "London's Public Art: The Restless Course". ianVisits. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  39. ^ "The Restless Course Clock". Phi Lighting. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  40. ^ Historic England. "War memorial at St John of Jerusalem Church (1431918)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  41. ^ Historic England. "Monument to Isaac Watts in Abney Park Cemetery (1235434)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  42. ^ Historic England. "War memorial at the Church of St Mary (1431826)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  43. ^ Kershman 2013, p. 350

Bibliography

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  • Kershman, Andrew (2013). London's Monuments. London: Metro Publications.
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