List of public art in the London Borough of Hackney facts for kids

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

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	C Grade II
	Hackney Peace Carnival Mural	13 Dalston Lane	1985	Jones, MickMick Jones and Ann Walker after Ray Walker	Mural	N/A

Hackney Central

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Nelson, EstherEsther 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	C Grade II	Unveiled 31 October 1912.
	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	Ryan, VeronicaVeronica Ryan	Sculptures	N/A	Unveiled 1 October 2021. The three sculptures represent Caribbean fruits and vegetables, in reference to the nearby Ridley Road Market.
	Warm Shores	Outside Hackney Town Hall	2022	Price, Thomas J.Thomas J. Price	Statues	N/A	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.

Hackney Downs

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Mosaics	Hackney Downs Pavilion	2014	Hackney Mosaic Project	Mosaics	N/A

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	Dunn, PeterPeter Dunn	Sculpture	N/A

Hackney Wick

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	War memorial	St Mary of Eton	1918< After 1918	?	Crucifix
	Boulder	Mabley Green 51°32′56″N 0°01′57″W / 51.5490°N 0.0326°W / 51.5490; -0.0326	2008	Frankland, JohnJohn Frankland	Sculpture	N/A

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	C Grade II
	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	N/A	The school was demolished in the 1930s.
	The Elliptical Switchback	Haggerston railway station	2010	Hanson, TodTod Hanson	Ceramic mural	N/A	Commemorates the astronomer Edmond Halley, who was born in Haggerston. The first permanent artwork commissioned by the London Overground.

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	C Grade II

Hoxton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	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	Owen, Reginald WynnReginald Wynn Owen	Cenotaph	C 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.
	Juggling Figure	Hoxton Market	1994	Stringer, SimonSimon Stringer	Statue	N/A
	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	N/A
	Holding Hands	Hoxton Square	2020	Stik	Sculpture	N/A

Lea Bridge

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	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	Haughney, PaulaPaula Haughney	Sculpture	N/A	Made of granite blocks from a former engine house
	Friendship Tree	Millfields 51°33′48″N 0°02′52″W / 51.56332°N 0.04768°W / 51.56332; -0.04768	2008	Parkes, JoelJoel Parkes and pupils of Southwold Primary School	Sculpture	N/A

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	N/A	Restored in 2018.

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	Nicholson, A.A. Nicholson	Columnar drinking fountain	C Grade II
	Geffrye 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)	Nost, John, after After John Nost	Statue in niche	A Grade I
	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	Cawthra, Joseph HermonJoseph Hermon Cawthra	Pillar/obelisk with sculpture	A Grade II
	Hitchcock's Reel	Shoreditch Park (formerly Leonard Street / St Paul Street)	1996	Edwards, JohnJohn Edwards	Sculpture	N/A
	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	Donaldson, AnthonyAnthony Donaldson	Sculpture	N/A
	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	Eine, BenBen Eine	Street art	N/A	Repainted 2019.
	Boulder	Shoreditch Park 51°32′04″N 0°05′12″W / 51.5345°N 0.0867°W / 51.5345; -0.0867 (Boulder)	2008	Frankland, JohnJohn Frankland	Sculpture	N/A
	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)		Parkes, JoelJoel Parkes	Sculpture	N/A
	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	N/A
	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	N/A

South Hackney

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	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	C Grade II	Unveiled 22 October 1921.

Stoke Newington

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Watts 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	Baily, Edward HodgesEdward Hodges Baily	Statue	C Grade II
	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	Scott, Charles Marriott OldridCharles Marriott Oldrid Scott	Memorial cross	C Grade II	Unveiled 11 October 1920.
	Poe Bust of Edgar Allan Poe	Stoke Newington Church Street	2011	Perrott, RalphRalph Perrott	Bust	N/A
	Tree sculpture	Clissold Park 51°33′32″N 0°05′23″W / 51.55899°N 0.08968°W / 51.55899; -0.08968				N/A

See also

• The Towers of Hackney (1970s – 2009)